Hodder ISBN 9781444954661 £6.99 This book is great fun. The glittery cover suggests the delights that are within. At last all the Christmas presents have been delivered so Santa and his team of elves can relax and have their Boxing-night party. The North Pole is full of crackers, including one the size of a bus,…
Orchard ISBN 9781408357620 £12.99 A refreshingly different Christmas book from the author of Giraffes Can’t Dance. Father Christmas is feeling old, so he advertises for “someone young and different” to do the job. A young monster applies. Father Christmas trains him, and he starts in the grotto. When the children see he is a monster they…
Tate Publishing ISBN 9781849767279 £11.99 A most impressive picture book that opens with a mysterious giant waking up. On the next page “through the mists of time the giant will come to take me on an adventure”. The sparse poetic text takes us on her dramatic adventure round the world. The vibrant illustrations are enchanting…
Big Words For Little People Oxford ISBN 9780192777492 £5.99 A charming, child-friendly book that explores and demonstrates how we can bring more kindness onto the world. Sensitive illustrations suggest children’s feelings and can be used to prompt discussion. Topics covered include welcoming; sharing; giving, (not just things but encouragement and comfort); understanding; listening; helping; caring;…
Templar ISBN 9781787416802 £6.99 An entertaining picture book about a little girl who gets angry and REALLY wants to shout. The illustrations are excellent at conveying the girl’s exasperation and feelings. The author provides ways in which she can manage her anger. The story is humorous and entertaining, and the rhymes mean it reads well…
Tate Publishing ISBN 9781849766920 £11.99 An entertaining story about Marcello the dog. He is “kind, clever and very loyal” but he believes everything is his. Slippers, a pork chop, an acorn, a tree, a park, other people’s letters, his home, an entire building, a city, the entire country, continents and oceans are all part of…
Templar ISBN 9781787416680 £12.99 This book is an exciting read. A young girl and her father are driving home for Christmas. The clever engineering enables the reader to share the journey. First we open a gate, then we turn a wheel and see the northern lights and the starlight. I enjoyed the pull out showing…
Templar ISBN 9781787416857 £6.99 This is another delightful tale of a young boy and his grandfather written and illustrated by Sam Usher. In this adventure they are looking after a cat for the day. The young boy thinks that he knows how to look after the visitor, but this is not your average cat. It…
Orchard Books ISBN 9781408363973 £6.99 Oh the irony of a children’s book called “Where’s the toilet roll?”. In the year that gave us a global pandemic, an unprecedented lockdown and stockpiling, who can forget the news headlines and images of empty shelves as the nation engaged as one in toilet roll buying panic. I’m sure Orchard…
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