PICTURE BOOKS

The Amazing ABC Adventure
by Lorna Maxwell
LONG BARN BOOKS £6.99
This is the most brilliant alphabet book ever! Parents ill enjoy just as much as children. Each spread is
devoted to a letter and you have to try to find the list of xotic animals and objects in the beautifully illustrated picture. Excellent value too.

Blue Chameleon
by Emily Gravett
MACMILLAN £10.99
Chameleon is sad and lonely. How long – and how many colours will he have to change into – before he
finds his colourful mate? A fantastic book about colours, and finding a friend, full of humour and warmth.

Dog Love Books
by Louise Yates
JONATHAN CAPE £10.99
An hilarious book about one adorable dog and his love of books. Alas, when he opens a bookshop no one comes in, so he consoles himself by reading adventure stories. Then a customer comes in and he knows exactly what to recommend. Excellent!

My Mum has X-Ray Vision
by Angela McAllister & Alex T Smith
SCHOLASTIC £6.99
Reaffirming the truism that Mums Know Everything, this funny book will give kids a few crafty ideas but, rest assured Mums, they won’t get away with them! Great fun.

Peter Rabbit Little Library
by Beatrix Potter
WARNE £4.99
The perfect introduction to the Beatrix Potter stories: this 6-book set of edited versions of her most popular
stories, in small board format. Stories include Jemima Puddle Duck, Mr Jeremy Fisher and Peter Rabbit.

Sylvia and Bird
Catherine Rayner
LITTLE TIGER PRESS £5.99
This wonderful book is now out in paperbook. It is a simple, yet powerful story of a friendship between a
bird and a dragon, made a classic by the most beautiful and captivating illustrations.

Let’s Save the Animals
by Frances Barry
WALKER BOOKS £9.99
This is conservation for young children, using rhythimic language and lifttheflap technique to engage readers’ imaginations about the importance of saving endangered species.

Get Ahead Fred
by Daisy Dawes
MAVERICK £5.99
‘Fred had a top hat, a flat cap, a bonnet. He had one from Australia with corks hanging from it.’ Brilliant
model illustrations bring Fred and his hats gloriously to life in this fun caper.

Tortoise vs Hare
THE REMATCH
by Preston Rutt llus by Ben Redlich
MEADOWSIDE £5.99
My kids adored this fast paced re-telling, a live studio broadcast from Race Night Live! Hare has been training hard but can tortoise upset the odds? Hilarious.

Monster Day at Work
by Sarah Dyer
FRANCES LINCOLN £11.99
Little Monster is going to work with Dad today. Scooting through rush hour, ‘playing’ at the computer, canteen lunch, going to the gym, enjoy a witty child’s eye take on an adult world.

The King of Tiny Things
by Cressida Cowell, illus by Neal Layton
ORCHARD £10.99
A sort of semi follow up to the wonderful Bog Baby. Chrissy and her sister are staying at Nana and
Grandad’s again and have been allowed to sleep out in the garden in a tent. But when they are left alone it is so dark and creepy and the bugs, ugh! It is up to a flying beetle to show them the magic of marvellous
moonlit things. Lyrical text that rewards being read out loud and beautiful illustrations perfectly capture a
starry summer night.

NON-FICTION AND NOVELTY BOOKS

The Little Ships
by Louise Borden
illus by Michael Foreman
FRANCES LINCOLN £6.99
We missed this in hardback last year. Now in paperback, it is a personal tale of the heroic rescue at Dunkirk in 1940. Stunning watercolour illustrations bring this piece of history to dramatic life.

Germs!
by Martin Howard, illus
by Colin Stimpson
PAVILION £9.99
This is actually fiction but has such a strong ‘wash your hands’ message, we have included it here. So
yucky your children won’t need reminding to use soap and water after the loo!

Ready, Steady Grow!
by The Royal Horticultural Society
DK £9.99
A book jam-packed with creative things to do in the garden: create a pets’ corner, give seedlings the best
environment to flourish, make a garden buddy (mini scarecrow to you and me), and much much more.

Topsy and Tim Sticker Storybooks
by Jean and Gareth Adamson
LADYBIRD £3.99
Four interactive Topsy and Tim sticker books, where young readers can read the story and fill in the missing words with picture stickers. Keeping these classic stories alive for a new generation.

BOOKS FOR OLDER CHILDREN

The Beasts in the Jar
by Lucy Coats, illus Anthony Lewis
ORION £4.99
One in a series of twelve books about the Greek heroes aimed at readers aged 5–7, although older
kids will enjoy the stories too. All the famous stories are here, re-told in a magical way with great fun
illustrations.

The Wickedest Witch
by Martin Howard
illus Colin Stimpson
PAVILION £7.99
The coveted crown of Most Superior High and Wicked Witch is available. Take one horrible, ugly ancient witch, one quick-witted young apprentice witch both wanting the title and wait for the fireworks. Great fun
for confident readers of 7+

The Great Hamster Massacre
by Katie Davies
SIMON & SCHUSTER £5.99
My eight year old’s summary of this book sounded gruesome: more hamster death and destruction by the second. But she had whizzed through it and laughed out loud.. you have to read to ‘get’ it.

TimeRiders
by Alex Scarrow
PUFFIN £7.99
Liam, Maddy and Sal have been rescued from death and must become Timeriders to protect the
world from people changing the past. Doctor Who fans will love this fast-paced, action packed thriller. Ages 10+.

Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
BLOOMSBURY £6.99
Isabel and her five year old sister Ruth are slaves. An epic story of bravery, love and determination set
against a background of the American War of Independence. Powerful stuff for children of 10+.