Though Julia Donaldson is most famous for her picture books, she has also written quite a few titles for early readers (you can find a list on her website here).This autumn, she has teamed up with the wonderful Hannah Shaw to write the first two titles of a brand new series for newly independent readers, …
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My Grandpa
Marta Altés(Macmillan Children’s Books) This little bear’s grandpa is his very special friend, but he is getting old. Sometimes he behaves like an old man, sometimes he behaves like a child. Sometimes he is full of wild stories and adventures, sometimes he seems lost and confused. But that makes him who he is, and that’s …
Quarry
Ally Kennen(Marion Lloyd Books) Scrappy is going nowhere fast. His mother has walked out on the family, his grandfather is losing the plot, his father is grumpy and obsessed with his scrap yard with little time for his family and his sister is frantically saving for a deposit on a flat so she can be out …