Monthly Archives: July 2019

Book review – Perfectly Polite Penguins

By Georgina Deutsch. The penguins in this picture book must be from England and definitely not Madagascar, as they are all very polite! All except Polly who ignores the rules and says what she wants. It’s a nice way to introduce the importance of manners to children and thus avoid the resulting chaos. The illustrations are comical as befits the humour and …

Book review – Clem and Crab

By Fiona Lumbers. Anybody who has been crabbing with their children will like this book. It’s also an appropriate summer read if your soon going to be heading to a British shore with you bucket and line. The story starts on the beach where Clem meets Crab. Crab ends up coming home with Clem after being entangled in some plastic …