I'm Sticking With You

Good friends are there for everything: the big moments, the small moments, the moments when you'd quite like five minutes to yourself, actually. I'M STICKING WITH YOU is a gorgeously warm and funny book about exactly that, about friendship in all its wonderful, slightly overwhelming glory. Smriti Halls and Steve Small have made something that works on every level: toddlers will love the rhythm and the silliness, and the grown-up reading it aloud will recognise every single beat.

We love it because:

• It captures friendship with real warmth and real honesty, the loyalty and the love and the occasional gentle wish that your very best friend would perhaps just... give you a moment.
• The rhythm is brilliant for reading aloud and children pick it up quickly, which means you'll have them chanting along before you've reached the end.
• Steve Small's illustrations are full of personality and humour, carrying the jokes just as much as the words do.
• It works beautifully as a book about friendship and also, quietly, as a book about boundaries, without ever making a big deal of either.
• Now in board book format, so it can survive the level of enthusiasm it tends to inspire.

What's in the box:

• I'M STICKING WITH YOU board book by Smriti Halls and Steve Small
• 32 pages, full colour illustrations
• Published by Simon & Schuster

Great for:

• Ages 2 and up
• Bedtime reading and group storytime
• Gifts for new friendships, nursery starters, or anyone navigating the brilliant chaos of toddler social life
• Talking about friendship, kindness, and the occasionally necessary art of a little breathing room

Important to know:

• Format: Hardback board book
• Dimensions: 28.7 x 20.8 cm
• ISBN: 9781398526136
• Published: August 2023
• Full colour illustrations throughout
• 32 pages