No Such Thing from Ella Bailey is an endearing picture book just perfect for Halloween. No Such Thing features Georgia. Georgia is an intelligent girl, as a result she can certainly explain away the strange occurrences in her house. Objects moving, missing food, missing socks … there’s always a perfectly reasonable explanation. Isn’t there?? Clearly…
The Butterfly Garden, Laura Weston, is a thoughtfully rendered, beautifully crafted picture book which charts the life cycle of a butterfly in a manner which encourages little fingers to explore, and minds to wonder. With minimal text on each page, ‘an egg’, ‘a flight’, ‘a sleep’ Laura Weston’s narrative takes her readers on the butterfly’s…
Katja Spitzer’s How Many Legs? is a little gem of a counting picture book. Published by Flying Eye Books, you can be assured of its high quality – hardcover, beautifully thick pages and great print quality. Spitzer’s vibrant images illustrate each of the numbers from 1 – 10, from 1 unicorn through to 10 quite…
So delighted that this quirky panda, who certainly knows his own mind, is back. With vengeance. Pom Pom The Champion is Sophy Henn’s smile inducing follow up to Pom Pom Gets The Grumps. Pom Pom is all at ‘sixes and sevens’ (don’t you just love that phrase?), but it isn’t long before he develops a…
The shortlist is out for the 2016 Scottish Children’s Book Awards, Scotland’s largest book award – managed by the Scottish Book Trust in partnership with Creative Scotland. It really is an event. One that involves LOTS of readers – teachers, librarians and book group leaders sign up their groups in the appropriate age group and…
The chatty and relaxed diary format of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever continues to appeal immediately to a wide ranging audience. The comic style elements add visual humour which boys in particular can often latch on to with ease. In this latest instalment, book 6, the hapless Gregg Heffley launches from…
Violet Mackerel’s Possible Friend, is Book Five in the delightful series which is just perfect for those who are tackling chapter books. Following her mum’s marriage to the very lovely Vincent, Violet’s family have now moved to their new family home. There are lots of new places to discover including a wonderful garden full of…
Violet Mackerel’s Personal Space is a delightful addition to the Violet Mackerel series. The plot in Personal Space is a little bit more involved, a little bit more complicated and really gets to grips with trying to understand the emotions of others. Perfectly suited for the fan base which is growing up alongside Violet. Anna’s…
Violet Mackerel’s Natural Habitat is the third book in the series. Violet Mackerel is a confident and plucky young character created by an author who is very much in touch with how young girls really think and feel. Many children have, at some point, scrambled around the garden and / or beach looking for insects, bugs and…
Pizza Cake and other Funny Stories is a collection of good quality short stories with a little bit of everything, beginning with the fantasy of ‘Saving Ms Fosdyke’ where teachers earn a fortune and are traded round like footy players… “Only the smartest, cleverest, most brilliant people get to be teachers.” … could not resist…
Christian The Lion is the remarkable true story of Australian friends Ace and John, who after arriving in London, took advantage of the fact that in 1969 you truly could buy absolutely anything at the iconic Harrods department store … a lion cub! Years later, their reunion with Christian and one year after Christian the lion…
A sequel? Really? Oh yes, and by special request of the Fleming family. Yep, the family of Ian Fleming – author of the original – contacted Frank Cottrell Boyce to revive Chitty and bring it slap bang up to date … Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again is here, with plenty more in the series, (see…
The Barrumbi Kids is a great quality chapter book from Australian author Leonie Norrington. Published in 2002, and with two more in the series, this one is still going strong and is a must for your book corner. Dale and Tomias have different backgrounds and share a love for their country. In an approach reminiscent…
Book 1. My Book Corner is always on the look out for original, witty chapter books and this CBCA short listed book was a really enjoyable one. Violet is a young girl, who, as the title suggests … hatches a brilliant plot. The first of a wonderful series from Anna Branford, Violet Mackerel’s Brilliant Plot…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
His books are a great way help kids read while soaking up important Science concepts without even knowing it. Ironically,…
Ooh, this sounds fantastic!