The Story of Life by Catherine Barr and Steve Williams, subtitled A first book about evolution and illustrated by Amy Husband, tells the story of how Earth developed from a hot, noisy, scary place to what it is today. Anne Coates reviews.
Translated by Richard Howard, Antoine Saint-Exupéry's legendary story now takes its rightful place in the Everyman's Library Children's Classics collection. One of the best-selling books ever published, with over 140 million copies sold since publication in 1943, The Little Prince inspires generation after generation.
Published by the Book Guild, Losing Arthur by Paul A. Mendelson is an excellent and exciting read either for independent readers or for those who love to be read to, writes Anne Coates.
If your you children loved Paddington 2 on screen they'll adore reading his adventures in Paddington 2 The Story of the Movie as well as reliving it with the Paddington 2 Movie Sticker Activity Book, writes Anne Coates.
Naomi Mckeri reviews three new Christmas books from HarperCollins: Happy Christmas, Twirlywoos, Bing's Christmas Wish and Bing's Noisy Day – all make perfect presents for toddlers.
Naomi Mckeri has beeen enjoying a range of Harper Collins Children's Books with her daughter, Elspeth: My First MOG ABC, Five Little Pumpkins, Where are the Twirlywoos?, Bing Annual 2018 and Oh Baby The Places You'll Go!
Published by QED, This Cookbook Is Gross is a cookery book with a difference – delicious food presented in a rather unusual way. Dishes look as though they have come directly from a nightmare but taste fabulous. Harriet and Anne Coates review.
Created by Dan Kainen and written by Kathy Wollard, WILD: Endangered Animals In Living Motion is the latest addition to the bestselling Photicluar book series published by Workman. Anne Coates reviews.
For younger readers,Michael Morpurgo has written a new book Mudpuddle Farm series illustrated by Shoo Rayner: Hee-Haw Hooray. Harper Collins Chlldren's Books has reissued earlier books in the series.
Parenting Without Tears has reviewed most of Jack Croxall's books and he has reviewed other Young Adult fiction for us. Here he tells us about his passion for the genre and how he came to write YA.
The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright and Jim Field has been announced as the winner of Oscar’s Book Prize 2017. Chosen from a shortlist of five titles in a search for the best book for under-fives that have been published in the past year, Oscar’s Book Prize is a celebration of children’s literature supported by Amazon and the National Literacy Trust.
Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and R W Alley, Paddington's Finest Hour is a brand new adventure about everyone's favourite bear from Darkest Peru, written by Michael Bond. Reviewed by Anne Coates.
