The Last Tree by Emily Haworth-Booth From the author of ‘The King Who Banned The Dark’ which I have previously reviewed here, comes this story of ecology and respect for the natural world. It follows a group of people looking for a new home who find a lovely forest that can provide everything they need. The illustration …
Once Upon a Dragon’s Fire by Beatrice Blue This is the second book in an interesting series about mythical creatures and the origin of their special abilities. In this story two children go in search of the legendary dragon having heard about it’s terrible and scary reputation. Well it is a dragon so what do expect! Except that …
Leap Frog by Jane Clarke and Britta Teckentrup The latest in a short series of books, this is for the younger end of the picture book age range and is created very much as a parent/child ‘interactive’ story. The simple story is about Felix the frog who is rather frightened of the scary noises in the jungle and …
The Misadventures of Frederick by Ben Manley and Emma Chichester Clark A rather bored and sheltered Frederick lives in a big well to do house with his mother, when a paper aeroplane flies through his bedroom window. The aeroplane is a folded message from Emily who invites him to play outdoors. Most of the book charts the messages between …
The Little Lost Fox by Carolina Rabei This is a delightful story that’s perfect for the younger age range and also serves as a celebration of the great outdoors during those long balmy summer days. A little girl called Kate, realises her favourite toy fox has gone missing, only to discover that it has been taken by a real …
The Case of the Missing Cake by Eoin Mclaughlin and Marc Boutavant I really should give this book it’s full title ‘Not an Alphabet Book: The Case of the Missing Cake’ as the alphabet part is a key feature of the book. I must say I’ve never seen anything quite like this and it’s extraordinarily good. The story …
The Fairytale Hairdresser and Thumbelina by Abie Longstaff and Lauren Beard. I’ll make a confession right now. We have all of the books in this series. My youngest daughter loves them. The construct of a hairdresser who gets woven into traditional fairy tales is a quite bizarre at first, but after a while it all seems perfectly normal! Thumbelina is …
Otto Blotter, Bird Spotter by Graham Carter. The story follows an adventurous boy who lives in a tree along with the rest of his family. Whilst his family stay in the tree spotting birds, Otto goes out and discovers something unusual. There is something about stories that focus on nature that is a joy to read. The themes and messages …
The Runaway Pea by Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore. This one will really get the kids interest. This is a fun story of one pea’s bid for freedom as he pings off the dinner plate. The resulting chain reaction of events sees him getting into a variety of tricky situations, but how will he end up? Of course I’m not …
Penguinaut! By Marcie Colleen and Emma Yarlett. Another delightful story! This follows Orville the penguin who lives at the Zoo. The other animals all do exciting things such as the Rhino that goes hang gliding and the giraffe that goes deep sea diving. Clearly this is no ordinary zoo! Orville however dreams of his own adventure and starts building a …