Henry the hermit crab wanted MORE. He was sick of not having sequins, sparkles, flounces and frills like other sea creatures and wished hermit crabs didn’t just hide in the sand with their boring shell. The 6 year olds who read it loved the sparkly title, the glittery pictures and rhyming language. They enjoyed the …
November 2021
There’s Only One Grandpa Like You
This colourful picture book with watercolour illustrations tells the reader about all the different types of grandpas you can have – from the planter of trees and tales to knowing every fact about sport. But a repeated message is ‘there is only one grandpa like you’. The book was read to group of 6 year …
Little One
This picture book is the story of many children’s love of their special toy. Pippi’s toy is called Little One and they do many things together. Pippi says ‘she’s soft like mist and always warm’. We shared this book with some 5 year olds and they thought it was a beautifully written story with gorgeous, …
Fozia and the Quest of Prince Zal
This book is about a girl named Fozia, she is a thirteen years old. She is one of the many people who survived the Pakistan Floods, I was really excited about her telling a story that her mother told her and is intertwined with other stories she’s heard as well. This book made me feel …
Elsewhere Girls
The main characters in Elsewhere Girls are Cat and Fanny and they are wonderful, sweet characters. I love these characters and when you read this book you get very attached to them. I love how Fanny is more old school like she was raised back in the day and how Cat is more up to …
Rainfish
This book starts on the problem, which I’ve never seen a book do! The first chapter is called The Worst Thing I Ever Did, which got me interested straight away! Even just looking at the cover got me interested thinking, why are there monsters lurking? And when I started reading, straight away I started thinking, …