Miguel's Big Leap
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Lemurs love to leap! But leaping through the spiny forest is hard if your hands and feet are squishy, like Miguel's . . . OUCH!
Miguel tries not to mind too much that he has to stay behind while Enzo and Rena go to collect sticky tamarind treats in the treetops. But when he discovers that his friends are in danger, will Miguel have the determination to take his bravest ever leap?
Wendy Meddour's inspiring tale of how a character with different needs can find the courage to do more than they believed possible is brought to life with warm and humorous illustrations by Bethany Christou.
Look out for Wendy Meddour's other titles that explore friendship themes: Patrick and Flippa and Harry and the Heron.
Wendy is a Doctor of English Literature and an award-winning children's author. Her debut children's book, A Hen in the Wardrobe, was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award for 'Outstanding First Novel', was selected as one of the Guardian's 'Best 50 diverse Children's Books since the 1950s' and won the John C Laurence Award for 'improving relations between the races'. Wendy is also the author of several picture books, including the highly acclaimed Lubna and
Pebble-a TIME Magazine '10 Best YA and Children's Books of 2019'. Bethany Christou is a children's illustrator and author based in rural Hertfordshire, near the Essex border, in the UK. She studied BA
Illustration at Cambridge School of Art where she wrote and illustrated her first picture book, Slow Samson. The book was Highly Commended for the Macmillan Prize, as well as being shortlisted for New Designer of the Year was later published by Templar.