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 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 →
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 →
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! 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, 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 →
Mini Monsters: Can I Play? by Caryl Hart, illustrated by Tony Neal and published by Simon & Schuster is the first in a new series of picture books for pre-schoolers. The Mini Monsters; Scout, Sparkle, Arthur and Tiny enjoy having lots of adventures, playing and having fun but dealing with friendships and emotions can be... Continue Reading →
Your Mind is Like the Sky is an excellent first guide to mindfulness for children. It is written by Bronwen Ballard, illustrated by Laura Carlin and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books. Describing mindfulness, or what it means to be mindful, can be a bit of a challenge if you are new to it and it... Continue Reading →
Having suffered with anxiety for most of her life, Nadiya Hussain wrote My Monster and Me to enable children and their parents or carers to open up and talk about their worries. The book is illusrated by Ella Bailey and published by Hodder Children's Books. The story follows a little boy and his monster. The monster... Continue Reading →
Pug Hug by Zehra Hicks, published by Hodder Children's Books is a sweet and funny story about a little pug who just wants a hug! Waving goodbye to his human, pug is sad; he needs a hug. But with his human out of the house for the day who can he find to hug? Cat? No, cat does... Continue Reading →
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