Lincoln Children’s Books Quarto ISBN 9780178603108 £11.99 Erik is part of a wolf pack. He is growing up and does not like being told what to do. He feels trapped by the pack rules so he decides to go off on his own. Initially this is liberating, and Erik has fun. He climbs higher than…
Hachette Children’s ISBN 9781444941999 £12.99 A new addition to the Emily Brown series by well-known author Cressida Cowell (of How to Train your Dragon fame) and illustrator Neal Layton. It is Christmas Eve and Father Christmas is having all sorts of problems. Fortunately, he finds himself right outside Emily Brown’s bedroom and she and her rabbit, Stanley,…
Orchard Books ISBN 97-1408346143 £6.99 Fans of the Charlie and Lola picture book series will be thrilled to read another episode in their lives. Charlie’s narration always begins, ‘I have this little sister Lola. She is small and very funny’. There follows much sibling dialogue, in this case on Lola’s current obsession: dogs. They talk…
Quarto Publishing Group USA ISBN 9781633223868 £7.99 This is basically an alphabet book with pictures to illustrate each letter of the alphabet, a funny sentence to capture the two letters shown on each page, for example, ‘Alligator rides a Bicycle. Cow jumps over the doughnut’ and two lines of blackboard at the bottom on which…
Otter Barry Books ISBN 9781910959367 £12.99 A sumptuous picture book for sharing with a young child, Can You See a Little Bear? engagingly introduces the concepts of opposites and rhyming words which young children love to guess and join in with, whilst inviting them to ask imaginative questions. Each of Jackie Morris’ lavish illustrations has a depth…
OUP ISBN 9780192759467 £6.99 A gentle story about dinosaurs and belonging. A dinosaur egg is blown out of its nest and down a hill. It is lost and upset. Five different dinosaurs try to find out who the egg belongs to. We learn about the key characteristics of dinosaur species such as a Stegosaurus’ spikes…
Quarto ISBN 9781633225114 £10.99 This is an ABC book which looks at the theme of Mindfulness. This is a topic which has been growing in importance over the last few years and it has been difficult to find materials that target the youngest children. The author has managed to find themes based around this concept,…
Lincoln Children’s Books ISBN 9781786030474 £11.99 This is the follow-up to the popular 15 things NOT to do with your Granny and 15 things NOT to do with a Baby. It is a charming book with child-friendly humour that teaches children how to look after a puppy. Don’t take your puppy hang-gliding, and Don’t teach your puppy to play…
Hodder Children’s Books ISBN 9781444-937336 £6.99 The Gray/Field partnership have already delighted young readers with Oi Frog!, Oi Dog! and Oi Cat! where animals are given a rhyming item on which to sit, which is much funnier than would first appear. This new title immediately alerts us to something different – Duck-Billed Platypus? Whatever rhymes with that? Or indeed…
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