Parachute: Little Hare Books - Tapa blanda

It is the first thing he puts on each morning. It gives him the courage to deal with all kinds of tricky situations, such as getting out of bed, sliding off a chair, and riding his bike.

But sometimes someone else’s trouble can be greater than your own, and this is what Toby discovers one day.

This powerful and fantastical story about a fearful child finding his independence is from the author and illustrator of Tree: A little story about big things.

Danny Parker was born in the UK. He has been a nurse, an undertaker and an actor. He is now a teacher in Perth, Western Australia, and is married with two children, for whom he sometimes plays the part of a parachute.

Matt Ottley is a multi-award-wining picture-book writer and illustrator. He grew up in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and has worked as a stockman, a landscape gardener and a performing musician. He is now a full-time writer, illustrator and composer and travels everywhere with a parachute, just in case...