Toby's sister and baby brother love their schools - they smell of paint and rain
bows. Toby doesn't think he likes his new school at all - it smells of ogres and
he's lonely. He looks and looks for friends but he can't find any anywhere.
He finds an alien, a mermaid, a dinosaur expert and a pirate, but no friends! Wh
en his mum comes to pick him up he tells her the sad news - but if he didn't mak
e any friends then who is in the playground waving at him? Rebecca Elliott's cha
rming first experiences books, featuring her son Toby encountering new situation
s, help children deal with new and unfamiliar circumstances. In Mr Super Poopy P
ants, Toby got used to the idea of having a new baby brother; in Missing Jack he
had to come to terms with the death of his pet cat. Now Rebecca is showing that
going to school isn't quite as scary as you might think, using her unique sense
of humour and style to create a warm and comforting picture book, which is quir
ky and funny at the same time.
