The Girl with the Parrot on Her Head

About this book

From a remarkable new talent comes an honest and endearing story about losing a best friend daring to make a new one and the power of imagination. Isabel has a best friend named Simon who is very good with newts. But one day Simon moves away in a truck and never comes back. For a while Isabel hates everything and decides its better to be by herself. After all she has a parrot who likes to sit on her head and she has a system sorting all the things in her room into boxes. But now she faces a new problem: the parrot worries about the box that is full of wolves and Isabel secretly worries too. Can Chester a boy who has a way with umbrellas and sticky tape help? With simple illustrations full of touching kid-friendly details Daisy Hirsts debut picture book is sure to make many new friends.