Think Big

Think Big by Kes Gray, illustrated by Nathan Reed
 
Humpty Dumpty is sitting on his wall with a crowd of familiar nursery-rhyme friends, talking about what they hope to be when they grow up. Humpty's own ambition is simple: he wants to become a boiled egg. His friends are certain he can think bigger.
 
Little Boy Blue suggests becoming an artist, Little Bo-Peep imagines a detective and Wee Willie Winkie recommends football. Around them, Little Miss Muffet, Goosey Goosey Gander, the Cow Who Jumped Over the Moon and many more characters reveal surprising plans of their own. Soon Humpty is imagining a future that reaches all the way to the stars.
 
Kes Gray turns familiar rhymes, sayings and character names into brisk comic dialogue, while Nathan Reed's bold full-colour illustrations give every possible career its own visual joke. Warm, encouraging and mischievous, Think Big opens a lively conversation about ambitions, effort and future possibilities — then saves its most recognisably Humpty Dumpty joke for the final page.