Hachette Children’s Books ISBN 978444955910 £12.99 More or less exactly what you’d expect from another in the successful and popular series of Oi Frog and Oi Dog books. This is another comically and colourfully illustrated book of quirky animals and the rhyming places that bossy frog says they can sit. This time, however, frog is attempting…
Holder Children’s Books ISBN 97814449463-7 £12.99 Like all youngsters, Sophie the sea-otter is curious and from her vantage point floating on top of her mum, she becomes transfixed by the point at which the sea meets the sky: the horizon. Ignoring her mother’s advice that no-one should try to reach it, she slips away while…
Studio Press ISBN 9781787417823 £6.99 It is almost Christmas Eve and suddenly Mr Claus faces a crisis. Elves have decorated Mr Claus’ sleigh with tinsel and the rockets have exploded. There is no way to deliver Christmas presents. Mr Claus tries to find a creature that can help. Polar bears, narwhals, kittiwakes and arctic foxes…
Hodder ISBN 9781444954661 £6.99 This book is great fun. The glittery cover suggests the delights that are within. At last all the Christmas presents have been delivered so Santa and his team of elves can relax and have their Boxing-night party. The North Pole is full of crackers, including one the size of a bus,…
Orchard ISBN 9781408357620 £12.99 A refreshingly different Christmas book from the author of Giraffes Can’t Dance. Father Christmas is feeling old, so he advertises for “someone young and different” to do the job. A young monster applies. Father Christmas trains him, and he starts in the grotto. When the children see he is a monster they…
Tate Publishing ISBN 9781849767279 £11.99 A most impressive picture book that opens with a mysterious giant waking up. On the next page “through the mists of time the giant will come to take me on an adventure”. The sparse poetic text takes us on her dramatic adventure round the world. The vibrant illustrations are enchanting…
Big Words For Little People Oxford ISBN 9780192777492 £5.99 A charming, child-friendly book that explores and demonstrates how we can bring more kindness onto the world. Sensitive illustrations suggest children’s feelings and can be used to prompt discussion. Topics covered include welcoming; sharing; giving, (not just things but encouragement and comfort); understanding; listening; helping; caring;…
Templar ISBN 9781787416802 £6.99 An entertaining picture book about a little girl who gets angry and REALLY wants to shout. The illustrations are excellent at conveying the girl’s exasperation and feelings. The author provides ways in which she can manage her anger. The story is humorous and entertaining, and the rhymes mean it reads well…
Tate Publishing ISBN 9781849766920 £11.99 An entertaining story about Marcello the dog. He is “kind, clever and very loyal” but he believes everything is his. Slippers, a pork chop, an acorn, a tree, a park, other people’s letters, his home, an entire building, a city, the entire country, continents and oceans are all part of…