Alan Durant (text) & Simon Rickerty (illustrations)(Orchard Books) One bright, sunny day, a boy was walking happily through the jungle whistling.When you are walking through a jungle, some unexpected things can happen. Unfortunately, sometimes they are bad things, like rather scary encounters. Fortunately, sometimes they are good things, like playing tricks on those scary creatures and escaping. But what …
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Silly Doggy!
Adam Stower(Templar) One morning Lily finds a “dog” in her garden. She has always wanted a pet so is more than happy to adopt this one. Despite its cumbersome size, its obvious laziness and its unusual appetite, Doggy makes a great pet and they have the best day together. But Lily’s mum does not seem to agree …
Banana Skin Chaos!
Lilli L’Arrongetranslated by Daniela Bernardelle(Bloomsbury Children’s Books) When a little boy throws his banana skin onto the pavement, he has no idea the chain of events that can ensue this simple, albeit naughty, action. Thankfully his sister witnesses the scene and is quick at explaining the potential chaos that it could create. But her descriptions …
The Rights of the Reader
Daniel Pennac with illustrations by Quentin Blake, translated by Sarah Ardizzone (née Adams) (Walker books) Parents, teachers, librarians,please on no account use these pages as an instrument of torture. These words of caution from the author at the very beginning of the book set the tone of one of my most favourite books. Daniel Pennac is a bestselling French …
EGG
Alex T. Smith(Hodder Children’s Books) When Egg rolls up to the front door of Foxy DuBois’ house and is warmly welcomed by the charming vixen, he has no idea that there is a sinister ulterior motive to her perfect hostess behaviour. Egg is oblivious to all the clues around the house that make it pretty …
On the Road with Mavis and Marge
Niamh Sharkey(Walker Books) Mavis the cow and Marge the chicken are no regular farmyard animals. They yearn for adventure, for exploration and for the unexpected! So they decide to leave the farm behind and hit the road … on a bicycle. Things don’t go quite to plan with their mode of transport but thankfully they are rescued …
I’m a Happy Hugglewug
Niamh Sharkey(Walker Books) Meet the Hugglewugs, a lovely colourful family from a brand new species and follow as they go about their everyday lives: having breakfast, going to school, playing at the park, having dinner. All this in the happy, singing Happy Huggle way! This bright picture book will be a winner with preschoolers. It …
The Great Hamster Massacre
Katie Davieswith illustrations by Hannah Shaw(Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) It is a new school year and Anna has been asked to write a report on her summer holidays. Her mum wants her to “embellish” the truth but no, Anna wants to write about what really happened, and that, is the bloody massacre of her …
Rhino? What Rhino?
Caryl Hart (text) & Sarah Horne (illustrations)(Hodder Children’s Books) Rhino lives at the zoo and is rather bored and lonely so he decides to squeeze through the bars and sneak out unnoticed. He soon finds shelter in a nearby farm, but straight away, and unbeknown to him, he manages to create absolute chaos. The farm animals, who …