This story book for young children is a warm and richly satisfying story filled with family love from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling picture book duo Matt and Christian. It is about a little boy with a big imagination who learns that [...]
February 2, 2021
War Horse is a book that everyone is familiar with. However, you may not be aware that Michael Morpurgo’s story about a friendship between a boy and his horse Joey, set in the First World War, has now been adapted into a picture book. Illustrated [...]
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
This is latest book in the Mouse and Mole series of charming stories about a friendship between the two animals by acclaimed author and illustrator team Joyce Dunbar and James Mayhew. This collection, published by Graffeg , containing three humorous and gentle stories for children [...]
December 24, 2020
A perfect story to save for Christmas Eve from actor and comedian Ben Miller with beautiful illustrations throughout from Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, reminding everyone of the true spirit of Christmas and prove once and for all that Father Christmas really does exist! Jackson knows all [...]
This picture book for young children contains a fun festive story, set rather usually in an ocean. The story is told in verse with bright full-page colour illustrations by Sophie Corrigan. Our young reviewer thinks it is GREAT! It is published by Bloomsbury. Deep beneath the [...]
December 21, 2020
This monstrously exciting new picture book from bestselling author David Walliams, brilliantly illustrated by Adam Stower is a bright, fun, laugh-out-loud book with a cool message about celebrating individuality. Young children will be requesting this one at story-time today, and tomorrow and the day [...]
December 19, 2020
This is lovely wintery picture book for young children to enjoy listening to the magic of the Tony Mitten’s story accompanied by Diana Mayo’s dreamy pictures. Flying through the swirling, snow-filled skies, Snow Ghost searches for a place to call home, swooping gracefully over the [...]
December 12, 2020
Gill Lewis has written another charming story with relationships and nature at its heart. This title will be published in February 2021 by Barrington Stoke. It is a short story, but perfectly formed and with rounded characters who invite empathy. Dylan is struggling. Since he started [...]
First published by Macmillan more than 150 years ago, Lewis Carroll’s iconic story has been loved and enjoyed by generations of children. This edition presents Lewis Carroll’s complete text, with illustrations from Costa Award- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winner Chris Riddell. Published 200 years after the [...]
This bright book provides children with a fun activities to play on their own, with friends, parents, grandparents or, as our young reviewer will testify a sister or brother. Fun for Fingers is designed by artist Anna Bruder for any place, any time – no [...]
Perfect for young fans of the beautiful game in this book you can learn about the greatest football moments of all time in this collection of 50 exciting true stories written by Football School‘s bestselling authors – Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton. In this book [...]
Here is another lovely picture book from the creator of modern classic Meerkat Mail . Emily Gravett has written and illustrated a very funny woodland story showing the dangers of having too much stuff. Set in the same forest as Gravett’s award-winning Tidy, it features a [...]
November 21, 2020
Another funny and beautifully illustrated story about an amazing cat by dream team Pip Jones and Ella Okstad. Check out their other Squishy McFluff stories in this super series for young readers from Faber. Ava and Squishy are going to see the circus, but when [...]
November 17, 2020
This brightly illustrated picture book is the first title in a brand-new series for toddlers who are learning to deal with contentious concepts such as sharing, taking turns and having to wait sometimes. Set in a preschool for mini monsters, this fantastic new series [...]
November 13, 2020
This Early Readers story by Chitra Soundar which focuses on family relationships helps is suitable for children aged 6- 9 years and promotes empathy and understanding. It is illustrated by Jen Khatun and published by WalkerBooks , who have a range a suitable books for [...]
November 12, 2020
This picture book by award-winning author and illustrator Bethan Woollvin is bold, bright and stereotype busting. Meet Bo the Brave. She’s smart, she’s strong, and she’s definitely in charge. Bo’s brothers say she is too little to catch a monster. But Bo has other ideas, [...]
November 9, 2020
This is an usual and thought-provoking story by Nicola Davies with beautiful soft-coloured illustrations on every page by Cathy Fisher. The author and illustrator dedicate the book to “children who struggle to be seen” and it made me reflect upon all those people, not just [...]
November 5, 2020
This colourful and fun picture book has plenty of action to entertain young children. With vehicles being such a popular subject for toddlers this latest book by bestselling author Philip Ardagh is sure to be a hit. The bright illustrations by Jason Chapman suit [...]
November 4, 2020
This picture book for young children is just right for this year. The simple story about some very cute woodland characters is charming enough but the beautiful pictures by Cally Johnson-Issacs elevate it to a really special book to listen to all snuggled-up at [...]
