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Mandy is Still a Banana

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Mandy is a banana. A yellow, bendy, half-moon-shaped banana.

The problem is, Mandy doesn’t want to be a banana. She would rather be a prickly pineapple like Pedro, a round watermelon like Wilhelmina, or – frankly – ANYTHING other than a banana.

It takes a plucky little blueberry called Blip to help Mandy focus on her ‘haves’ rather than her ‘have-nots’ and to celebrate what makes her so unique, so bendy, so brilliant and so absolutely, utterly . . . BANANA!

A quirky celebration of learning to love the skin you’re in, featuring an all-star cast of fruit-bowl friends. Heartwarming and funny in equal measure, Mandy is Still a Banana is guaranteed to be a hit with little ones and adults alike.

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Mandy is tired of being a boring yellow banana. She thinks she wants to be a pineapple, but they’re too prickly. Next, she wants to be a watermelon, but they’re not very stable. No matter what, Mandy is still a banana. Then she meets a tiny blueberry who shows her that being a banana is well and truly an exciting, wonderful thing to be.

This is such a charming story about being happy with yourself. Mandy is just like all of us, I think. I’m sure that everybody has a time when they feel like Mandy. The story is a great way to show children that everyone is special in their own way. The illustrations are bright, colourful and very cute.

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