Sweep

Description

Ed's bad mood begins as something really small, hardly a thing at all. But before long it grows, gathers pace, and spreads through the whole town. Can Ed sweep his troubles away? An uplifting story about confronting big emotions from the author of The Night Box, stunningly illustrated by Julia Sarda. Whether you are three or 103, a bad mood is something we can all relate to and this is the perfect book to help open up discussions about emotions with young children.

Louise Greig is an award-winning poet and a children's picture book author. Her debut picture book for Egmont, The Night Box, illustrated by Ashling Lindsay, has been translated into 10 languages and was nominated for the 2018 Kate Greenaway Medal as well as being shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Her second picture book, Sweep, illustrated by Julia Sarda, was nominated for the 2019 Kate Greenaway Medal. She lives in Aberdeen.

"Greig is creating books that make me wish I still had a pre-schooler to lull to sleep with her stories, and to initiate into the world of poetry with her words"', The Herald, on The Night Box