Alex T. Smith(Hodder Children’s Books) Claude and his best friend Sir Bobblysock are back for a third adventure, hurrah, and of course Claude once again manages to put himself into precarious situations. A perfectly innocent stroll in the park is disturbed with a encounter with some joggers, a frowned-upon nap in the bushes, an unfortunate episode on the golf …
Tamara Macfarlane (text) & Michael Fowkes (illustrations)(Hodder Children’s Books) When Esme arrives at Mackinley Castle, ready to spend the summer with her uncle while her parents travel through Russia looking for new circus acts, she is met not only by her boisterous cousins but a whole menagerie of animals too. It is all very exciting, but also a …
Today the annual Summer Reading Challenge from the Reading Agency, which takes place in public libraries across the country (well, wherever there still are public libraries!), and this year the theme is Circus Stars (the website is well worth checking out)! Yesterday, our children’s book group had its annual summer family fun day and this year …
Emily Gravett(Macmillan Children’s Books) The three little pigs seem to have reversed the situation and captured the wolf! They take full advantage of the situation by showing him off in a circus! They make him do all sorts of tricks and seem to enjoy slightly humiliating him too; after all, whatever you do to him, “Wolf …
Oliver Jeffers(HarperCollins Children’s Books) The boy and the penguin from Lost and Found return in this brand new adventure. The two are still the best of friends and love doing everything together. But there is something that Penguin feels he needs to learn by himself. He wants to learn to fly. As readers, young and old, …
