Hodder Children’s Books ISBN 9781444949988 £6.99 Pug’s adorable face looks out at us from the cover of this book. He is desperate for a hug. He approaches a variety of different creatures including cat, hamster, rabbit, fish, parrots and crocodile – but none will give him a hug. Pug does not give up and has…
Little Tiger ISBN 978178881676-2 £6.99 Steve Smallman has added to his growing collection of reliably enjoyable stories to read aloud to children with the highly entertaining Poo in the Zoo – the Great Poo Mystery. Illustrated by Ada Grey whose bright jolly depictions of anthropomorphic zoo animals, (think giraffes knitting extra-long socks), add beautifully to this tale…
Oxford University Press ISBN 9780192758866 £6.99 Another book aimed at the EYFS market from Oxford Owls. Lenny the rabbit is out picking spring flowers for his mother when he meets a ‘fish’ swimming all alone in a pond. Being the kindly chap he is, he offers friendship, but of course there is a problem: they…
Otter-Barry, ISBN:978191307480-7 £7.99 This is an exuberant anthology with subjects ranging from daily life incidents, concepts of time, the joys of cycling and the greening of cities with riddles, puzzles and contrasting pairs of poems (lake/city or hush a’clock/storm a’clock) along the way. Some poems have a clear rhythm: ‘Tower block, tower block, bridge, bridge,…
ISBN: 9781912756230 Little Tiger £7.99 A charming cookery book for young children. Readers help Little Bunny make a delicious meal with Big Bunny. Prompts encourage us to peer beneath the 35 flaps and find ingredients, and some surprises! The illustrations are delightful. I particularly liked the henhouse and the barn! Back in the kitchen there…
