Product Description

Billy is a bit of a worrier. He worries about hats and shoes. He worries about clouds and rain and giant birds. Most of all he worries about staying at other people's houses. His mum and dad try to help, but still Billy worries...until a visit to his grandma's shows him how to overcome his fears with the aid of his imagination - and some tiny worry dolls.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #160694 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Review
"An extraordinary book tackling painful emotion... A tonic, even for children with reason to be insecure." The Observer on Into the Forest"

About the Author
Anthony Browne is one of the most popular and stylistically distinctive children's book artists, with a number of outstanding titles to his credit, including Gorilla, My Dad and Into the Forest. In 2000, he won the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award (for Illustration) for his services to children's literature. He lives in Kent.

Customer Reviews

compulsory purchase
I borrowed this book from the library and had to renew it to give me time to purchase it for my two and a half year old daughter who absolutely adores it. She shows signs of being a little worrier and I initially hoped it would alleviate this tendancy. Hopefully it is working because she loves Billy and every night we read through his worries and how the worry dolls help him overcome them. She loves to point out each worry doll by name (and there are over 35 of them in the book) and she delights in the pictures and remembers verbatem the words of wisdom spoken by the members of Billy's family. My own mother (just like Billy's wise Grandma) has her own set of worry dolls and this adds to the enchantment for my daughter. I recommend it for every potential little worrier out there.

WE LOVE SILLY BILLY!
We are a class of year 3 children. We would recommend this book because it is one of the best books that we have ever read. It is a funny book as Billy worries about all sorts of funny things. The illustrations are colourful and give extra information. It is great for all ages!

Fantastic!
We are a class of Year 2 children and we love Silly Billy. Billy is a worrier, he even worries about hats and giant birds! We like this book because Billy makes worry dolls for the worry dolls for the worry dolls. You should definitely read this book, it's brilliant!