Books with title Mr. Small

When Tom goes to stay overnight at Granny’s house, he remembers to pack everything . . . except his favorite toy, Small. Tom can’t sleep without Small and imagines him sad and lonely at home. Small can’t sleep, either, so he gathers up his courage and climbs out the bedroom window to make his way through the darkness to Granny’s—and a happy reunion with Tom.With soft, appealing artwork and an enchanting blend of fantasy and reality, Clara Vulliamy has created a comforting bedtime story about the adventure of a night away from home.

Many early childhood squabbles are the result of a discontent with relative size and weight and the verse of Mr. Tall and Mr. Small plays to this. At first, the giraffe and the mouse tease each other in defensive tones about their directly opposite heights and habits. A forest fire, catches them in the middle of a hassle and forces a cooperation to which each contributes -- the giraffe can see over things and the mouse can put his ear to the ground and hear what they need to know. Together they effect an escape. The rhyme is pleasant and their mutual nagging is nicely ridiculous so that the point of it all is never bluntly made. Ungerer's illustrations are his typical cartoons, big, uncluttered and in soft, dark colors touched with red.

A little girl finds that no matter what she tries to do, her older, bigger sister always overshadows her. But then Small comes into her own one landmark day when her sister is caught up a tree and is afraid to climb down. It is Small who comes to her rescue, and the incident makes her realize that she doesn’t have to live in anyone’s shadow any more.From the Hardcover edition.

The beautifully-written bedtime story of a boy's favourite toy which goes missing on a trip to Grandma's house. When Tom goes to Grandma's house to stay, he remembers to pack everything -- except his favourite toy, Small. Tom can't sleep without Small and imagines him sad and lonely in his bedroom in the dark! Small can't sleep either, so he climbs out of the window to go looking for Tom. He runs and runs, leaps over puddles, trips and falls -- Poor Small! Through dark, dark woods Small keeps running!until he arrives at Grandma's house. Meanwhile, Tom is also out of bed and creeping downstairs to find!SMALL! And he'll keep him safe forever.

A little girl finds that no matter what she tries to do, her older, bigger sister always overshadows her. But then Small comes into her own one landmark day when her sister is caught up a tree and is afraid to climb down. It is Small who comes to her rescue, and the incident makes her realize that she doesn’t have to live in anyone’s shadow any more.