The Go-Away Bird

The Go-Away Bird – Julia Donaldson

The Go-Away Bird – Julia Donaldson and Catherine Rayner (illustrator) (2019) A gorgeous story about friendship and working together from a star picture-book partnership, the inimitable Julia Donaldson and award-winning Catherine Rayner. โ€˜The Go-Away bird sat up in her nest, With her fine grey wings and her fine grey crest.โ€™ Read more…

Animalphabet – Julia Donaldson

Animalphabet – Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Sharon King-Chai (2018) A wondrous and beautiful A-to-Z guessing game from the bestselling author ofย Room on the Broom A splendidly die-cut alphabet of animals from Number 1 bestselling author ofย The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson, and visionary illustrator Sharon King-Chai. Each cleverly cut flap draws you Read more…

Old Hat

Old Hat – Emily Gravett

Old Hat – Emily Gravett (2017) Harbet had a hat. His Nana had knitted it for him when he was little. Harbet likes his comfy knitted hat, but the others keep jeering at him –ย OLD HAT! OLD HAT!ย No matter what headwear he buys – be it a towering fruit platter Read more…

Cyril and Pat

Cyril and Pat – Emily Gravett

Cyril and Pat – Emily Gravett (2018) This is a cute book with absolutely stunning illustrations! What a talented lady Emily Gravett is! Poor Cyril the squirrel, leading a lonely existence until he finds another ‘squirrel’, Pat. Cyril and Pat have lots of adventures together, but for some reason Cyril Read more…