2012
Boris Saves the Show by Carrie Weston & Tim Warnes
We have read Boris Saves the Show repeatedly since I won this book in a competition on Tim Warnes’ website – it’s become a firm favourite of ours.
The Usborne Nursery Rhyme Songbook by Caroline Hooper & Radhi Parekh
I bought The Usborne Nursery Rhyme Songbook after a friend recommended it. The book includes 42 traditional nursery rhymes with sheet music. It also has an accompanying CD which includes all of the rhymes beautifully sung by a children’s choir.
What’s the Time, Mr Wolf? by Debi Gliori
The Story: What’s the Time, Mr Wolf? is the story of a day in the life of Mr Wolf and the interaction that he has with his friends. Each hour brings him into contact with different fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters, for example Little Red Riding Hood who delivers the post or the cat playing…
Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort
The Story: Aliens Love Underpants is a hilarious rhyming story about aliens coming down to earth to find underpants (there aren’t any in space!). It describes the fun, races and competitions that they have with pants and elastic.
Let’s Go Home Little Bear by Martin Waddell & Barbara Firth
Let’s Go Home Little Bear is one of my favourite picture books!
When I Dream of Christmas by Oakley Graham & Patricia Yuste
When I Dream of Christmas is a non fiction book which introduces young children to various aspects of Christmas. As well as introducing Baby Jesus, shepherds and kings it also includes British traditions such as stockings, mince pies and Christmas cake. Each double page spread has text on the left and a full page picture on…
My Very First Christmas Carols by Lois Rock & Alex Ayliffe
If you are looking for a traditional retelling of the Christmas story for young children My Very First Christmas Carols is by far our favourite. We bought it for our daughter when she was two and she is already asking when it will be time to get the Christmas book out, this year she was…
Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow &Adrian Reynolds
Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs is a story that young dinosaur fans will identify with.
The Rescue Princesses: The Secret Promise by Paula Harrison
The Rescue Princesses are great first chapter books for young readers who love princesses. I was looking for a present for a six year old and when I read this (the first) Rescue Princess book I couldn’t put it down.
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
Little Cloud is such a gentle story. It’s one of the first picture books that our daughter can ‘read’ on her own.
