Lauren Child(Orchard Books) Charlie is a very thoughtful, patient and loving brother to his little sister Lola. She never wants to be without him. But sometimes, just sometimes, Charlie would quite like to be without Lola, especially when he wants to play with best friend Marv. So when he finally brings himself to tell Lola …
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Little Bo Peep’s Troublesome Sheep
Cressida Cowell (Hodder Children’s Books) Hurrah! One of my favourite picture books ever has been reissued after being out-of-print for many years. Little Bo Peep’s Library Book, now renamed Little Bo Peep’s Troublesome Sheep (why the change of title I wonder?) has been relaunched by Hodder Children’s Books in a new bigger format (my old …
Rita and Whatsit
Jean Philippe Arrou-Vignod (text) Olivier Tallec (illustrations)(Zero to Ten) It’s Rita’s birthday today and she is feeling a bit grumpy. She doesn’t like any of her presents; they are either too small too big or too … middle-sized: she doesn’t know where to start …. until one starts leaping! Inside she finds a little dog …
Look After Your Planet (Charlie and Lola)
Lauren Child (Puffin) After seeing the state of Marv’s big brother’s room, Lola decides to throw out all the things she has been keeping. But Charlie offers to start recycling them instead, to which Lola answers “Recycle it? What is that?”. As they set to recycle paper, bottles etc, Charlie explains to Lola all about …