All American Boys is a YA novel based on the racial injustices that many people of colour face. It features a perspective of two teenagers, one white, one black. It has been written by the award-winning author and poet Jason Reynolds and is published [...]
April 1, 2021
This picture book for 3-6 year old children is all about a boy called Joe who gets a bit fed up when other children only seen interested in asking him about why he only has one leg. Imagine you were asked the same question again [...]
March 14, 2021
This is lovely example of a touch-and-feel board book that is suitable for the youngest of readers from Little Tiger Press. With bright, appealing illustrations and a surprise flap ending, this series is perfect for little dinosaur fans.
March 7, 2021
This Lift-the-Flap book is an ideal first book for babies. It has nice, clear artwork and glossy robust pages that will withstand enthusiastic page-turning by the less gentle of young readers! Little Hen! Little Hen! What can you see? Inside this stable, who could it be? Lift [...]
This is the first book in a new action-packed, laugh-out-loud, high-energy series for boys and girls. It features adults taken over by aliens and a brave group of kids who must work together as a team to stop them! It is written by TV personalities [...]
March 2, 2021
This is a bright and shiny and robust lift-the-flap book for very young children that follows the journey of a caterpillar until it becomes a butterfly. It is published by Little Tiger Press and has attractive, luscious artwork by artist Bryony Clarkson that you can [...]
March 1, 2021
This bright, beautiful, chunky board book stands out with its examples of all the wonderful things Mums do with their babies; helping them to have fun, feel safe, discover the world around around them and, most importantly, showing them them how to love. It would [...]
February 13, 2021
Richard Scarry is one of the most loved children’s illustrators of all time. This is one of four internationally bestselling titles that was unavailable in the UK until this year. Now Faber is proud to be introducing these popular educational books to a new generation of readers [...]
January 27, 2021
This book is actually a collection of three heart-warming and amusing series for readers aged 6-10 years about an ‘ordinary’ young girl called Tola, who lives in a flat in Lagos with her sister, Moji, who is very clever; her brother, Dapo, who is [...]
Mermaids Rock is new series for readers aged 5 – 8 years set in a magical aquatic world written by Linda Chapman and illustrated in black and white by Mirelle Ortega. The Midnight Realm is the fourth title in this series of under-water stories, but [...]
January 20, 2021
Fans of the popular Explorers’ Club series written by Alex Bell will be delighted with adventure No.4 as it introduces Ursula, a part mermaid girl who is determined to follow in Stella’s footsteps and help her to defeat the Collector! In a distant watery corner [...]
January 17, 2021
Richard Scarry is one of the most loved children’s illustrators of all time. This is one of four internationally bestselling titles that was unavailable in the UK until this year. Now Faber is proud to be introducing these popular educational books to a new generation of [...]
January 14, 2021
This story, set in Jamaica, is rich with descriptions about the Caribbean island, but it is the characters in the village community and the writer’s understanding of childhood friendships and their dynamics that will make this book so appealing to readers aged 10-14 years. For [...]
January 10, 2021
David Walliams’ latest story for readers aged 7-11 years takes them back to 1940 which is of course right in the middle of the Second World War. Notwithstanding that it is set at a time when Britain was at war with Nazi Germany this story [...]
This historical fiction story for YA readers is as rich in its descriptions of place (Brazil and the Gold Coast of West Africa) as it is moving in its descriptions of a family bond (twin sisters separated in traumatic circumstances). It is beautifully crafted [...]
January 8, 2021
Uki and the Swamp Spirit is the fifth title set in the world of Podkin One-Ear from bestselling author Kieran Larwood who won the Blue Peter Best Story Book Award. The story is illustrated by David Wyatt and in common with the Five Realms [...]
January 7, 2021
This is an awesome book for teen / YA readers. It it the graphic novel adaptation of Jason Reynold’s award-winning blank verse novel with stunning illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff. After Will’s brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don’t cry. [...]
From the creator of Charlie and Lola is a gorgeous stand-alone picture book about a brother and sister who are neither entirely good nor entirely bad. Beautifully illustrated throughtout in Lauren’s iconic style it is a charming and amusing story about a family with a [...]
January 5, 2021
For children who enjoy reading funny stories this is a new series to look out for from bestselling author Francesca Simon. It is illustrated by Steve May with lots of drawings which our young reviewer found very amusing. Two Terrible Vikings is published by [...]
January 4, 2021
This is the second book in the thrilling Shadow Skye fantasy adventure trilogy by Joseph Elliott for readers aged 12 years+ With humour and skilful writing the author creates a page-turning adventure set in an alternative world whilst embracing central characters who have mental illness, [...]
December 29, 2020
