Little Tiger ISBN 9781838912710 £8.99 What a delightful book! This “switch-a-picture” book introduces us to a range of scenarios – forest, desert, marshes, savannah and jungle. In each case we are shown the habitat and some of the creatures who live there during the day. Then, with a switch of the picture flap, we get…
Little Explorers series Little Tiger Press ISBN 9781912756285 £7.99 A well designed book with peep-through pages that reveal more peep-through pages! We start in the field at night and meet a variety of creatures. Then we move round various parts of the farm. I particularly like the stables with horses, cats and pigs and the…
Welbeck Children’s ISBN 9781913519001 £12.99 This is a charming book for younger readers. It encourages them to “move and groove like the animals do!” The creatures featured come from around the world, and the range is wide – flamingo, lemur, crab, baby owl, lizard, dolphin, penguin, bee, chimpanzee, peacock, jellyfish and baby elephant. Each left…
Little Tiger ISBN ISBN 9781788816908 £6.99 This is a story about a fox called Bramble and Hazel the hedgehog who go looking for fireflies. Bramble follows the advice of Twig the owl and looks near the lake. She is frightened by another fox. She is rude to the fox, who is rude in reply. She…
Little Tiger ISBN 978788815895 £6.99 The cover of this book is delightful – an owl and a squirrel are shown in a heartfelt embrace. Swoop and Scribble are great friends and decide to find a home they can share. They move in, and enjoy sitting on the veranda. Then they have a quarrel, and both…
Big Picture Press ISBN 9781787417755 £7.99 This book is the first in a new series of non-fiction Big Picture books illustrated by Bertha Teckentrup. The reader has to put on diving goggles to plunge under the water to discover and explore the world beneath the surface. Beautifully illustrated the double page spreads allow the reader…
Little Tiger ISBN 9781838911898 £6.99 This is an excellent board book. The dinosaurs on the cover are appealing and as we journey through the book we meet a range of creatures. Starting at the Triassic we move through the Jurassic to the Cretaceous period. Pages are filled with some rhyming text, names with pronunciation guides…
Oxford Children’s Books ISBN 9780192777638 £5.99 This book offers an opportunity to focus on calm. It explores age appropriate language associated with calm. The illustrations are in gentle colours and depict various calm moments in an outdoor space. I particularly like the chance to imagine something peaceful. Adults can use the book to encourage children…
Otter-Barry ISBN:9781910959466 £12.99 Mrs Noah’s Garden by Jackie Morris. Illustrated by James Mayhew Otter-Barry ISBN:9781910959466 £12.99 What a wonderfully different slant this is on the Bible story of Noah’s Ark. This second book in the series focuses refreshingly again on the resourceful, capable and creative character that is Mrs Noah. Once the Ark…