The Chicken Knitters is an Early Reader which tells the story of how knitting fan Lilly rescues Farmer Claw’s neglected chickens. With five short chapters and an amusing, original storyline that highlights the plight of battery hens, it’s a great book to help a more independent beginner reader gain reading skills and experience.…
Turn and Learn: Weather is a fabulous picture book which looks at five different kinds of weather. It’s a beautifully illustrated, novelty non fiction book which has a magic slider on each double spread. The different types of weather are explained through a ‘What is…?’ question before giving more details about the roles different kinds of weather play and how it can affect us.…
In The Last Human, robots have taken over the world and humans are extinct. One day a young robot; XR_935, and his co-workers discover a human girl, Emma, and are thrown into quandary as they decide how to deal with the situation – they have always been told how evil humans are and how much better their world is without them.…
A Planet Full Of Plastic gives a fascinating insight into the ways we use plastic in our everyday lives – how it was invented, how it is used and, most importantly, how we can reduce our plastic consumption and deal with our rubbish.…
Together We Can! is such a wonderful title, perfect for this heartwarming and inspirational picture book by Caryl Hart and Ali Pye which celebrates friendships in all shapes and sizes! It is a joy to read aloud and has so many wonderful little details in the brightly coloured illustrations.…
Balloon to the Moon tells the story of the human journey into space. Starting from the first balloon flight in 1783 it tracks developments in flight and space travel and how they led to men walking on the moon 50 years ago on July 20th 1969.…
We love a musical story and The MOOsic Makers has a fabulous country and western feel. Cows in checked shirts play MOO-grass music on mandolins but not all the farmyard animals are happy, they want to make music too! But is there money in MOO-grass music or is DisCOW the music of the future?…
Two years ago I was lucky to attend an SCBWI workshop with Susanne Gervay, author of new picture book, The Boy in the Big Blue Glasses. Susanne talked about writing books that deal with situations like bullying and illness as well as books that deal with diversity and inclusion.…
We couldn’t wait for the publication of Jonny Duddle’s new story, The Jolley-Rogers and the Pirate Piper. It’s a real page turner that introduces an extremely nasty villain, Captain Horatio Rattus, who offers to help the inhabitants of Dull-On-Sea get rid of a plague of rats.…
Creature Features Dinosaurs is a fabulously sturdy, big board book. It introduces a variety of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures through wonderfully bright images and an easy to read informative text. We were amazed by the number of different dinosaurs that roamed the earth, there were so many to count!…