The Bestest Big Brother, Ever: A funny, honest and hopeful portrayal of sibling dynamics
By (Author) Ben Mantle
Illustrated by Ben Mantle
Walker Books Ltd
Walker Books Ltd
1st November 2025
25th September 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Emotions and emotional intelligence
Hardback
40
Width 128mm, Height 198mm, Spine 21mm
270g
I love my big brother, Felix. And he loves me, too. We are best friends. We invented wrestling. We can read each others MINDS. We can take over the WORLD together. He is the bestest big brother ever.
Nano loves his big brother, Felix, but sometimes Felix gets annoyed and frustrated - he wants some SPACE; he's fed up of Nano following him around. Feeling hurt and sad after Felix bans him from the garden treehouse, Nano decides he can make his own fun. He doesn't need anyone else. But when his game goes wrong, and he ends up feeling even worse than he already did, there's only one person who knows exactly how to cheer him up. Can you guess who that is Writing from his own fraternal experience, as well as being a dad to two lively boys, Ben Mantle has written a heartfelt, funny and completely relatable picture book that will give children the confidence to try and sort out their own differences with their siblings.
Ben Mantle is the illustrator of Bunnies on the Bus, Bunnies in a Boat and Bunnies in a Sleigh by Philip Ardagh, Follow the Track All the Way Back by Timothy Knapman, and Kiss the Crocodile by Sean Taylor, and is also the author-illustrator of Frog vs Toad. Ben lives and works in Leamington Spa with his wife and two young sons. Find him online at benmantle.co.uk and on X and Instagram as @BenMMantle.