The Secret Seven: Mystery of the Skull, Pamela Butchart Hodder Children’s Books ISBN 9781444941531 £6.99 and The Secret Seven Brain Games Hodder Children’s Books ISBN 9781444944631 £5.99 Award-winning author Pamela Butchart has taken up Enid Blyton’s mantle and has produced a new Secret Seven story. Peter finds a skull hidden in his bedroom and calls…
Otter-Barry Books ISBN 9781910959305 £12.99 This would be a welcome addition to any classroom or library bookshelf. It is a compilation of 21 short stories featuring Mulla Nasruddin, a wise and funny trickster famed in Muslim culture. The humour would be enjoyed by children aged 5 to10 and the deeper messages, riddles and wisdom would…
QED ISBN 9781784932152 £10.99 Flags are important. At the time of writing this review Donald Trump is under criticism for not flying the White House flag at half-mast for long enough after the death of John McCain. This book is a treasure trove of information about flags. It is wide-ranging, including fascinating sections such as…
Macmillan ISBN 9781509881550 £6.99 The fourth Ottoline book is now available in paperback. Ottoline’s parents continue to travel the world seeking new items for their collection. Ottoline decides to hold a dinner party. One of the guests is the suave Purple Fox, who takes Ottoline and her best friend, Mr Munroe, on a night time…
OUP ISBN 9780 192766212 £5.99 The Magical Kingdom of Birds – The Sleepy Hummingbirds, is Anne Booth’s (Refuge,The Lucy series) first book in a new series. The protagonist, Maya, is a solitary soul who has something of an obsession with birds. So, when sister Lauren, who is about to depart for university, gives her a colouring…
Palazzo ISBN 9781786750457 £12.99 This story is so deeply embedded in our culture, that Alice’s dream-like adventure of falling down a rabbit hole, changing size repeatedly and meeting such characters as the White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter and Red Queen are widely known. It has been published in many editions and made into several…
Barrington Stoke ISBN 9781781127919 £6.99 This is a warm and funny story about Pinchton Primm, whose exceptionally clean, healthy and regimented world is turned on its head when he makes friends with the Weird family next door. The Weirds are wild, shambolic and interesting: Otterly is a ‘creative dresser’ and mum wrestles sharks. But best…
Bloomsbury ISBN 9781408878903 £6.99 A beautifully illustrated book that celebrates the achievements of great women. Some are well-known, such as Boudicca, Pocahontas, Harriet Tubman and Mary Shelley, but others are less familiar, like Valentina Tereshkova, Elizabeth Blackwell, Ada Lovelace, Mary Wollstonecraft, Josephine Baker, Hatshepsut, Flora Drummond, Sayyida al-Hurra, Qiu Jin and Noor Inayat Khan. The…
What on Earth Publishing ISBN 9780995576605 £9.99 This is the first of a new series of books, written in conjunction with the Natural History Museum and aimed at the 7+ age group. Whilst this is a look at mini beast’ there is an element of adventure and exploration involved; it is narrated by Agent Eagle…
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