With rhythmic text, informative facts and adorable animal characters, this book will help children identify basic feelings, while introducing ideas of empathy and animal welfare. With a different emotion per spread, this funny, moving and adorable non-fiction picture book explores emotions such as sad, happy, [...]
June 6, 2023
A fairytale with a difference! Although in-keeping with fairytale tradition the frog still turns into a handsome prince! James Mayhew’s double-page illustrations are as gorgeous as ever making this book a favourite choice for any young reader who enjoys a story with a happy-ever-after ending. Families [...]
June 5, 2023
A thwarted thespian must use his talents to save his flock from a woolly situation in this hilarious gem from bestselling children’s author Ross Montgomery. William the lamb just can’t stand still. His feet are always tapping, ready to dance, and he loves nothing more [...]
Explore the Okavango Delta, Africa’s incredible inland wetland, a sparkling jewel at the heart of the Kalahari Desert. This richly illustrated picture book brings to life this extraordinary region for young children, navigating its maze of shimmering lagoons, meandering channels and overgrown islands teeming [...]
Wilbur refuses to walk anywhere. He loves to be pushed in his buggy; it’s such a relaxing way to see the world. And he really loves to be carried – whether it’s on his mummy’s shoulders or getting a piggyback, it’s simply his favourite [...]
Marky Polo is a pangolin who comes from a famous line of travellers and explorers. His cousin Merry Polo is visiting Singapore for the first time. Merry wants a holiday packed with non-stop fun and merry-making. Can Merli and his friends help Marky to [...]
Bright, bold and mischievous. This picture book is a good choice for young readers who are itching to be off adventuring… Why brush your teeth when you could go snorkelling with a crocodile? Or ride a tiger! Or fly with an eagle! Small Panda doesn’t understand [...]
May 26, 2023
This slim, pocket-sized book is enticing to any young independent reader. With fun, full-colour illustrations and not too long, it is a fantastic example of a ‘bridge’ that will help children to progress from picture books to conventional middle grade fiction. We like the [...]
This board book is a rhyming story by Jodie Parachini with bold and unique illustrations from Teresa Bellón. It explores the daily life of trucks. Wake up, trucks! Let’s rise and shine. Honk your horns – it’s trucking time! Follow the trusty truck crew as they go [...]
From strawberries in welly boots to herbs in recycled tin cans, this easy-to-follow gardening book contains 15 simple, edible projects for young gardeners. Learn all you need to grow your own fruit, herbs and vegetables in the space that you have, from a windowsill [...]
Grandads come in all shapes, sizes and guises! And we have lots of different names for them don’t we? This is a joyous celebration of wonderful grandads and the love they have for their grandchildren. With a bouncy, irresistible rhyming text by Ben Faulks and [...]
This book is the first in the Mr Wolf series of graphic novels set in a school. Mr Wolf is a brand new teacher at Hazelwood Elementary and this book is about the adventures of Mr Wolf and his new class on the first [...]
May 22, 2023
Novah has too much responsibility for a fourteen-year-old. She wouldn’t mind it so much if she were the eldest child, but she has two older siblings! Then the night of one of Ariana’s soccer games, their parents don’t make it back home. A car accident [...]
An empowering story about not letting disability (or life’s challenges) get you down, dictate your life, or deny you happiness. Ven has her future all planned out. Her dance group is going places and so is she . . . Then she collapses. On stage. In [...]
May 21, 2023
Renowned physicist Alan Lightman, author of Ada and the Galaxies, turns his focus to light waves in a second picture book story for children. There’s only one gift Isabel wants for her sixth birthday: a way to see invisible things. She can hardly think of [...]
May 17, 2023
“The Castle Rock Mystery Crew is an exciting mystery story, set in Skegness over the summer holidays. It focuses on the importance of friendship, dementia within families, working-class voices and the great fun of playing detectives! I know reading can be a struggle for [...]
May 16, 2023
Jodie never wanted to come on the residential trip to the field centre. A loner at school, she’s forced into a dormitory with other girls from her class who don’t understand her and talk about her behind her back. Even though they’re not trying [...]
In this wordless epic story Aaron Becker tracks the evolution of our species – and its toll on the Earth – through the fates of a lone tree and an enduring river. River and tree silently watch Time passes and people arrive to harness [...]
May 15, 2023
Leah Williamson, captain of the England women’s football team, inspires young readers to believe in themselves and demonstrates that you can be a leader at any age with the right mindset.
Kerry-Ann loves cricket – it’s in her DNA – her Jamaican grandpa taught her to play as soon as she could hold a bat! Whenever she can, Kerry-Ann heads to the local club with her friends – including her best friend, Amardeep. But now [...]
May 14, 2023
