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Vere is the 2020 Illustrator in Residence for Booktrust. While there he will champion drawing in primary education and attempt to start a national conversation about the benefits of drawing for mental health. Vere has worked with the Britten Sinfonia and the Neil Cowley Trio to stage live concerts for schools and family audiences. With the Britten Sinfonia, adaptations of Mr Big and Max the Brave have been staged in concerts which bring together live drawing and classical music, the most recent at The Barbican Centre. The concerts were devised with and presented by Hannah Conway. Vere worked with CLPE to co-create the Power of Pictures, a 12-week scheme in which author/illustrators teach teachers about writing techniques.

What is empathy? ‘T he ability to understand and experience the feelings of others, and to respond in helpful ways.’ Vere staged 'Mr Big plays Jazz' at Wigmore Hall, London & Birmingham Symphony & Town Halls with the Neil Cowley Trio. Vere describes the book as 'a painted and written travelogue, a journey of discovery, it aims to engender a love of nature in a world increasingly disconnected from it. The book will discuss issues around freedom, conservation and what we can do to create a world in which wildlife thrives, rather than perishes.' The book aims to properly discuss the issues at hand and consequently is aimed at a wide-ranging audience from 8 year-old to adult.This story introduces us to poor Mr Big, who has a bit of problem - he is so much bigger than everyone else. Why is this a problem you may wonder? Well, everywhere he goes; the cafe, the swimming pool, the bus; everybody else leaves. They all think he is big and scary but in truth he is actually very sad and lonely. One day he spots a piano in a shop window, "It looked all alone. Just like him." After taking the piano home, he sat, lonely and sad, at the window, and played to his heart's content. Every night he continued to play this beautiful music and people came from all over to listen, wondering who the mystery pianist was. Then something wonderful happens, Mr Big received his first letter inviting him to join a band, from 'a friend'. Mr Big does join the band and nobody wants to leave the room he is in anymore, in fact, to his pleasure, he never gets much time alone from that moment on!!

Vere travelled to Kenya in early 2019 to explore, paint and write about Born Free’s work. Writing about and painting lions, their natural habitats and the local populations they live alongside. Discovering the work Born Free does to ensure that the world's remaining 20000 wild lions have a secure and sustainable future. Ed and Born Free will be publishing a book in 2022. There will also be an exhibition and fund-raising auction. Vere’s core message – that being big (or in some way different) is not scary – is delivered with a light touch, notes The Book Bag: ‘The person who looks different has the same feelings as everyone else. Inside we are all the same.’ It’s an important lesson for kids to learn and a theme covered in a few of my own books (including DANGEROUS! and Boris Starts School). Meaning Mr Big– as with many of my recommendations – is a great way to teach your child empathy. How to Be a Lion, by Ed Vere (Penguin Random House, June 2018) Nominated for the 2019 Kate Greenaway Medal and the 2019 Carnegie Medal Mr. Big is the story of a lonely gorilla who is judged by his appearance. He does not have any friends because his size intimidates the other characters in the story. Mr. Big is avoided wherever he goes. He buys a piano and expresses his loneliness through his music. Happily, his music draws people from all over town who want to know who is playing such beautiful music. At the conclusion of the story Mr. Big has become a popular musician and is no longer lonely.Ed's books have been reviewed in the news media extensively and internationally. His books were also featured in the Book 'Puffin by Design' by Phil Baines. The moral of the story is “a true friend can come in any shape or size”. This was a great story that I enjoyed reading it and felt the feelings how Mr big encountered through the illustrations and pictures. This story enables children to learn about feelings such as sad and happy and the importance of friendship. This story can be linked to cross-curricular subjects such as PSHE learning about friendships, feelings and music such as creating music with feelings and emotions such as what Mr Big did. Ed has worked extensively in schools across the UK and abroad running reading and drawing workshops. He has also been an invited speaker at many literary festivals in the UK and internationally, including;Hay Festival, Bath Festival, Edinburgh International Book festival, Cuirt International Book Festival, Galway, Ireland, Hay Festival Kerala, India (British Council), Flupp International literature festival, Rio, Brazil (British Council), Valletta Festival of Children's Literature, Malta (British Council). In late 2015, he went with the British Council to FIL Guadalajara, Mexico.

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