Mandy is a banana - a ripe, yellow, moon-shaped banana. The problem is, Mandy doesn''t want to be a banana. She would rather be a big, prickly pineapple like Pedro; or a round, plump watermelon like Wilhelmina; or a sweet, juicy strawberry like Priscilla. It takes a plucky little blueberry called Blip to help Mandy focus on her ''haves'' and not her ''have-nots'' and to celebrate what makes her so unique, so bendy, so brilliant and so absolutely, so fabulously . . . BANANA! A quirky, utterly charming, life-affirming celebration of the beauty of diversity featuring an all-star cast of fruit-bowl friends. Heart-warming and funny in equal measure, Mandy is Still a Banana is guaranteed to be a hit with little ones and adults alike.

Autorentext

As the daughter of a soldier, Zoe Arena spent a great deal of her childhood travelling where she heard all sorts of stories and noticed the power of words in bringing people together. She now writes wonderful stories of her own. She has a degree in Media Writing and lives in Kent.

Amy Evans is an illustrator who loves working with traditional media and print to 'make a mess' before using digital processes to give energy, movement and character to the every day. She is also a lecturer at Wolverhampton School of Art. When she is not illustrating or lecturing, Amy enjoys listening to podcasts, running and relaxing with her pet greyhound. She lives in Wolverhampton.

Klappentext

A quirky, life-affirming celebration of being true to yourself and learning to love the skin you're in, starring Mandy the banana and her fruit-bowl friends.