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This story introduces us to poor Mr Big, who has a bit of problem - he is so much bigger than everyone else. Why is this a problem you may wonder? Well, everywhere he goes; the cafe, the swimming pool, the bus; everybody else leaves. They all think he is big and scary but in truth he is actually very sad and lonely. One day he spots a piano in a shop window, "It looked all alone. Just like him." After taking the piano home, he sat, lonely and sad, at the window, and played to his heart's content. Every night he continued to play this beautiful music and people came from all over to listen, wondering who the mystery pianist was. Then something wonderful happens, Mr Big received his first letter inviting him to join a band, from 'a friend'. Mr Big does join the band and nobody wants to leave the room he is in anymore, in fact, to his pleasure, he never gets much time alone from that moment on!!

This book is beautifully written using short, sharp and punchy sentences which make reading this aloud or to yourself a delight. Even the typography is clever, increasing the size on certain words to indicate where more emphasis should be placed, which is great for younger readers. The illustrations complement this perfectly with Ed Vere's bold and vivid style. Children will particularly enjoy the witty and light-hearted speech bubbles that appear from the characters on several of the pages.

This book is fantastic for KS1 classes as it touches on subjects of friendship, feelings and diversity but in a very light and digestible way. It could be great to use in PSHE related classes to discuss how we should not judge each other on appearances and teach that being big or different is not scary or negative.