Ed Vere studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art and has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1999. Perfect for developing your child’s empathy - good for your kid, good for you and good for the world at large!

This is an awesome book with a lot of hidden messages for the younger generation; it teaches you that others have feelings, not to exclude anyone and not to judge them by their looks. 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. All the people over town hear how beautifully he plays and one day, an invitation comes through the post for him.He then plays beautiful music which everyone in the neighborhood hears and wonders where it coming from. It’s not just me that thinks so – back in 2009, Booktrust gave away 750,000 copies of Mr Big to reception-aged children in the UK. The message in the story itself is important for all ages - not to judge someone based on their outward appearance. Enjoy some of our recommended books for younger children about animals, from classics like Dick King-Smith's Sheep Pig to modern favourites like Ed Vere's Mr.

I was at my last school for 4 years and we had ********* book fairs every term – and every term, I was disappointed by the narrow range of books. Ed Vere did a great job with the writing in the book, by contrasting large and small text size, he can create emphasis when he wants to, and also display Mr Big’s feeling of being small with small text size. Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example.

Vere’s wide-eyed supporting cast of wide-eyed (notably smaller) characters look fantastic – and suitably anxious. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do.

Ed is also a painter, working from his studio in East London and is represented by galleries in London and Los Angeles. I enjoyed reading this book, the illustrator had used their imagination with the pictures and would be engaging for children. This book is beautifully written using short, sharp and punchy sentences which make reading this aloud or to yourself a delight. Big would be a good text to use in either EYFS or Key Stage 1 as the basis of a discussion about friendship and bullying. Even though he is big everywhere he goes everyone runs away from him as they see someone big and scary, therefore Mr big inside felt very small and lonely from inside.I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! Allows the reader to understand that regardless of what people look like, you need to get to know them to really understand them. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. A nice story to educate kids about how we should not judge a person from his/her appearance; and even if you appear to be different from the others, there is still something inside you that will make you shine and attract the others.

He is also a painter, working from his studio in east London, and is represented by galleries in London and Los Angeles.

At home the big friendly drawings are something that can genuinely be enjoyed by both adults and children. This is good for class reading as pupils can take it in turns to read the dialogue of their favorite characters. Addressed to the Mystery Pianist, it thanks him for the beautiful music and invites him to join ‘a couple of the guys’ at the Blue Note. The story went on as Mr big joined the band and everyone had a great time and at last everyone could see the real Mr big ending with Mr big having loads of fans and having no time to be alone which is just the way he likes it.