Little Tiger ISBN: 978178881090-6 £7.99 This is a brilliant and disappointing book, both at the same time. The storyline is aimed at KS1 – mad scientists use a time machine to travel back through time – yet the language is very sophisticated. Wilfred and Olbert travel back through time. They pass through many geological periods…
Allen and Unwin ISBN 9781911631743 £9.99 An original inter-active book. The pages are designed to be shared. Readers face each other across the book. The reader with a yellow star reads out first, and then the second reader responds. The illustrations represent situations that can be interpreted from different points of view, such as I…
Lincoln ISBN 9781786037725 £12.99 It’s night-time and a parent and young child hug while looking through the window at the starry night. The child longs for a star to hold and his parent promises to catch one for him. There follows a quest through woods, across seas and through snow to the highest point they…
Walker ISBN 9781406389012 £6.99 Fans of Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus and other titles will be delighted that this beguiling, drama queen of a pigeon is having another outing. Created by a former writer and animator on Sesame Street, this bird carries all the hallmarks of wit, humour and original voice we might…
Quarto Publishing ISBN 9780711249820 £12.99 This book is a lyrical celebration of the vibrant colours to be found in the world we all live in. It is an amazing introduction to geography told through the colour spectrum. Travelling around the world visiting different places and environments, the reader is taken on a celebration of both…
Walker Books ISBN 9781406391817 £6.99 At a time when plastic is causing so many problems in our oceans and especially to the wildlife who live in our oceans, this children’s book is both timely and important. 80% of plastic in oceans is from land sources and with eight million tonnes of plastic ending up in…
ISBN 9781783125463 £7.99 This book has plenty of ideas and suggestions that encourage children to notice their moods and express their thoughts and feelings rather than hide them. A good range of feelings are covered, such as happy, sad, angry, scared and worried. Scientific sections explain what happens in our brains and bodies, and there…
Piccadilly ISBN 781848128613 £6.99 Colin Kingsley is just an ordinary boy, living above his parents’ pizza parlour and delivering pizzas after school. He has ambitions to be a private detective, something that brings him to the notice of the Golden Spatula league; they are a secret network of young people who work in food establishments…
Caterpillar Books ISBN: 97818389102977 £12.99 At the top of the back cover we read the following ‘ Our planet is vast and it’s beautiful too, but it needs our help- it needs me, it needs you.’ To any child of today that is a message that needs making over and over again. This peek-through book…