Primary Education

ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING! a History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention by Christopher Lloyd Illustrated by Andy Forshaw

What on Earth Books  ISBN: 9781999802820 £16.99 A fabulous book that tells the history of the world and shows how it connects together .The content includes the beginning of the universe, dinosaurs, the start of civilisation, classical empires, the Americas, inventions, medieval misery, globalization, revolutions, wars,  – and “to be continued”. There are photographs, illustrations,…

Famous Family Trees – explore 25 family trees from history by Kazi Hauge Illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger

Lincoln Children’s Books ISBN: 9781786 032973 £12.99 What a clever idea – take 25 famous people and draw their family tree. Each one is accompanied by a page highlighting the achievements of that individual. The illustrations and use of colour bring the pages to life but, unfortunately, for me, it doesn’t really work. There is…

Fast Forward The World’s Most Famous Race Tracks and Race Cars  by Adam Skinner Illustrated by James Gilleard

Wide Eyed ISBN 9781786036292 £20 This book takes us to 13 countries across the world visiting iconic racing venues. We learn about the tracks, classic cars, the drivers and key moments in motor racing. I also enjoyed learning about the people who build, develop and maintain the cars, and the designers and architects who create the…

Supersize Cross Sections Inside Engines by Pascale Hedelin Illustrated by Lou Rihn

Wide Eyed £14.99 A stunning book that takes us inside 15 supersize vehicles. We are shown how they were constructed and are given an insight into what life was like on these vehicles. A wide range of cross sections is included – an 18th century adventure gallery captained by William Kidd; the Orient Express; RMS Titanic;…

Swallow’s Dance by Wendy Orr

Allen & Unwin  ISBN 9781911631200    £7.99 This is a coming of age story. Leira is from a privileged background, the priest-class, and is on the brink of becoming a woman when her world is turned upside down. An earthquake and volcanic eruptions destroy her home, her life, her island. Her mother is seriously injured in…

Dinosaurs Time Trails series by Liz Gogerly and Rob Hunt Illustrated by Øivind Hovland

Watts  ISBN 9781445158556  £12.99 Some children are fascinated by dinosaurs and this book does not disappoint. We are taken on a chronological journey that starts over 200 million years ago, and ends in the mass extinction event in the Cretaceous period when three quarters of all life on the planet was destroyed. At the start…

A Girl Called Justice by Elly Griffiths

Quercus ISBN: 978178650782 £6.99 Justice Jones has sleuthing written into her DNA.  Her mother is the author of the Leslie Light crime novels and her father is a QC specialising in murder cases.  After the death of her mother, Justice is packed off rather swiftly to boarding school, where even before she arrives at the gates, the…

Against All Gods by Maz Evans Illustrated by Helen Crawford-White and Aleksei Bitskoff

Chicken House ISBN: 9781911077008  £6.99 What an emotional rollercoaster! This is the fourth and final instalment of the “Who let the Gods out?” series by Maz Evans. Elliot’s epic journey has reached a point where he needs to make the hardest, most devastating decision anyone could bare to make: to save the world, or to save…

Pog  by Pádraig Kenny

Chicken House books ISBN 9781911490395 £6.99 Penny, her brother David and their dad, move into a new house in the middle of a forest; their mother’s childhood home. Mum is apparently en route. Later we find out that mum has died in a road accident and when she does arrive it will be in an…