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  • Published: 8 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9781774884812
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $45.00

Sunny Wants to Play





A gentle story about being an only child in a big family and wishing for someone to play with . . . and getting your wish in a big way.

A gentle story about being an only child in a big family and wishing for someone to play with . . . and getting your wish in a big way.

Sunny is the only kid in a big family.

She wishes she had someone to play with, but it seems like everyone has someone except her.

When she finally gets her wish and is invited to play with the neighborhood kids, it's a bit more than she bargained for . . . 

Maybe being the only child has its advantages!

This beautiful story invites readers into Sunny's quiet world with its lazy afternoons and sleepy, distracted adults, and Katty Maurey's delicate and gorgeous artwork perfectly evokes both the calm and not-so-calm moments, in this celebration of introverts, comfort zones and new experiences.

  • Published: 8 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9781774884812
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $45.00

Praise for Sunny Wants to Play

PRAISE FOR The Specific Ocean, WRITTEN BY KYO MACLEAR AND ILLUSTRATED BY KATTY MAUREY:

  • One of CCBC's Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2016
  • Winner of the Huffington Post's Best Picture Books of 2015

"Maclear and Maurey capture with finesse the mysterious process by which a physical place finds its way into the heart." —Publishers Weekly

" . . . this is a handsome, evocative look at one child's formative experience." —School Library Journal

"The Specific Ocean serves as a timely reminder that the mysteries and wonders of nature can be carried with us, no matter how busy we are." —Quill & Quire