A joyful rhyming picture book exploring neurodiversity that's perfect for EVERY young reader.

There’s a drummer in my head.

They are tiny, but they’re there.

And they tap-a-tap-tap and pa-rum-pa-pum-pum

All day without a care…

Sounds distracting? It can be! When this little girl is overwhelmed, her little drummer beats fast and loud. She taps out a rhythm when she’s trying to concentrate… And the little drummer knows just how to make her smile…

Debut children’s author Sian Radford shares her experience of neurodivergence in this playful, imaginative picture book that celebrates imagination, creativity and connection.

🥁Perfect for ALL readers

🥁Bouncy rhyming text

🥁Positive and reassuring

Sian Radford is an author, content creator and former teacher. Her TikTok channel, @moonandrue, has an audience of 1.1 million followers. In 2024, her baby-led weaning cook book published and has been a bestseller across the TikTok shop. My Little Drummer is her first book for children, exploring her own experience of ADHD, as well as drawing on the experiences of her family who have lots of different ways of interacting with the world.

Gwen Millward is the illustrator of a number of popular, bestselling picture books, including Butterfly Brain, which channelled her passion for the natural world, Darwin’s Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular, The One Tiny Dot and Meet the Wildlings – one of several books that Gwen has written and illustrated. She is a winner of the BookTrust Early Years Award.