Hodder Children’s Books ISBN 9781444938906 £5.99 This is the hard-pressed teacher’s answer to prayer, especially but not essentially if they are still including a study of WW2 in their history curriculum: a play about the evacuation, the Manchester blitz and its effects on the lives of all those caught up in any or all of…
Chicken House Books (www.doublecluck.com) ISBN 9781912626069 £6.99 This is an exciting read with plenty of action and humour. Milton continues his #notscaredofspiders campaign started in his previous book. Struggling with the pressures of his new found fame, Milton decides to take a break in Hawaii and find his father. En route he and his…
Hachette Books ISBN 9781408357859 £5.99 For those children who are familiar with the juggernaut that is the ‘Beast Quest’ set of series, this book will need no introduction, except to say that this is the new series: ‘New Blood’. However, for those of you who are less familiar with the idea, (even though there are…
Dragonfly – Firefly Press. ISBN 9781913102104 £5.99 An easy to read, fast paced story for 6-9s.This is the third in a series of books about a boy called Jams and his mischievous monkey called Thimble. It stands alone in its own right but I’m sure once read children will want to read the other two…
Otter-Barry ISBN 9781910959640 £6.99 Not all mums are the same and not all mums are humans. This collection of poems has an A to Z of a wide variety of them from Action Mum to Zzzz Mum. You will find mums you recognise (I’m afraid I’m the ‘Anxious Mum’! – ‘Don’t forget your toothbrush, darling,…
Chronicle Kids ISBN 9781452142975 £13.99 Subtitled ‘The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson’, this is certainly an extraordinary book. We are taken on a journey through the poet’s life in 1800s America where she is born with a love of nature and soon develops a love of books. As she grows, she becomes aware of shadows…
Hodder ISBN 9781444951653 £6.99 Molly’s best friend Chloe is moving to a new school. Molly is upset and has the worst Wednesday ever. . . . until Notes pops up. Notes is a tiny paper witch who lives in a pe npot and is visible only to Molly. Notes’ secret scribbles are funny, and sometimes…
Little Gestalten ISBN 9783899558203 £16.95 This book introduces the fascinating world of numbers in ways that are accessible and interesting to children aged 7-9. The pages are effectively designed with a good balance of information and attractive illustrations. We learn about the universal language of numbers, and why even animals can count. We see how…
Bloomsbury Education £6.99 This is an interesting story about a young girl, Mae, who has asthma. She often has to use her inhaler and sometimes has to go to hospital. During one hospital visit she sees a tear in the universe before her. Eventually it disappears but it unsettles her and appears again. Eventually Mae…
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