By Gemma Koomen. This is a beautiful book, currently in hardback with a lovely matte finish. It is also the authors first book and she should be rightly proud of her achievement. The story concerns ‘tree keepers’, little folk who live a tree essentially and a young girl who befriends a starling. There are wider themes of friendship and belonging …
By Gemma Merino. A lovely tale about a small crocodile who doesn’t quite fit in with the other crocodiles, which turns out to be a fun take on the ugly duckling story. Of course it all works well in the end with a very clever ‘transformation’. This is quite a short story that you will get through quite quickly, however …