You Can’t Take an Elephant on Holiday (Bloombury Children’s Books) is the latest instalment of Patricia Cleveland-Peck’s and David Tazzyman’s “You Can’t Take an Elephant … ” series, which has sold over 200,000 copies!Crazy scenarios of what might happen on a summer holiday are wonderfully depicted thanks to David Tazzyman’s zany artwork and Patricia Cleveland-Peck’s …
So many books published before and for Summer, so many wonderful stories to dive in! Everywhere you turn, there seems to be top books to read for summer selections. Here is my small selection, with a focus on stories which take place during Summer. Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud’s latest installment from their ‘homework’ series, The Truth …
Shirley Hughes (Red Fox) The summer holidays are getting close (or might have even started for some), so what more delightful than to dive into a picturebook which oozes the simple pleasures of summer? Penguin Random House’s inspired decision to reissue f Lucy and Tom at the Seaside is much welcome, particularly as it coincides with the …
Tove Jansson(Puffin) Moomin Valley is flooded after some antics from the nearby volcano and the Moonins and a few of their acquaintances find themselves on the move looking for some place to stay. They come across a floating theatre (although they have no idea it is a theatre and would not know what it was …
Jools Oliver illustrated by Claire Fletcher (Puffin Books) I am not one for celebrity/gossip magazines; I buy them maybe 3 or 4 times a year, usually because I am either sick or travelling by plane. But I am curious, you know. And when I read Jamie Oliver’s wife had written a children’s book, I just …
We went through a lot of books this summer but these have been our favourites: Mr Peek and the Misunderstanding at the ZooKevin Waldron (Templar Publishing)This book got brilliant reviews and was listed in most of the main newspapers’ summer reading lists. It looked like it would be good fun for my five year-old son …
