Welcome (HB)

Author: Green, Alison

Interest age: from c 3 years

Published on 5 June 2025 by Scholastic (Alison Green Books) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 32 pages
234 x 290 x 14 | 486g

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A joyful picture book about friendship and togetherness,

from international bestselling illustrator, Axel Scheffler

Would you like to come inside this book? You're very welcome.

In fact, everyone is welcome here, whether you're big or small, flappy

or jumpy, noisy or quiet.

With its simple text and endearing animal characters, Welcome

shows how everyone can be a good friend, and how we can

all help others to feel welcome.

Axel Scheffler's fabulous, funny animals are

the perfect ambassadors to show us all about friendship and togetherness:

how to laugh together, play together - and, most importantly,

how to make friends again after a quarrel!

Axel is much-loved for his characters such as the Gruffalo,

Stick Man and Zog

A donation from every copy of Welcome sold

goes to Three Peas, a charity which supports refugees who

have had to flee their homes.

Welcome follows Axel's picture book

Kind which has enjoyed huge critical and international

success.

Kind has been translated into 22 languages

Praise for Kind:

The Times 'Children's Book of the Week' on

6th April 2019

'A treasure trove of wisdom and beauty. . . A beautiful and

profound book' BookTrust

'An anthology of tips about how to make a kinder world' The

Sunday Times

'This book is really good . A simple story about what achieving

the impossible dream of 360-degree kindness might look like

. showcasing some of the best children's book illustrators in the

world' The Times 'Children's Book of the Week'

'This valuable book discusses kindness in all its forms' Daily

Mail

'Celebrate the importance of kindness. Small acts of kindness

can make a real difference' Angels and Urchins

'A timely and inspiring new picture book' Primary

Times

'A beautiful and thoughtful gift that will be treasured for

generations' South Wales Evening Post

'One of this year's most celebrated releases' Telegraph