Child’s Play ISBN 9781846439308 £5.99 This powerful allegorical tale is not a feel-good book but is one that could lead to poignant discussion and philosophical ideas. The watercolour illustrations are in muted tones and the characters are small and seem to take second place to the landscape and rooms. The overall feeling is one of…
Hodder Children’s Books ISBN 9781444938401 £12.99 Oh how I love Egg Box dragon! It takes me right back to the childhood feelings of making something that you really can believe is real. For me it was a Weetabix lorry but a magic fire breathing dragon that comes alive and possesses the skills of being able…
360 degrees An imprint of Little Tiger books ISBN 9781848576070 £7.99 This is a book about different environments and the wildlife that inhabits them. It is a fascinating introduction to the world’s ecosystems. Hanako Clulow’s beautiful illustrations are colourful and appealing as many of the creatures have soft smiles and bright eyes. Left-hand pages identify…
Troika Books ISBN 9781909991170 £6.99 What do our pets think about? In this companion to the author’s first book exploring fishy ponderings, Eleanor Levenson muses on a dog’s thoughts as he runs. There are no real surprises here: balls, cats and other dogs figure largely, but there are also one or two deeper thoughts and…
Child’s Play ISBN 9781786281289 £5.99 A quirky tale of the friendship between woodland animals, Bear, Fox, Chipmunk and Marmot. Having shared a fun filled summer together the friends think it would be great to live together all the time so they build themselves a home ‘tall enough, wide enough and snug enough’ for them all.…
Caterpillar Books (the Little Tiger Group) ISBN 978184857868 £10.99 Under the Same Sky is a beautifully produced book ideal for sharing with Early Years pupils at story time or as the basis for some PSE or class assembly work. It’s message of world unity, shown through animal families and their natural habitats, is appealingly and successfully…
Little Tiger ISBN 9781848695757 £6.99 The Three Little Pugs and the Big Bad Cat is as it sounds based upon the classic old favourite The Three Little Pigs. The story is much the same except the cat must revert to modern methods of huffing and puffing by using a hairdryer and a fan to blow down…
New Frontier Publishing ISBN 9781912 076611 £6.99 This fun book for early readers puts emphasis on the consistent repetition of the ‘e’ sound with each page seeing its young protagonist suggesting that something (with the ‘e’ sound) should go to bed instead of him. The foregrounding of each of these ‘e’ words is done through…
Little Tiger ISBN 9781848696891 £10.99 Large, colourful and enchanting illustrations accompany this story of baby Bella, who loves her blanket so much that it never leaves her side. As she grows, the blanket becomes grubby and paint splattered but still adored. When her new baby brother arrives, he decides that he prefers this old blanket…
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