My Senses (Our Special World), Liz Lennon

Franklin Watts ISBN 9781445148908 £10.99 This series in Book Band level 6 aims to help children find out about diversity in the world around them and promote speaking and listening skills. Beautifully presented, with vibrant photographs, this edition describes simply each of our five senses and poses questions about how we use them. Children will…

Medusa’s Curse (Myth Raiders), A.J. Hunter

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ISBN 9780349124360 £5.99 A start of a new series of tales that uncover historical mysteries and add a traditional story. This book will be a fantastic addition to the bookshelf for budding young readers. There is often a gap for those children who are intellectually ready for stories but…

Love You Hoo, Rachel Bright

Orchard books ISBN 9781408331705  £6.99 Celebrating the unconditional love of a parent for their offspring, this glossy paperback tells of the joyful relationship between mother owl and her newly–hatched owlet. With rhyming couplets and large, fun and amusing illustrations on a variety of vivid backgrounds, the story affirms the truth that life is more wonderful…

Journey Through Nature, John Haslam and Steve Parker

QED Publishing ISBN 978784934491 £9.99 This beautifully presented, interesting and informative book takes the reader on a safari through all the major animal habitats of the world, from the Poles to the deserts and rainforests to under the sea and ground. Each double page contains simple, well-laid out text with a short paragraph identifying the…

Happy Eid al-Fitr, the Sweet Festival, Joyce Bentley

Wayland books ISBN 9780750295673 £11.99 This beautifully designed little book perfectly captures the colour, content, concept and faith intertwined with the festival of Eid. Delightfully illustrated, the straightforward text makes it an ideal book to have in the library and on the teacher’s desk at the junior level. I hope the publisher deals with other…

Emily Davison (Fact Cat), Izzi Howell

Wayland Books ISBN 9780750297707 £11.99 Emily Davison brings to life the world of the suffragettes and the fight of some women to get the vote. It is, in effect, a brief biography of Emily, presented in an engaging way. Language is accessible, there are big pictures on each page, and often questions that need researching…