Anna and Otis
Maisie Paradise Shearring
Subjects
- Animal Tales - bundles of fur, fluff and fun
- Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair
Average rating
A hugely endearing, very funny story about kindness, friendship and overcoming fears, from award-winning illustrator Maisie Paradise Shearring.
Anna and Otis the snake are great friends and they love having fun together. But Otis knows people are scared of snakes, so he usually just plays at home or in the garden. He is nervous when Anna suggests a new adventure.
At first people are afraid, and Otis feels he isn’t welcome in the town. But Anna encourages Otis not to give up, and it soon turns out that maybe snakes aren’t as scary as people thought! The hairdresser enjoys shampooing a reptile for a change, and at the skate shop Sally has a lot of fun fitting Otis with his own set of awesome wheels.
Anna and Otis is full of endless rich details to spot and Maisie’s artwork is a treat to pore over.
Reviews
Really fun book, which showed that by being polite people can change their mind andlike you.
Mayor Cornetto Nuggets 01.09.2023
It’s ok to be different
Don Tyler Foxtail 25.08.2023
It’s ok to be different be brave and let people get to know you
Doctor Dragon O’Doughnut 25.08.2023
We should be kind.
Anonymous 11.08.2023
Really really good and was funny , taught a good kindness lesson
Viscountess Fenella Jamboree 16.07.2023
Everyone was scared at first until they got to know Otis
Count Slip Shortbread 11.10.2022
I liked the snake, because he was called Otis, and he had a hair cut!
Doctor Tuesday Sausage-Roll 18.08.2022
I like snakes and Otis is a good one. I’d like to have a snake as a friend. I liked it when Otis got wheels and went to the skatepark.
Professor Cornetto Yo-yo 21.12.2021
I really really liked it
Lieutenant Augustus Partridge 23.09.2021
Good
Superintendent Slip Tinkle 23.08.2021
Very good book. My girl learned that we have to be kind and brave. We have to smile even people are unkind with us. Nice adventure I recommend
Judge Magnolia Hammersmith 20.08.2021
I liked this book as it talked about being brave and trying
Doctor Birthday-cake Teabag 19.08.2021
Liked that he made new friends but not when he was sad
Esquire Pirate Jumpsuit 15.08.2019
It was a great book because everyone became friends in the end
Earl Quincy Sofa 08.08.2019
I think it was really amazing.l
Director Tulip Chocolate-mousse 22.07.2019
