A picture paints a thousand words...

Tapir and his friends all have nice new notebooks, just waiting to be filled. Giraffe decides to write a poem, Hippo writes a story and Flamingo composes a beautiful song. But poor Tapir can't think of anything to write - and the harder he tries the more upset he becomes! But everything starts to change when Tapir stops trying to write, and instead he begins to draw...

An uplifting and inspiring story about friendship and finding your feet, with the reassuring message that we are all unique and all good at something.

This book has been graded for interest at 3-5 years.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2015 by Pan Macmillan .

This is Natalie Russell's first picture book. She studied illustration and print making at Dundee, and still lives in Dundee, Scotland.