This is my favorite Biddulph and I love all his books! It is beautiful and has a fantastic moral that is reached at from a child's point of view. It is a great way to teach empathy, honesty, and good behavior without be glaringly obvious. I think it's perfect. The catch about Sid's imaginary friend Kevin is that after making Kevin up to blame Sid's bad behavior on Sid winds up in Kevin's world where Sid is the imaginary friend and not Kevin. This makes Kevin think he can get away with anything. He draws on the walls, terrorizes the animals, wrecks Kevin's bed; but then Kevin's dad yells at poor Kevin and Sid realizes that he's made Kevin feel horrible. He fixes everything he messed up then goes back home and apologizes to his mother. So beautiful. I am not a writer so I can't describe how lovely this book is.

Oh my I genuinely get excited for a new book from Rob Biddulph and with good reason. They are fab! They rhyme, they're fun, they have awesome illustrations and always have a lovely moral to the story. Kevin is no exception. Kevin is the story of Sid, a little boy who likes to blame his naughtiness on his imaginary friend Kevin, untill one night when he finds out Kevin is real and goes to his land. Sid becomes Kevin's imaginary friend there, and after making mischief realises how much his lies can upset others and learns the error of his ways. This is ANOTHER cracking book and after one read with the mini one, I know it's a family fave already!

Sid Gibbons, the boy that this book introduces Is awfully swift when it comes to excuses. When mum points the finger he’s quick to exclaim The numerous reasons he wasn’t to blame – It’s sending her crazy, this constant denial And ‘Kevin’ is Sid’s biggest fib by a mile… A make-believe friend who is clumsy but kind (And visible only to Sidney, you’ll find.) That vanilla-furred, pink-spotted giant came reeling From somewhere beyond that old hatch in the ceiling, And Kev was the one who created the mess That led to his mum’s current state of distress. What would you learn, then? And how might you feel? If who you imagined… …turned out… …to be real…? Rob Biddulph’s delivered a wonderful book Of friendship, and learning it’s best to step-up. How genuine ‘sorry’s will work out just fine (And better than putting a friend on the line!) Of how a grey world can be richer and fuller When what you imagine can fill it with colour.