Nancy Parker’s Diary of Detection, Julia Lee

Oxford University Press ISBN 9780192739384 £6.99 Set back in the days when housemaids ran the show, Nancy Parker’s Diary of Detection is certainly not lacking in humour. Alternate chapters depict the thoughts of two delightful, yet contrasting, characters, with whom a young audience can relate. Nancy; a 16-year-old; newly appointed; and rather clumsy housemaid presents…

My Human Body

Wayland Books  ISBN 9780750299428  £5.99 Ideal as a home reference book for KS1/2, this infographic sticker book is packed with non-glossy diagrams and information. The book lacks a contents and index page but covers topics such as the skeleton, digestion, respiration and the senses providing different ways of comparing humans and animals by using over…

The Moon Spun Round, W.B. Yeats for Children. edited by Noreen Doddy, illustrated by Shona Shirley Macdonald

O’Brien  ISBN 9781847177584  £14.99 The writings of William Butler Yeats are infused with the rural landscapes and haunting tales and legends of his Irish homeland.  Kyle-na-no, Dooney and Innisfree may be real, but they conjure up a timelessness and lands of enchantment.  This collection includes many of his best loved poems: The Wild Swans at Coole, The…

Moon Princess, Barbara Laban

Chicken House Limited ISBN 9781908435934 £6.99 When I started to read this tale I was unsure as to whether it would be a mystery, a modern fairy tale or both. I was intrigued to find out whether the story being in China would be a critical part of the tale. And a critical part it…