Wren and Rook ISBN 9781526362445 £6.99 This is an excellent book for a football fan aged 7+. The information is appealing and wide ranging, including the World War 1 Christmas truce; the greatest women’s football team of all time who played their last match in 1965; the Busby Babes; the player who faked his own…
Wayland ISBN 9781523610682 £12.99 This charming book is part of a series that encourages children to look at and appreciate nature on their doorstep. First we are introduced to the wonderful world of woodlands. There is a good mix of information, drawings and photographs. Pages are well laid out and facts are presented in accessible…
Chicken House ISBN 9781911490944 £6.99 A brilliant bonkers story, with fantastic descriptions and elaborate characters. Packed with fast action sequences and naturally lots of BMX bike riding, Princess BMX will astound and delight readers with vivid imaginations. The central premise is an upside down fairy tale. Our heroine is Princess Avariella – a lively but…
Bloomsbury ISBN 9781408894224 £5.99 Also available as an Ebook Gory Gus, the villain, is back in town, and plans to break his partner in crime, Maximus Fang, out of Cat’s End Prison. Topaz leads a top-secret team of supercats who fight crime. She sends Tagg, whose superpower is camouflage, and Sugarfoot, whose superpower is a…
Allen & Unwin ISBN:9781911631590 £11.99 I cannot believe it has taken thirty years for me to come across this magical book! The simple premise is that two children, a girl and a boy are playing imaginary games up a tree, in the snow or on the rug inside, each time imagining if they really were in the…
Little Tiger ISBN 9781788951678 £6.99 Dirk Dilly is a dragon detective in London who conceals his true identity. He manages this because people in London never look up! A girl called Holly phones him to say her cat is missing. Dirk thinks the investigation will be dull, but more cats go missing and new dragons…
Hodder Children’s Books ISBN 9781444945300 £6.99 Agent Weasel, legendary super spy, is taking part in an Alpine sporting event, The Winter Whopper Games with his woodland friends. Always on duty, he discovers strange disappearances taking place, of hot chocolate and competitors too. He discovers this is the work of arch villain Dr Snow who is…
Hodder ISBN 9781444949360 £6.99 This is a truly delightful and heart-warming story set in a future world where robots are used to fulfil all the work that humans find boring and ordinary. The story starts when this small robot ‘wakes up’ in a scrap yard and cannot remember much of his past; however the word…
Hodder ISBN 9781444949391 £6.99 Boot the Robot is an appealing character and I enjoyed his first book, Small Robot, Big Adventure. This book does not disappoint. Again the story is set in the future where robots do all the work that humans find dull. Gerry and his friend, Boot, are on a carousel when Gerry’s…
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