The queen's Teller of Stories has woken up sick - and on the day of the big birthday banquet too! Her daughter, Ada, feels too shy and nervous to step into her place. After all, what would she say? But still, she must head to the palace to share the news . . .
Accompanied by a cocky parrot, Godfrey (who swiftly loses the map), Ada sets out on an unexpected and adventurous journey, filled with wild weather and racing rapids, deep bogs and daring leaps.
Making some new friends along the way - including a trapped princess and a rather lovely troll - young Ada discovers that she's far bolder and braver than she ever thought possible and, when faced with an expectant queen who likes a good story, she realises that she does have something to say. In fact, Ada realises can do anything when she sets her mind to it. She is Ada the Brave - a girl who CAN do.
With energetic verse from poet and writer Kathryn Simmonds and cinematic illustrations from Becky Colvin, Ada the Brave is an utterly captivating story that teaches children the power of finding your inner strength and giving things a go - the perfect antidote for self-doubt!
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Kathryn Simmonds is an award-winning poet and author of picture books, including Ada the Brave, Princes Don't Practise, Trouble at the Bug Hotel and Twenty Bears. She has written all sorts of things - stories for radio, questions for quiz machines, a novel, books of poems, short plays . . . and now children's books! Kathryn lives with her family in Norfolk, where she likes visiting the beach, eating cake, and reading funny poems.
Becky Colvin studied illustration at The University of West England in Bristol and went on to win the prestigious Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2023. Ada the Brave is the second story with Kathryn Simmonds that Becky has illustrated, after Princes Don't Practise. Her debut author-illustrated picture book, The Great Green Island, which was shortlisted for The Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2026.
Becky loves telling stories, capturing both the quiet and the not-so-quiet moments in life - her main personality trait is drawing, so it won't surprise you to know that that's what she spends most of her time doing. She also knows a freaky amount about clouds and is wildly mediocre at juggling. Becky lives in Bristol.