Humour
Children’s Mental Health Week: This is My Place
February 9th to 15th is children’s mental health week. This year’s theme is ‘This is My Place’ and children’s mental health charity Place2be is encouraging ‘peers, families, schools and communities to create inclusive and nurturing environments, where children and young people feel they belong and can say “This is My Place”.’ Picture books can often…
Mr Norton’s New Hat by Huw Lewis Jones & Corey Egbert
Mr Norton’s New Hat is an amusing picture book which celebrates kindness while introducing children to different animals and days of the week.
National Tell a Fairytale Day: Fairytale characters in picture books
February 26th is National Tell a Fairytale Day!
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.
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 Green-Fingered Witch by Helen Docherty & Steven Lenton
We love The Green-Fingered Witch, a fabulous rhyming picture book which is the perfect read for Halloween.










