Family
The Best Jumper by Lynne Garner & Sarah Gill
The Story: Grandma knits Spindle a jumper for his birthday. Spindle loves his new jumper and wears it everywhere but as he grows it gets tighter and tighter so Grandma knits him a new one. However, the old one is his favourite so he still takes it with him everywhere he goes. Finally Grandma uses…
Little Miss Christmas by Roger Hargreaves
The Story: All year Little Miss Christmas has worked hard wrapping Christmas presents so she decides to take a holiday. Her brother, Mr Christmas, flies up to the North Pole to help Father Christmas wrap the last presents before Christmas Eve but they get distracted by other activities. When Little Miss Christmas gets back and finds…
The Monster Machine by Nicola L Robinson
The Story: Dad is an inventor and he has just finished making a monster machine. He puts some very disgusting ingredients (slugs, bogies, earwax) into the machine and a variety of monsters are created. The monsters are quite happy until they realise that they want to go home and then they build their own monster…
Let’s Go Home Little Bear by Martin Waddell & Barbara Firth
Let’s Go Home Little Bear is one of my favourite picture books!
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 Kite Princess by Juliet Clare Bell & Laura-Kate Chapman
The Story: Cinnamon Stitch (the kite princess) is a princess who wants to climb trees and get dirty, she doesn’t want to wear nice clothes and look grand. After being told off for bad behaviour Cinnamon starts sewing and the queen is delighted. But Cinnamon isn’t sewing a dress, she’s sewing a kite and dreaming of freedom.…
Supermarket Zoo by Caryl Hart & Ed Eaves
Supermarket Zoo is an amusing, brightly coloured story with a very surprising twist!
Wee Granny’s Magic Bag by Elizabeth McKay & Maria Bogade
Wee Granny’s Magic bag is full of surprises!
The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle
The Pirates Next Door was one of the very first picture books that we read with our daughter. She loves the Jolley-Rogers’ pirate antics and I often find her poring over the little details in the pictures. We’ve bought this book for several friends and it’s fantastic that it has also been translated into German.
