Nothing!

Lila needs to get her shoes on, it’s time to go. Mum can’t work out what’s taking so long, whenever she asks what Lila’s doing she says ‘NOTHING!’. But in her own head Lila is wrestling with an octopus and twirling in a circus. When she eats a biscuit she’s a giant, climbing a tower and as she races on ahead she is the only one who can see her horse-drawn chariot. But then Grandpa remembers he can play pretend, there’s really nothing to it.

Yasmeen Ismail follows up the brilliantly jubilant I’m a Girl! with another empowering picture book that give little girls the page space to be loud, busy, fun and creative. Lila’s imagination takes her into worlds of her own and Ismail’s energetic painterly style perfectly captures the excitement of a child’s imagination. It’s bright and bold with a simple text that says so much more. A beautiful book that celebrates children, with a special nod to girls who aren’t in the market for more pictures of pink princesses.