Brill Kid - The Big Number 2

From the bestselling authors of Diary of a Brilliant Kid comes the much-anticipated follow-up, Brill Kid – The Big Number 2

Brill Kid - The Big Number 2 takes Awesomeness to the next level!

This book is rock solid 'personal development' with a difference. A BIG difference! It's aimed at 7 to 11s, the exact age when mental habits are created. The book picks up where Diary of a Brilliant Kid left off – raising the bar from mental health to mental wealth, enabling young people to flourish in a world that's hell bent on knocking them sideways.

It's about happiness and wellbeing. It tells you how to shine when the world's a bit dull. It's about learning to be your best self and hanging in there when the world's doing its worst. It's got oodles of content about self-care, kindness and confidence. It's got facts, diagrams, stories, activities, quotes and lots of silliness!

Brill Kids will learn the following:

• Discover how life is actually all about crisps, sandwiches and milk and guess what – YOU are the magic ingredient!
• How to upgrade your life from just ‘okay’ to ‘BRILLIANT!’
• Find out why LEGO and LIFE are actually the same thing (but spelt different obvs).
• Why kindness really does matter
• How to train your parents – yes, YOU!
• A personal letter to all the little (& big) worriers out there (fyi – there are lots of us)

Brill Kid - The Big Number 2 will inspire kids, make them laugh and learn and leave them bouncing with brilliance!

Dollop 1: You are the meal Real deal 1

Dollop 2: The parable of the okay day 15

Dollop 3: Weird science 23

Dollop 4: Lego 4 Life 43

Dollop 5: No chapter in a book of this kind would be complete without a chapter about internet stuff and screen time. Hey presto! This is That dollop but don’t worry, we’re absolutely not going to lecture you about getting off your games console. So chill! Dollop 5 is a lot cleverer than that. It’s so hot it’s actually steaming! But for goodness sake don’t jump straight into the book here. It’s best if you read Dollops 1, 2, 3 and 4 first because they kind of set the scene 47

Dollop 6: The great Jam Ripple of 2008 73

Dollop 7: How to train your parents 87

Dollop 8: The Ultimatepoetry challenge 125

Dollop 9: Joe’s Amazing Technicolour Wheelie-Bin 129

Dollop 10: Chip ’n’ Pin: The Money Savvy Kids™ 141

Dollop 11: Daymares 147

Dollop 12: ‘It’ 191

From the multi-layered cupcake consisting of Andy Cope (Doctor of Happiness), Gavin Oattes (stand-up comedian), Will Hussey (an actual real teacher) and Amy Bradley (best illustrator evs) – this is your guide to building a life and becoming a pineapple. Welcome to the back page, weirdly the bit most people read first. The pressure's on because we need to write something that makes you really really REALLY want to read this book. So we thought we'd just tell the truth. Brill Kid 2 is fiendishly brilliant. It's got oodles of content about taking care of yourself, kindness and confidence. It's got facts, diagrams, stories, activities, quotes and jam. But the key ingredient is YOU.

Yes, this book has a YOU-Certificate. It's written for YOU, it's about YOU and it contains YOU. The best version of YOU. Basically, this book will show you how to SHINE when the world's a bit dull. It's about how to be your best even when the world's doing its worst.

PLOT SPOILER ALERT: happy endings are nice. But happy middles are cool and happy beginnings are the best place to start. And that, new best friend, is why we squeezed out our BIG number 2.

* Contains actual rainbows
** Not suitable for adults