This is an Accessible Readers publication published to create support for reading development for children and to allow the same learning and development opportunities for all young readers including those with learning differences such as dyslexia. It is also a useful geography source at KS1/ early KS2, (aged 5-8), with double page spreads about Antarctica.…
We hear more and more about children’s mental health, particularly so in this time of the pandemic. Children are bound to worry and they are not always good at expressing their concerns. The author produced a successful e-book dealing specifically with coronavirus, leading to Everybody Worries which encompasses all areas. It seeks to reassure young…
This is one of Barrington Stoke’s ‘Little Gems’ collection of ‘first chapter books’ by well-known authors for newly independent readers. Nick Sharratt’s familiar style is evident on the cover of this fun story about a class of children who, together with their teachers, dress up as different types of cake to take part in their…
Oliver would much rather eat pizza, chips and burgers, cake, pancakes and chocolate than the vegetables his father keeps giving him for dinner. So Daddy needs a plan. He decides to take Oliver to his vegetable garden and show him how to plant and grow vegetables. Oliver is delighted by all the different colours of…
This rhyming book bounces the reader through the story of Dave, whose older brother Clarence is mighty, strong and brave – while Dave is not. The picture text shows the many ways that Clarence shows off his heroic feats while Dave looks on with awe, wishing he could be like him. One evening, when Dave…
This delightful, illustrated book is about a little jellyfish that sets out to find her jellyfish friends. It is a story about how everyone has a part to play in making sure that oceans are protected. It educates young children about protecting the careful balance that is required in the oceans and how the heating…
Lift the flaps on each double page spread to discover life above and below ground as you journey around different global habitats. By turning each page the reader will discover incredible animals and plants. The book starts with the Savannah, followed by Woods, the Arctic Tundra, Jungle, Sea, Desert, Himalayan Mountains, and, finally, the City.…
This is a book that has to be read in a quiet time when as Hans Christian Anderson said, “Where words fail, music speaks”. Wonderfully illustrated and with few enough lines of writing, this book is about a boy playing his bamboo flute and how the music speaks to Chi the panda. Chi lives in…
What the Elephant Heard by Charlotte Guillain Illustrated by Sam Usher Welbeck Children’s Books ISBN 978191351919 £12.99 This is a beautifully non-fiction picture book that has a story told in gentle rhyming verse that follows the story of a herd of African Elephants as they journey across the parched savanna in search of a waterhole.…