Wild World, Angela McAllister, illustrated by Hvass and Hannibal

Wide Eyed ISBN 9781847809650 £11.99 A beautiful book with glorious illustrations that celebrates the last 13 wildernesses on earth. The illustrators capture the essence and detail of each habitat – rainforest, arctic, prairie, woodland, coral reef, desert, rock pool, mountain, outback, moorland, deep sea, mangrove and savannah. McAllister’s verse is descriptive and powerful. It reads…

Square, Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

Walker ISBN 9781406378658 £12.99 Second in a trilogy about shapes, Square is as unexpected as it is comical. The character, Square, spends his days pushing square blocks up a hill onto an ever-growing pile. ‘This is his work’ catapults us into the world of metaphor for monotonous employment. Is it fulfilling for Square? Does he…

Red Alert! Catherine Barr, illustrated by Anne Wilson

Otter-Barry Books ISBN 9781910959961 £12.99 A charming, engaging book that features 15 endangered species, including the blue whale, the snow leopard, staghorn coral and the peacock tarantula. Children are invited to choose areas of the world and creatures that interest them. They are directed to pages that tell the story of that creature, and the…

Prambusters, Anne Fine, illustrated by Vicki Gausden

Barrington Stoke ISBN 9781781127360 £6.99 Two opposing teams at a summer school are tasked with designing a baby’s pram. Inevitably they have very different ideas of what the ideal pram would be like – one has a fluffy, friendly approach whilst the other opts for a hard-edged rocket-powered device with knives on the wheels. Perhaps…