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Me and Mister P: Joe’s New World

Book Synopsis

There are times when only a polar bear will do . . . So Mum and Dad have decided we’re moving house, but not just down the road, not even in the same town . . . not even in the same COUNTRY! Not only that, but now they expect me to try and fit in and make new friends. Don’t they understand that I just want my old friends who love and accept me the way I am – bad jokes and all. It would seem that the only friend I CAN make is this enormous POLAR BEAR who has come to stay. I didn’t ask for him, but I ended up with him at the airport instead of my missing suitcase . . . Meet Joe as he tries to adapt to his new life. And meet Mister P, the world’s most helpful(ish) polar bear. Packed with gorgeous illustrations throughout, readers will love this fun and heartwarming story.

Our Review Panel says...

While the funny scenes will have children chortling, this book also has a lot more going on beneath its covers (wonderfully illustrated by Daniel Rieley). Like the previous 2 books in the series, it has a gentle, warm heart that encourages empathy with all of the various characters. Joe is in a wheelchair, but this is definitely not a book about disability, it’s about a boy who just happens to be disabled. Mister P can’t talk (he is a polar bear after all) but the wisdom he conveys with simple actions and quizzical head tilts shows Joe the way to cope with his new life by living a little outside of his comfort zone and by making the effort to fit in while remaining true to himself….