I Am Boo
Will be published approx. on 3. September 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-5290-2096-0 (ISBN)
Description
What if your worry could actually make you brave? I Am Boo is the perfect story for little ones learning to manage their worries and fears.
A funny, helpful look at how to understand and work with BIG emotions. An uplifting and empowering book for all young children and their parents.
Meet Boo, Toto's constant companion. The more scared Toto is, the bigger Boo gets, which is wonderful, isn't it? Well, not if you're Toto. Because Boo is Toto's worry and - like all worries - Boo can become TOO big.
But one day Toto speaks to Boo, and everything changes. Because a Boo isn't a bad thing. In fact, our worries and our fears can make us brave and powerful!
From the award-winning and bestselling Gemma Merino, creator of The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water.
A funny, helpful look at how to understand and work with BIG emotions. An uplifting and empowering book for all young children and their parents.
Meet Boo, Toto's constant companion. The more scared Toto is, the bigger Boo gets, which is wonderful, isn't it? Well, not if you're Toto. Because Boo is Toto's worry and - like all worries - Boo can become TOO big.
But one day Toto speaks to Boo, and everything changes. Because a Boo isn't a bad thing. In fact, our worries and our fears can make us brave and powerful!
From the award-winning and bestselling Gemma Merino, creator of The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 3 to 6 years
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 224 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5290-2096-0 (9781529020960)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Gemma Merino won the prestigious Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration in 2011, whilst studying for her MA in Children's Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Her winning entry, The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water, became her first published book and an international bestseller.Gemma has gone on to publish many more books with Macmillan Children's Books, including I Am Boo, The Sheep Who Hatched an Egg and Oscar's Book Prize winner The Cow Who Climbed a Tree. Born in Catalonia, Gemma originally studied architecture in Barcelona and has worked in practices in Spain, Dublin, Tel Aviv. She is now lives in Wales with her husband and daughter.