Change usually comes slowly, step by step. That's good for both children and adults to remember. In this picture book written Danny Parker and illustrated by Matt Ottley, two Australians, young Toby feels safer when he wears a parachute — climbing out of bed in the morning, getting down from a tall chair, while playing, and when he feels he is in danger. One day his cat gets stuck in a tree. Toby uses his parachute to lower the cat to the ground. Then he climbs down a ladder from his treehouse without it "little by little." As time passes he needs his parachute less and less.
Designed for children ages 4 – 8, this comforting book encourages self-confidence. It also makes the good point that by helping another, we learn what we are capable of doing on our own.
