By Emma Chinnery (author) , Emma Chinnery (illustrator)
"A warm, carefully observed story about friendship and acceptance"
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January 2025 Debut of the Month
Fluffy, an excitable little dog, loves going for walks with Mum and Lilly. He has fun chasing balls in the park though he’d really like to play with his friend Andy, which is never allowed.
When Fluffy gets lost though, it’s Andy and his owner who look after him, taking him home to the mattress in the subway where they sleep, and then back to Mum and Lilly. Next time they go to the park, Mum stops to chat to Andy’s owner while the two dogs play together.
Quietly and through Fluffy’s happy, unprejudiced eyes, the story takes a look at homelessness and the people we try not to see. Managing to combine warmth and humour with careful observation, it’s a book to encourage understanding and empathy. Emma Chinnery’s watercolour illustrations make the city and the characters glow with life.
A carefully-observed story that challenges us to re-evaluate perceptions of homelessness from debut author-illustrator Emma Chinnery.
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Everyday, little dog Fluffy walks through the city with Mum and Lilly. And everyday, they walk past Andy. But they are never allowed to play with him. Until one day, Fluffy gets lost, and this changes forever.
With the help of Andy and his Dad, Fluffy searches high and low for Lilly. But will they ever be reunited? Told through Fluffy's eyes, this book brilliantly grasps a child-like naivety that questions what is and encourages us to imagine what should be.
With her stunning watercolour illustrations, Emma Chinnery shows her mastery at capturing the nuances of everyday life in this simple – yet poignant – story about the blossoming friendship of two dogs living in the same city.
Alongside Way Home by Libby Hathorn and Gregory Rogers, Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson, and King of the Sky by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin, My Friend Andy is the ideal book to help children build empathy and understanding for those around us.
Emma Chinnery is a British children's author and illustrator. Emma worked for several years as a graphic artist before her passion for children's books led her to study on the MA Children's Book Illustration course at the Cambridge School of Art. When she's not drawing or writing, you'll find her on a bike, cycling the country lanes of Suffolk.
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A carefully-observed story that challenges us to re-evaluate perceptions of homelessness from debut author-illustrator Emma Chinnery. Everyday, little dog Fluffy walks through the city with Mum and Lilly.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed My Friend Andy and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
My Friend Andy features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, Animal Stories, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Fiction PSHE Titles, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children's and Young Adult Fiction
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My Friend Andy was written by Emma Chinnery and published by Little Tiger Press an imprint of Little Tiger Press Limited
My Friend Andy has 32 pages
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