Barrington Stoke ISBN 9781781127315 £6.99 Friends Seth and Nadiya, the defenders of the title, work together to help people of the past. Seth has inherited from his father the dubious ability to see ghosts or shades of long-dead people, many of whom are in trouble of some sort. With Nadiya’s interest in history, the pair…
Franklin Watts ISBN 9781445161303 £7.99 This true story begins in Vienna in 1938. Lisa finds out about anti-Semitism when her piano tutor tells her he cannot teach her any more. Fast forward to 1939 and Lisa’s family manage to get one place on a Kindertransport; but they have three daughters. Who to choose? How do…
Orion Children’s Books ISBN 9781444014839 £6.99 This book tells the true story of cubs Hailu and Kakaway, who were taken away from their mother by illegal wildlife traders in Ethiopia, who tried to smuggle them out of Africa so they could become pets in captivity in the Middle East. The cubs were hidden in boxes…
Hodder Children’s Books ISBN 9781444933673 £14.99 This is an unusual alphabet book created in association with the National Gallery. Paul Thurby introduces the reader to some famous artworks such as Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire and Constable’s The Haywain and some lesser known paintings like Jan Gossaert’s A Young Princess and Joachim Beuckelaer’s The Four Elements: Earth. The paragraphs beside the paintings are…
Barrington Stoke ISBN 9781781126950 £5.99 Another powerful, engaging short novel from this brilliant, dyslexia-friendly publishing house. Anxiety is the central theme, but experienced by children and adults alike. Amy-May has a lot on her plate. She has witnessed her parents separating and has had to move from their seaside cottage where she was home-schooled by…
Wren and Rook ISBN 9781526360922 £12.99 An inspirational celebration of women who pushed themselves to the limit, achieved their dreams and created opportunities for future generations. Some are well-known, such as Serena Williams, Tanni Grey-Thompson and Nicola Adams but some are lesser known like Madge Syers, Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Mia Hamm. More than 40…
Quarto ISBN 9781810277386 £12.99 This retelling of the famous story of Dorothy and her unplanned trip to the Land of Oz has been produced quite sumptuously, with several die-cut paper silhouettes scattered throughout to add to the enjoyment of the tale. To help the young reader, the book is arranged in short chapters and written…
Tiny Owl (tinyowl.co.uk) ISBN 9781910328224 £7.99 This is another simple and beautiful story where a child uses crayons to colour and change the world. Each page the child uses a colour to turn something negative in the world into something positive: yellow turns despair into hope; silver turns drought into rain; purple turns crying into…
Dorling Kindersley ISBN 9780241228371 £12.99 This is a stunning book that brings the world to life. There are specially commissioned 3-D maps and artworks. The books has sections on Early Earth, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and Oceania, Polar regions, The oceans and a Reference section with a Glossary, Index. The reader…