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. ‘The Go-Away bird sat up in her nest, With her fine grey wings and her fine grey crest.’ 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 of Room on the Broom A splendidly die-cut alphabet of animals from Number 1 bestselling author of 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 – OLD HAT! OLD HAT! 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…