Lydia Monks (Egmont) Babbit the blue rabbit lives with the Big One and the Little One, who can be a little scatty at looking after him. When he is kidnapped by the Witchy One during a lovely picnic, the girls don’t even notice at first. But when they do, it’s already too late! Naughty Witchy, …
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Peggy’s Lost Pennies
Gretel Parker(Templar) Far away in a valley nestled among the hills, live the cute creatures of Puddletown. And today is a special day, as it is twin sisters Peggy and Meggy Goose’s birthday today. Peggy has been saving her pennies for a while so she can afford to buy Meggy what she has always wanted: …
That Summer
Sarah Dessen(Puffin) For Haven, it is all change that summer. Her dad, a sports newsreader, is marrying the –much younger – weather girl. Her mother is still trying to deal with the aftermath of her divorce and her newfound freedom. Ashley, her sister, is also getting married, to an extremely insipid and boring boy, much …
Marc Boutavant for ever (2)
All Kinds of Families!Mary Ann Hoberman (author) & Marc Boutavant (illustrator)(Little, Brown Young Readers) Bottle caps, gingersnaps, buttons, or rings You can make families from all sorts of things! This is a real hit with my kids. They love the rhyming text and already know some of it (including the recurring quote above) by heart.I have to say …
The Adventures of Dotty and Bluebell
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 …