Reds love being red. Yellows love being yellow. And Blues love being blue. The problem is that they just don't like each other. But one day, along comes a different colour who likes Reds, Yellows and Blues, and suddenly everything starts to change. Maybe being different doesn't mean you can't be friends ... A very special picture book that supports the adage that there is more that unites us than divides us. Along Came a Different just goes to show how much better we can all be when we come together to find common ground as friends. Every bookshelf should have a copy.
Tom McLaughlin has illustrated several books for Bloomsbury, including The Story Machine, which has received wonderfully positive reviews and has sparked a number of thought-provoking articles on dyslexia (which Tom understands well, being dyslexic himself). Tom loves drinking tea, eating lunch and drawing (in no particular order). He lives in Devon.
Title: Along Came a Different
Author: McLaughlin, Tom
ISBN: 9781408888940
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date: 2019-02-07
Number of Pages: 32
Weight: 0.2001 kg
Galactic resonances call to mind not only Oliver Jeffers' star-catching protagonists, but also a hint of The Little Prince * Guardian on UP, UP AND AWAY *
With a spark of magic and touch of McLaughlin's creative genius, this new and unfurling friendship can't help but fuel the reader's imagination * Picture Books Blogger on UP, UP AND AWAY *
Oh the wit, oh, the wisdom, oh the beauty of Tom McLaughlin's whole phenomenal enterprise * Red Reading Hub on UP, UP AND AWAY *
A winner of a book about the power of drawing and storytelling * Oliver Jeffers on THE STORY MACHINE *
Tom McLaughlin's beautifully illustrated book is perfect for imaginative children * Guardian on THE CLOUDSPOTTER *
Dyslexic readers should derive inspiration from this book's message, and delight in the drawings. A charming, rewarding, instructive read * Financial Times on THE CLOUDSPOTTER *
