HarperCollins Children's Books have just launched the first two books in the Look Out! Hungry Animals series by Paul Delaney: Hungry Snake and Hungry Lion, both hide-and-seek flap books for little ones. Reviewed by Anne Coates.
It's Black History Month so we're highlighting two fabulous picture books: Mama's Sleeping Scarf by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writing as Nwa Grace-James and What My Daddy Loves by Raissa Figueroa, reviewed by Anne Coates.
Anne Coates reviews Hannah Gold's sequel to the award-winning Last Bear. Finding Bear is an amazing adventure in the Arctic where bears and the environment are under threat. April Wood is mocked at school for her love of bears but that drives her to return to Svarlbard over a year later convinced Bear needs her.
Round and Round goes MOTHER NATURE by Gabby Dawnay & Margaux Samson Abadie is an amazingly well conceived book and so appropriate for young people in this day and age. It complements their interest in conservation and a fascination for Nature, writes Christine Mayle.
The Mona Lisa is not the only star at the Louvre with a story to tell ... In this humours walk through the Louvre in Paris, you’ll meet the subjects of 30 iconic artworks whose stories are equally as intriguing as the Mona Lisa’s. Text by Alice Harman and illustrated by Sir Quentin Blake. Review by Lee Cooper-Muir.
A Clock of Stars: The Greatest Kingdom by Francesca Gibbons and illustrated by Chris Riddle completes the trilogy which began with The Shadow Moth. Review by Anne Coates.
The Big Book of Nature Art by Yuval Zoomer is a wealth of wonderful ideas for people of all ages to enjoy making from materials they would find naturally in gardens, parks and open spaces or from recycling. Christine Mayle and her grandchildren loved it.
in this enchanting book, The Winter Wish published by HarperCollins, Helen Mortimer and Rachael Dean create a perfect warm glow with the magic of Christmas, writes Anne Coates.
Illustrated by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini, The Boy Who Lost His Spark by Maggie O'Farrell is a delightful story which will enchant readers, writes Anne Coates.
