Acknowledging anxieties that some children may feel about making new friends and starting school. Provides positive suggestions for overcoming shyness.
Children at school who may feel they aren't very good at anything or feel 'outshone' by another child in their class and resort to bad behaviour to be noticed
Any child who sometimes feels less intelligent, less capable and less successful than others will be heartened by the story of Eric who isn't much good at anything but turns out to be a hero.
