The author of this book is a doctor and Youth Mental Health Ambassador. This book, he says, is a Toolbox of Lifelines and Practical Techniques to help the reader look after their mental health in the same way as they might do with their physical health. There are contents’ pages and a list of useful…
This is a much-needed book about the world of money, in all of its aspects. It looks at a range of topics, many of which are totally incomprehensible to most young people, as well as to many adults. The author starts by explaining the history of money; beginning with bartering in Ancient Egypt, to the…
This is one of the clearest books I have seen on the Arctic and Antarctic for children. From the first page with the globe and the paw of the polar bear and the foot of the penguin it is full of knowledge and explanation. It is a true exploration of two of the most endangered…
A sumptuously illustrated and lyrically written book, Wild is the Wind cleverly links two stories, the migration of swifts and the nature and power of the wind. The animals in the background of the first spread tells us that we begin in Africa where Cassi finally sees the swifts leaving as summer ends and the…
An oak tree that has stood for over a thousand years has seen many changes. What this clever book does is to help young children understand not only the passing of long periods of time, but also how man’s actions have changed the landscape over the centuries. This is seen through the eyes of the…
Felix Clousseau is a painter with a difference. Whilst other artists – Felicien CaffayOllay or Alphonse LeCamembair – offer various portraits of the King at the Paris Exhibition, Clousseau’s painting is of a duck. But amazingly, this duck quacks and leaves his picture. Clousseaus’ subsequent paintings create havoc and he is imprisoned until one of…
This is a delightful Christmas story from one of the world’s best known children’s authors. When Jack’s favourite toy Dur Pig (DP) is thrown out of a car window, he is distraught and even a replacement pig does not help. When this new arrival comes alive on Christmas Eve, the two find themselves on a…
This is another instalment in the popular ‘Planet Omar’ series. Like all the books in the series, it is written in a very accessible style, with short chapters, easy to read layout, entertaining pictures and doodles to explain sections of the texts, clearly defined and recognisable characters and a story with excitement and intrigue. This…
Rob Biddulph must ring a bell with most people who lived through the pandemic and had something to do with children, as ‘Draw with Rob’ was such a wide spread phenomenon. Here he is, turning his hand to fiction writing, with the determined and plucky character Peanut Jones (there must be a considered link to…