When night-time comes to the island of Caveat, rules must be observed: a lamp must be lit in each window and a line of ashes sprinkled across the threshold. That way the ghosts won’t get inside. Outside, salt rolls in endlessly, seemingly intent on swallowing this forgotten place entirely. Caveat is definitely not a place…
A wonderful book. The endpapers are fascinating and lure in the reader. At the start the book introduces us to natural selection, convergent and divergent evolution, symbiosis, colonial organisms, mimicry and camouflage. The symbols used are explained and there follows a series of double page spreads that introduce the reader to 100 iconic life forms.…
This is one of the Secrets of the Museum series. The Museum is designed for curious minds. In this charming book a curious curator invites the young explorer to step through the keyhole on the cover and enter their collection of predators. The expedition takes us to the rainforest, fresh water, the ocean, the African…
A fantastic cornucopia of quotations. Some are familiar, and some I did not know. Ideal for encouraging well-being and thought-provoking, the book can be dipped into by individuals or read by or to a class. It would be fun to look up people’s birthdays. The quotes encourage discussion, and children might want to find out…
The play park shown in the opening endpapers looks really exciting. There are swings, climbing frames, slides and roundabouts. But when this little boy goes for a walk with his Dad and Daddy, things aren’t quite so thrilling. He wants to slide on icy puddles or climb the ropes in the play park, but his…
The gold artwork on the cover attracted me to this book, but when I saw “Press the Buttons 20 Nature Sounds” I was hooked. And I was not disappointed. The sounds are superb and really conjure up the ten different environments. We hear woodpecker, lion, penguin, seagull, owl, dolphin, eagle, rattlesnake, bear, rainforest, bumblebee, seal,…
I am a fussy eater and I was delighted to find this book about the emotions that children can experience when they are introduced to new foods. All bunnies love carrots – or do they? This one doesn’t. No matter what his parents tell him he prefers “quiet foods like yoghurt, bananas and cinnamon cake,”…
This beautifully illustrated book is a wonderful collection of rhymes with suggested actions to be used throughout the year. With rhymes about Easter, Diwali, and Christmas, the sense of rhythm and rhyme linked with movement is a fun way to develop coordination skills, with a love of words from a very young age. From stomping…
Picture the scene: you’re sitting at home in your comfortable armchair, perhaps enjoying a cup of tea, when suddenly in your head you hear a voice. It’s the voice of your cat, the Norse god, Odin. This is a regular occurrence for the main character in this book: Aldo. The book is the second instalment…