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RUBERY BOOK AWARD 2021 - SHORTLISTED

Sometimes it’s Hard to Wake up - Patricia Golding Staehelin, illustrated by Rebecca Solow
This is a really simple story, but sometimes that’s all a good picture-book needs. Yes, young children need exciting, magical stories that sweep them off to fantastical places, but they also need stories that reflect their own experiences and their own world. Any child would be able to identify with the little boy who’s finding it hard to open his eyes one morning. The gentle way his mother deals with the situation is lovely, and, in fact, relationships with others are at the heart of this story, from the boy and his mother and their dog, to the neighbours who pass by and exchange a wave and a ‘Good morning’. The story is perfectly complemented by Rebecca Solow’s beautiful illustrations

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