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When Cucumber Lost His Cool (PB)

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When Cucumber Lost His Cool (PB) by Michelle Robinson, and Tom Knight

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By Michelle Robinson, and and, Tom Knight

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18 reviews

A perfectly-pitched tale of fun and friendship, from master
storyteller Michelle Robinson and illustrator extraordinaire
Tom Knight.

Kevin the cucumber is so cool – everybody knows it! Whenever anyone gets hot and bothered, Kevin is always there to cool them down. He even has his own super cool cucumber song: ""I’m super cool Kevin and this is my song! Make like a cucumber, you can’t go wrong. You wanna be cool? Then repeat after me: I am a cucumber, cool as can be!"" But when Kevin starts to feel like his friends are leaving him out, something happens that has never happened before: KEVIN. LOSES. HIS. COOL! Will Kevin’s friends be there for him when he needs them most? Rhyming text by Michelle Robinson is full of energy and rhythm. Bright, bold illustrations by Tom Knight bring the brilliant story to life. This laugh-out-loud story is a super fun way for children to think about emotions – whether it’s their own or someone else’s. Also available: The day the Banana Went Bad and When Jelly Had a Wobble

Reviews

26 Jul 2025

I liked how the cucumber helped everybody but then someone stole his idea. I liked how he realised that everyone is cool in their own way.
I would definitely recommend this book to a friend

19 Aug 2024

My favourite part is when pepper said everyone is cool except for him.

18 Aug 2024

There is a stubborn cucumber who thinks his cool and likes to the boss .

13 Aug 2024

I like when cucumber lost his cool because it is one the emotiens.

26 Jul 2024

The book was really funny, the cucumber is cooler than any other veg in the shop.

29 Aug 2023

He has lovely friends

08 Aug 2023

I liked the book but cucumber lost his cool

03 Aug 2023

I like it he's cool

01 Aug 2023

I like the song that they sing.

26 Jul 2023

I liked the runner bean that put sunglasses on upside down.

24 Jul 2023

It is the best book.

24 Jul 2023

I liked it when cucumber got so angry because it was so funny! I liked it when the bean put his glasses on the wrong was around and the picture of the pea was very cute!

20 Jul 2023

I liked Kevin the Cucumber the best because he was cool.

I would recommend the book to someone else because it was funny when Kevin the Cucumber lost his cool.

20 Jul 2023

Levi believes that this book is fiction. This book interested him because the book has a song inside. Overall he says this book is amazing and he would recommend it to his friends at school

07 Jul 2023

My favourite picture story book ever!
It rhymes and has such good rhythm that I can't help, but rap it rather than just tell it. There is just no other way. This book has to be performed.
I have shared it with every child in our primary school and every parent who has visited one of our reading cafes. It is timeless, has full colour pictures and is made for sharing.

07 Sep 2022

This book is about Keven the cucumber is so cool everybody known it! When never anyonc get hot and bothered Heaven is always there to cool them down even has his own accord cucumber song but when Kevin starts to let out something happens that has never happened before Kevin lost his cool

05 Sep 2022

This book is about Kevin the cucumber is so cool, everybody knows him. Whenever anyone get hot and bothered. Kevin is alway there to cool them down. he even has his own cool cucumber song. But one day some thing bad happened. He start to feel left out and never before that he notice he has loses his coolness

27 Aug 2022

keptbybees11

Has rhymes and repetition, so would be fun for a storytime read out loud. Simple message and some nice details in the illustrations. Didn't especially love it though.

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