Little Bear and the Silver Star published by Scribblers is the latest picture book from the creator of the Old Bear Stories, Jane Hissey, and her first Christmas story. It's Christmas Eve and the toys in the playroom are busy decorating the Christmas tree when Little Bear realises the star for the top of the... Continue Reading →
Oi Aardvark! by Kes Gray and Jim Field
Oi Aardvark by Kes Gray and Jim Field is the latest in this funny rhyming series published by Hodder Children's Books. Frog is the animal who tells all the other animals where to sit and he is very excited as he has now written a new book - The All-New Alphabetty Botty Book! This one... Continue Reading →
Dosh by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Adam Hayes
Dosh by Rashmi Sirdeshpande, illustrated by Adam Hayes and published by Wren & Rook is a non fiction book for children all about money. Money and managing money is a subject many people don't talk about, or even actively avoid talking about, so this is a perfect book to open up those conversations with children... Continue Reading →
Wild by Sam Usher
Wild by Sam Usher, published by Templar Books is the latest heart warming adventure story of a young boy and his grandad. Today is an exciting day for the boy in this book, he is looking after a cat for a friend. He has done lots of research about what cats like and is very... Continue Reading →
Plunge into the Pirate Pool by Caryl Hart and Ed Eaves – Albie is 10!
Albie, the well loved character from Caryl Hart and Ed Eaves' books is 10 years old this year! Over the years he has been on some fantastic adventures from searching for Egyptian treasure to going to school with aliens and in his latest story, Albie is heading to ancient Rome in How to Drive a... Continue Reading →
Oof Makes an Ouch! by Duncan Beedie
Oof Makes an Ouch! is a beautiful picture book about friendship by Duncan Beedie, published by Templar Books. Set in the Stone Age this story follows best friends Oof and Pib. They do everything together; playing, exploring and their favourite past time - inventing. They do all of this whilst only saying their own name... Continue Reading →
Peanut Goes for the Gold by Jonathan Van Ness and Gilian Reid
Peanut Goes for the Gold by Jonathan Van Ness, illustrated by Gilian Reid and published by Harper 360 is a picture book celebrating uniqueness. In his first book for children, Jonathan Van Ness has created an adorable and spirited character in Peanut, a nonbinary guinea pig who does everything their own way. From cartwheels on... Continue Reading →
Planet Omar: Incredible Rescue Mission by Zanib Mian and Nasaya Mafaridik
Planet Omar: Incredible Rescue Mission by Zanib Mian, illustrated by Nasaya Mafaridik is the third installment in this brilliantly funny series published by Hodder Children's Books. In this book, Omar and his friends are shocked when they go back to school in September to find their teacher, Mrs Hutchinson (best teacher in the world), has... Continue Reading →
Oi Puppies! By Kes Gray and Jim Field
Oi Puppies! is the latest in the brilliantly funny rhyming series of Oi books by Kes Gray, illustrated by Jim Field and published by Hodder Children's Books. For those unfamiliar with this series it all started when a Frog was told, in Oi Frog!, to sit on a log, because it rhymes and those are... Continue Reading →
There Are Bugs Everywhere by Britta Teckentrup
There Are Bugs Everywhere published by Big Picture Press is the second in this series of innovative non fiction titles from Britta Teckentrup. Whatever you might call them; bugs, insects or minibeasts, they are a constant source of wonder for little people and this book builds on that first fascination whilst also encouraging a deeper... Continue Reading →