Overview
When you show a new kid around it’s called giving them ""The Tour"". It’s a really important job and there are lots of things to remember because they don’t know ANYWHERE in the school and you have to tell them about EVERYTHING. Being a New Kid in a new school can be scary. Luckily, this book shows you how to be the PERFECT Tour Guide and make your New Kid feel right at home. First stop? The toilets. Because they're great for singing in. (And also for weeing.) And don't forget to show them the library and its one MILLION books (remember to use your quiet mouse voice!), the playground (where you can play Worldwide Hairdressers!) and ... the EMERGENCY MEET UP PLACE (just in case anyone gets lost) and, oh yeah, make sure to point out lots of random things you see as you walk past them. But REMEMBER, sometimes when you're a New Kid it can all be ... a bit too much. And that's when the New Kid doesn't need you to be a tour guide anymore, they need you to be ... a friend.
Full Product Details
Author: Katie Clapham ,
Nadia Shireen
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Imprint: Walker Books Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 25.40cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 29.00cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9781529505740
ISBN 10: 1529505747
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 03 July 2025
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Aimed at anxious children starting at a new school or nursery, this gently funny debut picture book from writer and bookseller Clapham is the perfect reassuring guide. Award-winning illustrator Shireen provides bright and relatable illustrations to match the tone of the children’s-POV of the writing style. * The Bookseller *
Author Information
Katie Clapham is the co-owner of independent bookshop Storytellers, Inc. with her mum. Picked by The Bookseller as a rising star, Katie was also named Best Young Bookseller at the British Book Awards. Katie is the author of acclaimed teen comedy Three Girls (UCLan, 2022), and The Missing Bookshop (Stripes, 2019). She lives by the sea with her husband, daughter and dog, where she writes the popular Substack newsletter, Receipt from the Bookshop, as well as working in the bookshop. Find her on Instagram: @KatieClaphamWriting. Nadia Shireen has been making picture books since 2010, when her debut Good Little Wolf burst onto the scene and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Since then, she’s written and illustrated many more picture books including Barbara Throws a Wobbler, Billy and the Beast, The Cow Who Fell to Earth and Geoffrey Gets the Jitters. In 2017, The Bumblebear was distributed to over 700,000 children as part of BookTrust’s Time To Read campaign. Her anarchic series for older readers, Grimwood, was a World Book Day title in 2022 and has taken the playgrounds of the nation by storm. Nadia has won the UKLA book prize twice, though she has lost loads of others (she still enjoys being nominated though.) She co-presents a podcast about children’s books called The Island of Brilliant with writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Find her on Instagram: @NadiaShireenDraws.
