HELLO, UNIVERSE won the 2018 Newbery Medal, it’s a heartwarming adventure story with diverse characters and complicated relationships at its heart. Four middle grade students are thrown together when Bully Chet’s actions set off a chain of events that put Virgil’s life in danger.…
CLICK, CLACK, MOO Cows That Type is one of the first picture books that we ever bought and we still find it as funny now as we did when we first read it. The twist at the end of the story really makes us laugh!…
A CHILDREN’S BOOK OF MINDFULNESS ‘happy’ is a beautifully illustrated introduction to mindfulness which shows children how they can connect to the world around them. In a society full of stress and pressure it’s often difficult to find time to stop and appreciate our surroundings and the people in our lives.…
Author / Illustrator: Robert Sabuda
The Christmas Story – An Exquisite Pop-Up Retelling: This spectacular retelling of the traditional Christmas Story is brought to life by Robert Sabuda’s amazing paper engineering.…
Author / Illustrator: Raymond Briggs
The Story: It’s got to be Father Christmas, written and illustrated by the wonderful Raymond Briggs, in which we discover what it might really be like to BE Father Christmas.…
Author / Illustrator: Niki Daly
The Story: Mama plans a chicken dinner for Christmas Day, and she gives Jamela the job of fattening up their chicken. …
Author / Illustrator: Theodor Seuss Geisel
The Story: The dastardly Grinch is fed up with the cheery denizens of Whoville as they prepare to celebrate Christmas with gifts, feasts and song. On Christmas Eve he takes on the role of anti-Santa, in the hope that depriving the Who-children of presents will scupper their festivities.…
Author / Illustrator: Raymond Briggs
The Story: Picture based book telling the story of Father Christmas’ Christmas Eve.…
Author: Joanne Oppenheim / Illustrator: Fabian Negrin
The Story: The Miracle of the First Poinsettia is a a retelling of a Mexican folktale.…
Pumpkin Soup is one of our favourite autumn picture books and reading it heralds the time of year when the days are getting shorter, the mornings are getting cooler and homemade soup becomes a staple food. The three protagonists in the story, Cat, Squirrel and Duck, have a very traditional soup making routine which is turned upside down when one of them decides he wants to do things differently!…