One day a doctor visits the forest. He examines all the trees, including Big Tree. His face looks serious. ‘I have bad news, Big Tree,’ says the doctor. ‘There is woodworm living under the bark of one of your branches.’
Snibbles and Big Tree are very good friends and they spend lots of time together. One day, the doctor finds woodworm disease in Big Tree’s bark and Snibbles’ world is turned upside down! How can Snibbles and his friends help Big Tree get better?
Nathalie Slosse wrote this story after facing breast cancer herself in 2007, while raising her two-year-old son.
The final pages of the picture book offer some engaging activities to explore together.






