George is an uncomplicated caterpillar whose simple, safe life suddenly becomes more complicated and interesting.

George's story is about how we see new things: Whether we are inspired or made afraid; whether indeed we allow ourselves to see them at all. It is about the types of caterpillar we are and about what we might be if only we dared.

It is a childish story that grown-ups might read for themselves but mostly it is for grown-ups to read with their children in order to share a love of words and of play.