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…
Oxford University Press ISBN 9780192768728 £7.99 Originally written in 1989, this new small format hardback edition is a delight. The nativity story is told from the perspective of a little donkey whose mother carries Mary to Bethlehem with Joseph. The little donkey is sad to be left alone and so Rebecca, the young girl charged…
Orion Children’s Books ISBN 9781510105003 £7.99 I am quite new to Asterix, though I read a few as a child, so I was pleased to be asked to write this review. Like all good stories, it works on many levels and I certainly enjoyed all the jokey names – Lactus Bifidus, Outinthastix, Zerogluten & Betacaroten,…
QED ISBN 9781784939687 £12.99 A comprehensive atlas that looks at different habitats round the world, and the relationships between animals and their environments. There are sections on tropical grasslands, tropical rainforests, deserts, temperate woodlands, temperate grasslands, taiga and tundra, wetlands, mountains and polar regions, and animal classification. Farnon celebrates the variety of life, and provides…
Walker Books ISBN 9781406377101 £8.99 What a delightful book. This is the story of 5-year-old Rosalie and her struggle to learn to read. More importantly, it is a story of how war, in this case World War One, impacts on the lives of those left behind – at school, at work, and as mothers. Rosalie’s…
Allen and Unwin ISBN 9781760634872 £11.99 The sombre tone and theme of the story are married effectively with the deep colours, textures and layers of the powerful illustrations. Based on fact, it tells of a time when music of any kind was banned by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Sonam is a young girl from Kabul…
Wide Eyed Editions ISBN9781786034700 £9.99 There has been a tremendous development in the number of biographical collections that are available over the last few years. There has also been a greater emphasis on diversity in all its forms. This book is part of a series by the forward thinking publisher Wide Eyed Editions and combines…
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