Tall

Bobo the chimp finds that his jungle friends are happy to help him feel tall — but that small is still the perfect size for being safe in Mommy's arms.

When you're a tiny chimp like Bobo, it seems that everyone else is bigger than you. Luckily, all his pals, from the lion cub to the elephant to the towering giraffe, let Bobo climb on their shoulders or even their heads to give him a taste of being tall. But what if the eager little guy clambers too high? With endearingly expressive illustrations, Jez Alborough turns a moment of high anxiety into a Mommy-and-Bobo reunion in another irresistible tale of very few words-and very big heart.

Child Magazine

Dwarfed by giant palm trees, Bobo feels "small." But when the tiny chimp climbs on a rock and towers over a lizard, he feels "tall." That is, until the lizard stands up and the little guy feels small again. This amusing pattern ratchets up to the point where Bobo is riding on top of a giraffe-before he takes a "fall" safely into his mother's arms. Lighthearted cartoons tell this winning tale with a mere five words, providing a fun, succinct lesson on how size is always relative. (ages Birth to 2)
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Jez Alborough is the author-illustrator of the picture-book charmer HUG, his first book about Bobo. He has also created many other celebrated books for children, including SOME DOGS DO — a story about a dog who can fly — and the best-selling Eddie and the Bear books: WHERE'S MY TEDDY?, IT'S THE BEAR!, and MY FRIEND BEAR. Of TALL, he says, "Bobo experiences feeling small as well as feeling tall, but in the end he learns that whatever size you are is the size you're meant to be." Jez Alborough lives with his wife in London.