Tatiana Minina – illustratör

There are some situations and feelings that we cannot change and there are some that we can. Knowing the difference between the two (and some ways to make ourselves feel happy) is a great trick to have up our sleeves!Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds.'The Wolf is Not Invited' was announced WINNER of The People's Book Prize Awards 2017 children's category. Click here to view a video of the ceremony, tune in at 50:23 to view the interview with Avril. The Feel Brave series was a finalist the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.'The Wolf is Not Invited' was a finalist in the children's picture books/early reader category in the 2016 Foreword Indies Awards.

His friends laugh at him until they hear his story and see the Shadow Monster for themselves! Spider shows Wolfgang a special magic spell to make scary things go away. The magic spell is so good that all of his friends want to try it on the things that scare them too. Life can sometimes be scary but there are some great tricks out there to make scary things not so scary anymore. You can even have a little fun with it!Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds.The Feel Brave series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.

Spider shows Wolfgang that by just seeing things a little differently he can feel happy again, knowing that true love never ends. Our lives are in a constant state of change and only we can ever know how big each change feels to us. The more we can talk about and embrace change, the better we get at it (whatever shape or size it comes in).Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds.The Feel Brave series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.

His bag is full of heavy worries that are making him slow and he just can't let go of them. When he trips on a rock and falls, Spider shows him how to rest his busy mind and tells them that worries aren't so bad if you share them. Nobody likes worries, so it's good to know how to give a worried mind a rest!Suitable for 4- to 7-year-olds.The Feel Brave series was a finalist in the 2017 Education Resources Awards in the Educational Book Award category.

The Wolf was Not Sleeping is a heartwarming bedtime story specially written by Avril McDonald to soothe the anxiety of children whose parents work as first responders and to encourage conversations which help them manage trauma. This book has a dedication from HRH Price William and features characters from the police force<