The Pear Violin
Bingbo, illustrated by Gumi

Age 3+

A small squirrel finds a large yellow pear and decides to make a violin from one half of it. When he plays his pear violin, beautiful music fills the forest and all the animals stop what they are doing to follow the magical sound. One day, the squirrel drops a pear seed and then, up grows a huge pear tree filled with pears of all different sizes. He shares them with the animals who join together to play music in a moonlight concert.

Children's books: Stephen Romei's picks the best of the bunch and includes Muddle & Mo, Two Unhappy Fish, The Moving House, The Cowardly Lion and The Pear Violin in his list.