Silly Billy

About this book

A funny sympathetic antidote to worry from a Hans Christian Andersen Medalist Billy worries about everything from shoes that might march out the window to giant birds that might carry him away. One night on a visit to Grandmas Billy is so anxious that he cant sleep. But Grandma has just the thing for a boy like Billy tiny colorful worry dolls made to do his worrying for him. That night when Billy puts the dolls under his pillow he sleeps like a log. But soon it dawns on Billy that something is not quite right now he has all those worry dolls to worry about! Leave it to Anthony Browne with his surreal illustrations and a final clever twist to come up with a solution that puts Billy at ease at last.