Simon Sock, Sue Hendra
Simon Sock, Sue Hendra
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Simon Sock

Author: Sue Hendra, Paul Linnet

Narrator: Paul Linnet

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2019

Synopsis

A hilarious story celebrating friendship and difference from the authors of the bestselling Supertato series.

Simon is an odd, stripey sock. He lives in the drawers with all the other socks. Every day two socks get picked to go on an adventure. The sparklies go to parties. The woolies go the park. The smarts go to school. Everyone has a pair... except Simon. Will he ever find his perfect match?

Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet's hilarious books have sold over 1 million copies!

(P)2019 Hodder Children's Books

About Sue Hendra

Sue Hendra is the author and illustrator of the hugely popular and hilarious Barry the Fish with Fingers and Dave. The Wanda the Alien TV series has been a huge success and is screening on Channel 5. Immediately after completing her art degree at Brighton University, Sue got a job with Bloomsbury. She also worked for Walker Books, Oxford University Press and Macmillan where she honed her skills as an illustrator and writer of picture books. Sue has been creating award-winning and bestselling picture books for over fifteen years and has worked on over seventy books.

About Paul Linnet

Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet have written a number of books together, including I Need a Wee! and the hilarious Supertato series. Sue and Paul's books have sold over 1 million copies, and won numerous prizes including the Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award in 2016.

About Nick East

Nick East is the illustrator of the bestselling TOTO THE NINJA CAT series, written by Dermot O'Leary. He is also the illustrator of Michelle Robinson's popular GOODNIGHT . . . series. He worked for many years as a museum designer but has always been a storyteller whether, as a child, filling sketchbooks with quirky characters or, as a designer, displaying a collection of ancient artefacts. Nick is based in York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Juliet on April 25, 2020

As an odd sock, Simon Sock is left out of the paired sock activities, he cannot race like the sports socks or go to parties like the sparkly socks. Simon would love have another sock to go on adventures with. Simon wonders if he will ever find his perfect match and his friend Ted tries to help him f......more

Goodreads review by Katie on November 11, 2022

I enjoyed reading Simon sock. It follows the emotional journey of the odd sock Simon. It would be a good book to read to EYFS/KS1 as it is a funny story that can be relatable for children as they have probably also experienced having an odd sock. It could be read as a stand alone story or with the i......more

Goodreads review by Jess on October 16, 2019

Read this throughout nursery but would be useful also for the younger children in the classroom. Has an important message to be portrayed to children that not everyone is the same; you don’t always have to be the same it’s okay to be different Children lived this book- was very engaging......more

Goodreads review by Citra Rizcha on October 17, 2023

I enjoyed this book......more

Goodreads review by Jane Condon on October 20, 2022

I like that there's a spider on every page. It's good that Betty the banana plays with Simon. Mr twinkle toes is funny and my favourite socks are the sparklies and the spotties.......more

Quotes

Grumpy kids should be cheered by Simon Sock. Delightfully daft as their previous books. The Observer

The message is clear: Love knows no boundaries, and even those who don't appear to match can still turn out a great pair. Cork Evening Echo

Probably my favourite book this spring. Angels & Urchins

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