 although I'm children's author Philip Arda and in case I forget I've even wearing the cufflinks I've got the P of Philip there and the A of Arda there so if you see me looking a bit later on you'll know why it is. I'm very lucky because I'm one of the people who's been asked to make a tiny book, a miniature book for the British Library project and I've had a look at some of them they're absolutely amazing and that's because a lot of them are done by illustrators. A lot of illustrators do, they illustrate, they draw the pictures well I can't draw the pictures and I'm not a designer so I've had great fun I've been cutting and pasting things together and I've been using scraps because I like to recycle so this is an old these are old file dividers and I've used them to make my cover of my book and as far as drawing is concerned I've just done little squiggles and things there's a lot of cutting and pasting because the great thing about this is if you like writing you can make the writing the important thing if you like pictures you can make the pictures important if you like the design you can make the design if you're one of those very very clever people you can do the whole thing but I thought I'd show you the book I've just finished and if I had more time I'd probably make it more beautiful but I'm rather pleased with it there it is there you can see it look at that look at that full of goodies and it is called Tim Little's little time left a tiny tail so what I'm going to do is I'm by the way that's dozy bear over there he fell half asleep while he's eating his giant doughnut but I'm going to be reading my little book some of my my little friends some of my toys and see them listening as we go along and you'll have a close-up look at some of my rather fudge together book but the main thing is it was it was great fun it's about the size slightly bigger than after dinner mint but very very small so here we go Tim little's little time left to little ones everywhere published by Little People Press an imprint of a deprecone press PLC in May 2020 funded by the British Library's miniature book project about the author unlike this British Library miniature book and the size of the type that it's printed in by Little People Press author Philip Arder is the exact opposite he is very very very big with very large feet and a big bushy beard his brain is quite small though he lives in a place called Royal Tumbridge Wells and there's a little little note down at the bottom there and that note says I made up Little People Press it's a little fib but it sounds good chapter one the first and last because there's only one room for one chapter in a book this small well there is when I'm writing it once upon a time Tim little had very little time left time is running out like sand running through an hourglass which is like a big egg timer or like sound running out to the bottom of Tim little's little short shorts after he'd been rolling around on his favorite beach with his imaginary dog Titch Tim had promised to be at the library at one o'clock and it was already five minutes to one the same one when he was supposed to be at the library and he had more than a little way to go together oh dear said Tim little out now so we'd have little trouble understanding what he was thinking it's very difficult being in two places at once what am I to do just then because that's how the author wanted it a little bird landed on Tim's little nose it's lucky that it was a little bird because a sparrow say landing on his nose would be like an American bald eagle landing on yours in other words and birds it would be impossible and look at my superb American bald eagle picture I'm bro and said the rent which was the kind of bird that he was I thought rents were called Jenny said Tim little a little surprised Jenny ran that would be silly said Brian if you're all called Jenny Ren it would get very confusing at the post office and anyway I'm a boy Ren so calling me Jenny would be silly or still you do have a point Tim little agreed I know I do said Brian it's called a beak I just approve it he gave little Tim little a tiny peck on his little cheek but Tim little let out a great big ouch that hurts of Tim and then I've done a sort of bird shape which would symbolize Brian the Ren how could it hurt said the tiny Ren I'm the smallest bird in Britain well my cosmetal is but you know what I mean but that very moment a gold crest landed on Tim little's little head excuse me she said I think you'll find the smallest bird in Britain is a gold crest not a Ren she glared down at them both with her beady birdie eyes and excuse me said Tim little more than a little annoyed I think you'll find that I'm not a bird perch he shook his head and both birds flew away what a cheeky pair said a passing squirrel she wasn't that much taller I should say she wasn't that much smaller than Tim little and look there's a sort of picture of a squirrel I move quickly it might look better I'd love to stay and chat said Tim little which is what is called being polite or even a lie not a lie as in a little lie down before supper but a lie as in I'm not telling you what I'm really thinking not a whopping great lie but a lie nonetheless the truth be told Tim little had had more than enough of witching on with local wildlife he had a library to get to he looked at the tiny hands on his tiny wristwatch on his tiny wrist and he was now six minutes late sorry you called out I've got to get going where to ask the squirrel to the library said Tim little I'm already late and there's little time left the squirrel laughed like a barrel full of chattering monkeys what's so funny asked him little a little put out on the last page you're already at the library Tim she said you've always been here you're a character in a library book is the book named after me asked him little more than a little excited yes said the squirrel it's a little book Tim little gave a happy little sigh and truth he couldn't be happier the end now lots of words in my book very few pictures and all cut and pasted but I really think you should have a go because it's great fun I hope you enjoyed it I hope the chaps are listening to me reading my story enjoyed mine as well in the meantime very best wishes from me philip harder oh and those you bear and the others goodbye