Age 7
Children’s Mental Health Week – Know Yourself, Grow Yourself
February 3rd to 9th is children’s mental health week. This year’s theme is ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’ and children’s mental health charity Place2be and Pixar’s Inside Out characters are joining forces ‘to explore the importance of self-awareness and expressing emotions.’ We’re huge fans of using picture books to help children deal with feelings, problems and situations in which…
Mouse & Mole What Might Have Been by Joyce Dunbar & James Mayhew
Mouse & Mole What Might Have Been includes three, beautifully illustrated short stories that are perfect for bridging the gap between picture books and longer chapter books. We love the way that Mouse and Mole deal with the everyday experiences of a rainy day and being ill as well as Mole’s kite flying contemplations.
Monster Post by Emma Yarlett
Monster Post is an amusing, interactive adventure that starts when Beast catches Dinner. But preparing to eat Dinner is not as straightforward as Beast imagined!
The Muttcracker by Anna Kemp & Sara Ogilvie
We’re huge fans of Dogs Don’t Do Ballet and The Muttcracker reunites us with Biff, the main character, in a feelgood, festive story which brings him and his owner onto the stage for a seasonal performance of The Nutcracker.
You Choose Christmas by Pippa Goodhart & Nick Sharratt
You Choose Christmas is a really fun, festive book that promotes speaking and listening skills while introducing children to various aspects of the Christmas season.
Grief Awareness Week: Picture books to help support readers through grief & loss
December 2nd to 8th is Grief Awareness Week. Grief and loss are difficult concepts for young children to understand but stories can help them explore the feelings and emotions that accompany the loss of a loved one or a well loved pet.
The Christmas Pine by Julia Donaldson & Victoria Sandoy
The Christmas Pine, a beautifully illustrated, rhyming picture book, tells the true story of the Christmas tree that stands in Trafalgar Square.
One Wild Christmas by Nicholas Oldland
One Wild Christmas is a beautifully illustrated Christmas story which celebrates familiar traditions and the joy of nature – moose, bear and beaver style!
Halloween Book Quiz
What will you be reading for Halloween? We have quite a collection of witches, pumpkins and monsters on our book shelf and thought it would be fun to create a quick Halloween book quiz. Most of these books were published several years ago. How many of the characters and their stories do you remember? How…
The Not-So-Wicked Witch by Bethan Stevens
The Not-So-Wicked Witch doesn’t want to be wicked like all the other witches! In this beautifully illustrated picture book a battle between kindness and wickedness rages as a group of witches try to educate the littlest witch who just wants to be kind and thoughtful!
