Odd Socks
Romance & Relationships Stories Picture Books
Creators
Michelle Robinson (Author)
Michelle grew up in Gloucestershire and loved making up stories and being silly. She put that to good use by getting a job as a copywriter. She wrote over 6000 radio adverts before moving on to television and the web. She soon got bored though, which is when she started writing funny stories for children and their parents to enjoy reading umpteen times. Her picture book There's a Lion in My Cornflakes won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards. She lives in Frome with her husband, son and daughter.
Rebecca Ashdown (Illustrator)
Rebecca grew up right by the sea, and could often be seen peddling around on her bike wearing jeans covered from top to bottom in felt tipped doodles. She never stopped doodling, and after a Masters at Central Saint Martin's, Rebecca worked as as a graphic and motion designer, filmmaker and freelance artist. Her work combines drawing, printmaking and collage with digital techniques and her books include T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
Reviews
This picture book tells a story of love lost and found… From the tactile textured socks on the cover to the romantic reunion in the toy chest, children will be tickled and adults will say “aaah”.
Sunday Times
This rhyming love story is inspired… A delight.
Daily Mail
Everyone will enjoy this epic tale of true love and steadfastness… Author and illustrator both go to town, creating a fabulously funny and inventive story of true sock love, with a surprise ending that will leave everyone smiling.
Lovereading4Kids
This book provided a perfect opportunity to explore important ideas such as love and loss, kindness and meanness, happiness and sadness.
TES
Told with excellent rhythm and tongue-in-cheek humour… Delightful.
The Bookseller, Bookseller's Choice
An epic and very funny tale of odd socks
The Bookseller
A story full of fun, colour, love and laughter
Early Years Educator
A brilliant book about losing socks and being friends.
Angels and Urchins
Utterly charming with rhythmic rhyming and bags of humour. Vibrant, cheery illustrations complement perfectly. A real delight.
Peters Books
This beautifully illustrated and presented book is a delight
The School Librarian
A lovely book
Early Years Educator
This is the cutest story about having a soulmate and doing whatever you can to stay together.
The Bookbag
The rhyming text flows perfectly and shows off the author’s knack for comic timing… the artwork is bright and dynamic
Library Mice
A love story… to charm the whole family.
MinervaReads
A lovely sweet story of true love, oddness and friendship
Book Monsters blog
A lighthearted and sweet tale… the illustrations by Rebecca Ashdown make it a total feast for the eyes too.
Blabbering About Books blog
This is such a lovely book for any story time.
What The Redhead Said blog
Great fun
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