Mandy is Still a Banana

Zoe Arena, illustrated by Amy Evans

A joyfully, colourful picture books that celebrates the importance of loving yourself just as you are. Everyone has moments of wishing they were someone else but, as Mandy discovers, you are who you are meant to be.

Mandy is a yellow, half-moon shaped banana. Mandy doesn’t want to be a banana, she would like to be a pineapple or a watermelon. Anything except a banana. Until she meets Blip the blueberry who wants to be a banana and who shows Mandy the best things about being a banana.

With energetic fruity illustrations and a really positive message, we think this is perfect for sharing at home and in classrooms.

Published by Hodder, 2025

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Reviewed by Tash Hyde

• confidence
• fruit
• Hodder