Poo in the Zoo – The Great Poo Mystery by Steve Smallman. Illustrated by Ada Grey

Little Tiger ISBN 978178881676-2 £6.99 Steve Smallman has added to his growing collection of reliably enjoyable stories to read aloud to children with the highly entertaining Poo in the Zoo – the Great Poo Mystery. Illustrated by Ada Grey whose bright jolly depictions of anthropomorphic zoo animals, (think giraffes knitting extra-long socks), add beautifully to this tale…

Belonging Street: Poems and Illustrations by Mandy Coe

Otter-Barry, ISBN:978191307480-7  £7.99 This is an exuberant anthology with subjects ranging from daily life incidents, concepts of time, the joys of cycling and the greening of cities with riddles, puzzles and contrasting pairs of poems (lake/city or hush a’clock/storm a’clock) along the way. Some poems have a clear rhythm: ‘Tower block, tower block, bridge, bridge,…