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…
Allen &Unwin ISBN 9781911631811 £11.99 Alex Rance is an ex rugby player who had to have knee reconstruction, which ended his rugby career. This is his second children’s book following Tiger’s Roar. It is written for early years children in primary schools or for teachers and parents to read to children. A howler monkey injures…
Little Tiger Press ISBN:9781788815789 £11.99 I am in awe of writers who can tackle difficult subjects for children, making them accessible and a little less frightening. This writer is no exception. Here two sisters choose the perfect day to build a shelter in the woods, singing as they work. However it is not just the…
Barrington Stoke (www.barringtonstoke.co.uk) ISBN 9781781125359 £5.99 Are you casting around for a text to inspire a reluctant reader aged 8+? Do you have few books in school where your ethnic minority pupils can see themselves reflected in the protagonists? Then this first book in a new series might be just the answer. Winningly, it uses…
Barrington Stoke ISBN 9781781125229 £10.99 If, like me, you are an admirer of Jackie Morris’s beautifully evocative work, then you will not be disappointed by this latest offering. If she is a new name for you, then just a simple online search for images of her many book-covers will surely be enough to draw you…
QED ISBN 9781784935535 £8.99 A fascinating non-fiction book which invites its readers to ‘explore’, ‘investigate’ and ‘create’, as they learn about different facets of the busy wind. This beautifully presented, 62- page book is simply bursting with information. Each double-page spread starts with a carefully explained introductory paragraph, followed by well-thought illustrations and interspersed with…
Quercus Children’s Books ISBN 9781784294212 £6.99 We Are Giants is a gripping story about a girl whose father has died and whose mother has dwarfism. It is equally a book about growing up, family, moving house and so many other experiences which children in upper KS2/lower KS3 will find utterly relevant. Amber Lee Dodd set…