A Totally Big Umbrella

From the award-winning Sarah Crossan and Rebecca Cobb comes a reassuring, perceptive and funny story about anxiety and fear and the ways that these can hold us back from embracing all of life's joys.

Tallulah doesn’t like the rain. It spoils her new dress. It makes her favourite biscuits soggy. It ruins EVERYTHING. So, she gets an umbrella from Grandma. For a while, she feels better… But is one umbrella enough? Talullah worries about rain thundering down, and washing her away. She decides that she needs complete protection. So she gets another TOTALLY BIG umbrella and under her umbrella house, Talullah feels safe. But is she missing out on all the fun happening around her? How can she manage her fears and still BE in the world? A thoughtful, insightful and tender picture book debut from renowned author and poet Sarah Crossan, beautifully illustrated by Rebecca Cobb, that offers children new ways to think, and talk about, their anxieties.

Sarah Crossan grew up in Dublin and London. Her books for children and teenagers have won many prizes including the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal, the CBI Book of the Year, the YA Book Prize, and the CLiPPA Poetry Award. Sarah’s novels have been translated into more than 25 languages. She currently lives and works in East Sussex. Find her on Instagram as @sarahcrossanwriter, or on X as @SarahCrossan.


Rebecca Cobb grew up in Buckinghamshire and Somerset, surrounded by coloured pencils, felt pens, wax crayons, poster paints and pieces of paper. She studied illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and has been living in Falmouth and working as an author and illustrator ever since. In 2013, she won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Picture Books, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Find her online at rebeccacobb.co.uk, on Instagram as @rebecca_a_cobb or on X as @rebecca_cobb.

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