Quarto Kids ISBN 9781786030276 £14.99 There are echoes of Where’s Wally? and (for those of you old enough to remember) Richard Scarry’s busy books in this exploration of pirates and their world. Gold highlights on the cover reflect the booty the pirates were seeking, just as the reader is seeking out hidden items on each double-page spread.…
Barrington Stoke ISBN 9781781127209 £5.99 In this easier read from Barrington Stoke, Karen McCombie has succeeded in conveying the confusion and stress Ketty suffers, from the amnesia she has following a crash in which she sustained a head injury. She was technically dead for two minutes and thirty-nine seconds, so her recovery has been slow…
Troika Books ISBN 97819090001430 £6.99 Following on from the success of Blue Balloons and Rabbit Ears this is another poetry collection for children of all ages. Mostly short poems, all illustrated by the author, covering a broad range of topics from Feathers and Fur to Dream-time, some are funny, some are silly and all show…
Bonnier Books/Templar Publishing ISBN 9781783708000 £12.99 Ludwig the Sea Dog takes you on an adventure through different stories, meeting some familiar characters and seeing how Ludwig overcomes a barrier to save a friend. The 3D glasses that come with this book ensure that any child is engaged throughout although can make you feel a little dizzy…
BookLife ISBN 9781786371720 £12.99 This book is another part of a series called ‘Journey through the human body’ and is published by an international educational publisher called BookLife, based in the UK. Each of the titles focuses on a specific system within the body and explains its purpose and function in straightforward language. This book…
Otter-Barry ISBN 9781910959206 £6.99 How to be a Tiger is a fabulous collection of light hearted, entertaining poems by the multi-award-winning poet, George Szirtes. Its simplicity and directness will appeal to all readers with themes ranging from the weather to animals. The title poem, with its rhyming style actually made us roar! There is certainly something…
Little, Brown Books For Young Readers ISBN 9781510201125 £5.99 My class of 7 and 8 year olds have recently introduced me to Frank Lampard’s series of Frankie’s Magic Football books. In Mammoth Mayhem, Charlie, his pesky older brother, his friends and their dads are off to a campsite for some quality time with a sleepover to…
Hodder Children’s Books ISBN 9781444934397 £5.99 This is the first in a new series of seven books written by the famous sports star in collaboration with an established children’s author. Although it deals with universal themes relevant to all children: the worries of starting a new school, concerns about being seen to be different and…
QED ISBN 9781784937805 £9.99 This is an attractive atlas pitched appropriately for younger KS2 children who are taken on a journey round the world. The book opens with a description of our world, an explanation of the atlas, and an explanation of biomes. Then there are maps of each continent showing natural features of the…