You, Me and Our Whole Wide World (Walker Books UK)
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Author review by Antoinette Brooks: ‘ A beautiful book with vibrant illustrations which are sure to capture the attention of your little one. Bridget Marzo has created a gem of a book that shows toddlers and youngsters from diverse backgrounds, both able and differently-abled, and from different cultures too. Each page is a celebration of what makes the reader connected to and part of a community, whilst celebrating their uniqueness too. Young children will love hearing this book read to them, while they explore how the characters grow and develop from page to page.’
![Diverse people ages, across daytime and night on either side of our worldworld](https://www.bridgetmarzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Marzo-AwakeAsleep-spread4-scaled.jpg)
from You, Me and Our Whole Wide World © Bridget Marzo ‘There are millions of people in our whole wide world…
![Children making a sandcastle on a beach](https://www.bridgetmarzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Marzo-Sandcastle-scaled.jpg)
A detail ‘Soon you made a friend or two’ © Bridget Marzo
Tiz and Ott’s Big Draw (Tate Publishing UK and Abrams US) ISBN-10:1849763100
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Kate Kellaway, The Guardian There is a particular sort of illustrator who understands that less is more, knows when to stop, sees the virtues of travelling light. Tiz & Ott’s Big Draw by Bridget Marzo (Tate £9.99) captivates with its economy. It encourages children, with an unintimidating gaiety, to draw. Tiz is a marmalade cat (his stripes 18 strokes of an orange crayon, his mouth a single upturned black line). Ott is a cheerier donkey than Eeyore (though in possession of a blue tail). The two artists wield outsized equipment: multicoloured crayon and paintbrush. They learn about creativity: it is best not to sleep on the job; it is sometimes good to collaborate; if you paint a storm, you might get swept away. Adults will derive metaphorical mileage from the story and relish the remedy for a creative block as much as any child: out of a deep hole emerges a rainbow-coloured ladder. A joy of a book – all ages.’
See this 80 second film of children drawing at Bridget’s Tiz & Ottt very Big Draw family event in Tate Britain. In less than an hour children made heir own pop-up gallery for Tiz and Ott in the museum
REVIEWS
Kirkus US starred review! https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bridget-marzo/tiz-and-otts-big-draw/