Barbara Throws a Wobbler
  • Published: 16 June 2021
  • ISBN: 9781780081366
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $17.99

Barbara Throws a Wobbler

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16 Jun 2021
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From the creator of The Bumblebear and Billy and the Beast comes a hilarious story of one big bad mood - and how to make it go away...

"Shireen's latest gem ought to come on prescription" The Observer's Best Children's Books of 2021.

Barbara is having one of those days. She has a sock problem and there's a strange pea. Then, all of a sudden, Barbara's Wobbler is out of control!

But what happens when a bad mood like this comes along? Barbara has a lot to learn about the ways of wobblers in this laugh-out-loud story from Nadia Shireen.

A brilliantly funny and sensitive way to understand and deal with tantrums.
"These are the most brilliant, beautiful and silly picture-books out there at the moment. Little doorways of joy." Caitlin Moran
  • Published: 16 June 2021
  • ISBN: 9781780081366
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $17.99
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About the author

Nadia Shireen

Nadia Shireen enjoyed making homemade magazines and comics as a child. She studied law at university and then worked in magazine journalism; it was during this time that she started to draw again. After a lifetime of doodling in the sidelines, Nadia decided to pay some attention to drawing and in 2007 was accepted onto an MA course in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Her debut book Good Little Wolf received a mention in the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award and won the UKLA Book Award. Nadia has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She lives in London.

Also by Nadia Shireen

The Cow Who Fell to Earth
Geoffrey Gets the Jitters
Billy and the Pirates
Billy and the Dragon
Billy and the Beast
The Bumblebear
Yeti and the Bird
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Praise for Barbara Throws a Wobbler

The sensational Nadia Shireen returns with Barbara Throws a Wobbler, the hilarious story of a kitten, a sock problem, a strange pea - and a stupendous tantrum. Its guide to bad moods - from the huff to the seethe - is worth the cover price by itself; this is the sort of book that will make both children and adults laugh, and provide the perfect vocabulary to defuse (some) tense toddler situations.

Guardian

Just the picture book to use if you have ever witnessed a small person's meltdown... A fun way to learn about feelings

Sunday Times

Top talent Nadia Shireen really understands what makes little children tick, and Barbara Throws a Wobbler gently nudges them to explore their tricky emotions ... If only real-life tantrums were equally hilarious.

Guardian

Not only will this book get kids talking about their emotions and how to handle them, it'll have everyone in hysterics, too. An instant classic, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.

i newspaper

For any child or parent that has ever had a fit of anger (so one for everyone, then)... Nadia Shireen is one of those rare illustrator-writers who can do both equally well.

The Times

Laugh-out-loud funny (with a great guide to grumpy moods . . .)

Daily Mail

Nadia Shireen's hilarious tale ... With illustrations the colour of bright, shiny jelly beans and a witty text that culminates in a genius guide to bad moods, Shireen's latest gem ought to come on prescription.

The Observer Best Children's Books of 2021