Tony Ross skillfully presents the problem of bullying, managing to engage sympathy for each side of the story A little boy is wondering why he is bullied by his classmate Peregrine Ffrogg. He asks himself various Is it because he misses his mum? Is it because he still sucks his thumb? Is it because he smells like a pike? Is it because he can't ride a bike? And the questions he asks leads him to a greater understanding of himself and the bully. He comes to the conclusion that Peregrine Ffrogg is unhappy, and jealous of him.
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. Tony Ross is a British illustrator and author of children's picture books. He was a student at the Liverpool School of Art and Design. Ross has had quite a few occupations, such as cartoonist, graphic designer, art director at an advertising agency, senior lecturer in art and head of the illustration course at Manchester Polytechnic. Ross won the 1986 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, picture books category, for Ich komm dich holen!, (I'm coming to get you! - Andersen, 1984. He was runner-up for the 1990 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject, for Dr. Xargle's book of Earth Tiggers. Meet the illustrator What is your favourite animal? A cat What is your favourite boy’s name? Bill What is your favourite girl’s name? Roxanne What is your favourite food? Lobster What is your favourite music? Irish What is your favourite hobby? Sailing
