You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be

Authors: Marcus Rashford & Carl Anika This book was a bit different to the types I normally read but I’d seen it mentioned quite a lot on TV and social media so decided to try it. Marcus Rashford MBE is a famous England and Manchester United footballer but recently he has been working hard on

Malala’s Magic Pencil

Author: Malala Yousafzai Illustrator: Kerascoët (Marie Pommepuy & Sébastien Cosset) The author of this book, Malala Yousafzai, was born in Pakistan in 1997. Her father ran a school for girls in the Swat Valley. Then in 2008, the Taliban arrived in her town and banned girls from going to school. Malala began to fight for

Chapatti Moon

Author: Pippa Goodhart Illustrator: Lizzie Finlay This is a fun picture book for little readers. My little brother enjoys having this read to him and the story is nice to read to yourself or out loud to others because of the rhythm and rhymes. We chose it because there aren’t that many picture books that

Marco Polo

By Demi This is a really beautifully illustrated biography for children by Demi. Marco Polo lived from September 15, 1254 to January 8, 1324. He was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His adventures are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo (Il Milione) written around 1300. This was the first

The Magic Paintbrush

Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Joel Stewart Shen is a little Chinese girl who is given a special gift by an old man – a magic paintbrush! With the magic paintbrush, she can paint dishes full of fish and oysters that actually become real and she can use them to feed the hungry people in her

Let’s Celebrate!: Festival Poems from Around the World

Editors: DEBJANI CHATTERJEE & BRIAN D’ARCY Illustrator: SHIRIN ADL This is a fun collection of poems celebrating 24 different festivals from all over the world. It includes special events like Chinese New Year , Carnival, Thanksgiving, Purnima, Diwali. As well as Eid, Hannukah, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, Pancake Day, the Cherry Blossom Festival and lots more!

The Great Race – The Story of the Chinese Zodiac

By Dawn Casey & Anne Wilson With Chinese New Year getting close, we thought it would be a good time to read a bit more about how the lunar years got their names. We have a few books by this publisher (Barefoot Books) so we knew this would not disappoint us. This is a bright

Coming to England: An Inspiring True Story Celebrating the Windrush Generation

Author: Baroness Floella Benjamin Illustrator: Diane Ewen Coming to England is based on the true story of Baroness Floella Benjamin. As a 10-year old child, Floella and her family moved from Trinidad in the Caribbean to London, England as part of the Windrush generation. The story explains how she had to travel by ship for two

One Grain of Rice : A mathematical folktale

By Demi This is a clever maths-based story about a village girl called Rani who outsmarts a selfish and greedy king. The people of the Indian village are poor and hungry when the king decides to have a banquet. As the food is carried to the palace, the girl notices that rice is escaping from

Ritu Weds Chandni

Author: Ameya Narvankar  We are always looking for new books about Indian culture so when we spotted this on Netgalley, we had to request a copy. Thank you to them and the publisher Yali Books for letting us have a sneeky preview. The main character is a little Indian girl called Ayesha. She is really