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• Dragon Danger and Grasshopper Glue (Wizzbang Wizard) by Scoular Anderson
  ...ocabulary selection and two stories in one give the child a chance to feel a sense of achievement. ..., when inevitably opened, contains a girl wizard called Jakaranda, sent on a mission to fight the evil wizard Beetleboot.
  3 KB (416 words) - 15:49, 3 October 2020
• While We Sleep... the Dream Snatchers Cometh! by Wolfren Riverstick
  |summary=A story of great originality about the battle between the Dremlocks and Inkyb ...on and the Dutch Hamster Sjaak. Guess what their house was called? Yup – it was Jacksonville.
  3 KB (520 words) - 12:54, 21 April 2018
• My Name is not Refugee by Kate Milner
  |summary=A gentle explanation of the current refugee crisis. Younger children will un ...adventure, but sometimes they're going to be on their own and it will get a bit boring, but sometimes they'll be with other people and he must remember
  3 KB (511 words) - 22:48, 2 March 2018
• A Dog Called Bear by Diane Fox and Christyan Fox
  |title=A Dog Called Bear |sort=Dog Called Bear
  4 KB (668 words) - 15:27, 26 February 2018
• Emily's Numbers by Joss Langford
  |summary= A book to enchant the child who is confident with numbers and who is open to discovering some of the ma ...f the even numbers, but it all worked out well when I really thought about it.)
  4 KB (674 words) - 11:29, 13 October 2020
• Parenting through the Eyes of a Child: Memoirs of My Childhood by Tabitha Ochekpe Omeiza
  |title=Parenting through the Eyes of a Child: Memoirs of My Childhood |summary=Engaging memoir and a twist on the usual parenting book as Tabitha Ochekpe Omeiza recalls her chi
  4 KB (707 words) - 12:13, 2 September 2020
• Billy Monster's Daymare by Alan Durant and Ross Collins
  |summary=Billy Monster has daymares - he keeps dreaming that he's seen a child and terrified that one might be lurking under the bad. Highly recommended b ...h his Daddy ''In a darkish, creepy wood... In a darkish spooky house... In a darkish, gloomy bedroom... ''
  4 KB (675 words) - 07:57, 19 August 2020
• A Child Called Happiness by Stephan Collishaw
  |title=A Child Called Happiness |sort=Child Called Happiness
  5 KB (840 words) - 15:39, 25 May 2018
• A Cat Called Ian by Wolfren Riverstick
  |title=A Cat Called Ian |sort= Cat Called Ian
  3 KB (582 words) - 14:35, 16 August 2020
• Emily Brown and the Thing by Cressida Cowell
  ...y with him so that he isn't alone in the dark. A marvellous book to help a child talk about its fears. Highly recommended. ...eping them awake.'' SPLISH! ''went the noise.'' SPLOSH! '' went the noise. It seemed to be coming from the window.''
  4 KB (710 words) - 09:28, 19 August 2020
• Child's Play (D I Kim Stone) by Angela Marsons
  |title=Child's Play (D I Kim Stone) ...ck to Kim Stone's past ''quite'' as much as earlier books have done. It's a good, engaging story which had me gripped from neginning to end and I didn'
  3 KB (622 words) - 17:48, 3 July 2019
• Moo! Said Morris by Jon Lycett-Smith
  ...cture book you don't mind reading for the twentieth time this weekend with a lovely twist to enjoy. Definitely recommended There was a little mouse called Morris and he was a very unusual mouse. Whilst all the other mice said ''Squeak'', Morris said
  2 KB (413 words) - 11:45, 7 October 2020
• Wednesday's Child by Peter Robinson
  |title=Wednesday's Child ...hief Inspector Alan Banks was investigating a particularly nasty murder at a derelict mill and the team had their hands full.
  3 KB (425 words) - 11:46, 8 March 2018
• Lots by Marc Martin
  ...erence, with lots and lots of random facts well illustrated, but is it all a little too random to be useful? ...do with giant tomes filled with information and perhaps, if you are lucky, a small black and white picture every now and again; the kids get full colour
  3 KB (592 words) - 09:11, 7 September 2020
• My School Day by Ellen Crimi-Trent
  |summary=A lovely, bold, interactive book for parents and children to share. ...the senses of sight and touch can be an effective method of teaching. The child is learning through play and having lots of fun at the same time.
  3 KB (492 words) - 16:27, 4 April 2018
• Sprinkles! Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicious Desserts by Jackie Alpers
  ...s broadly described as sprinkles. It's not exactly a healthy option - but it is colourful fun. ...cnic and he'd gone to town on the food. The pudding was decorated but the child seemed distracted:
  3 KB (568 words) - 13:42, 10 April 2018
• Busy Alice in Wonderland
  |summary=A well-made and thoroughly enjoyable board book which will serve as an excell ...o accept that I'm the exception rather than the rule. A friend who ''is'' a fan was chatting to me recently and lamented the fact that her grandchild w
  3 KB (514 words) - 11:54, 27 November 2015
• Ripley's Believe It or Not 2013 by Robert Leroy Ripley
  |title=Ripley's Believe It or Not 2013 ...llous, the freakish and the gut-turning. It's all here and kids will love it.
  3 KB (555 words) - 19:59, 23 March 2018
• The Weight of the World (The Amaranthine Spectrum) by Tom Toner
  |summary= This is the second book in a hugely ambitious science fiction series, and, like the first book, the acti ...s, I feel like I have just had a brief glimpse into something much larger. A great deal happens in the plot, but even more is happening, and has happene
  4 KB (718 words) - 08:12, 8 May 2018
• The King Who Didn't Like Snow by Jocelyn Porter and Michael S Kane (Illustrator)
  ...n engaging story which will encourage children to talk about their fears. It's well-written with great illustrations ...ld'' not to read them, he did - and turned bright green and grew as big as a cuddly pillow. He'd zapped himself. Obviously, he couldn't now live in th
  4 KB (660 words) - 10:42, 18 September 2021

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