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The Prickletrim family love their garden – but control it in such detail that their gardener cannot stand it, and leaves. The family learns what happens when ‘the plants, full of life, burst forth EVERYWHERE!’ Dorleans has constructed a simple yet clever narrative here, with a similar message to Emily Gravett’s Tidy: that a world […]
In Song’s delightful early-reader graphic novel, readers are warmly welcomed into a captivating world inhabited by mischievous squirrels embarking on a quest for the ultimate sweet treat. Within this charming narrative, Norma and Belly, two brown squirrels boasting distinctive personalities, set forth on a mission to procure coveted donuts from the park’s van. The story […]
Isabella Tree’s book Wilding, published in 2018, describes the remarkable rewilding project she and her husband launched at their country estate, Knepp in West Sussex. By abandoning intensive farming methods, allowing large native breeds like Old English Longhorn cattle, Exmoor ponies and Tamworth pigs to roam free, and standing back to let nature take charge, […]
The shortlists have been announced for the UKLA Book Awards, the only national UK children’s book awards judged entirely by teachers. The Awards highlight texts from a ‘wide and inclusive range’ of publishers that ‘recognise a broad range of perspectives, experiences and voices’ but first and foremost the judges are looking for well written, engaging […]
‘My body is amazing. Just look at some of the reasons why!’ Children are drawn to books about the human body and Measuring ME! will be no exception. It’s bright, full of energy, and really catches the eye. Numbers can fascinate young readers, too, but larger quantities bring their own challenges, and if we want […]
A little boy is on the way to the seaside with his dad. When they get on the train something amazing happens – a tiger in a top hat gets on too, sits right next to the little boy and starts reading a comic! Dad doesn’t notice, he is too busy with his phone. The […]
This is a historical novel set in Baghdad in a period that many young readers may know little about: the Abbasid Caliphate of Harun al-Rashid 786-809 CE. Others may recognise it as the time of the beginning of the Golden Age of Islam, in which scholars of many faiths flocked to Baghdad not only to […]
Alyssa is eleven. She is annoyed because both her parents who have been arguing more than usual for a long time now, have to go on work trips during the summer holidays. So Alyssa is being sent to stay with her Auntie Jasmine whom she has never met because Jasmine and Alyssa’s mother, Violet, fell […]
Combining the warmth of family love, the thrill of an adventure in wild open spaces, the beauty and magnificence of the natural world, and the magic of a mythical creature, The Golden Hare is a very special picture book. Little Meara is disconsolate, she’s never seen a dinosaur, a shark or a giraffe, the implication […]
On the front cover, a glossy-feathered crow is playfully exploring ink. It’s an eye-catching opener for a book that wants its audience to think differently about this familiar yet often misunderstood bird. But who is watching, and who is being observed? As readers quickly discover, crows are clever, crafty problem-solvers with long memories, able to […]
As a young girl one of the highlights of my annual holidays in the Devon countryside was identifying wildflowers with my dad. In particular I enjoyed using a guidebook to find out more about the specimens we collected. If only such a book as Be a Nature Explorer! had been available to me then, a […]
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