Zog

Author: Julia Donaldson  Illustrator: Axel Scheffler Zog is a young dragon trying his best at Dragon School. While learning to fly, roar and breathe fire, he needs help from his new friend, a princess who wants to be a doctor. She cares for all his cuts and bruises. The illustrations are colourful, detailed and funny. Children

The Fire-work Maker’s Daughter

Author: Phillip Pullman Illustrator: Peter Bailey This is fairy-tale adventure. It is set in an imaginary country that has a mixture of elements from 🇹🇭 Thailand 🇨🇳 China 🇮🇳 India 🇮🇩 Indonesia There are parts of the story which remind me of Indian stories I have read and other parts which seemed more like Films

African Tales: A Barefoot Collection

Author: Gcina Mhlophe Illustrator: Rachel Griffin This is a collection of eight traditional tales from different countries in Africa: 🇲🇼 Malawi 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇱🇸 Lesotho 🇸🇿 Swaziland 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇬🇭 Ghana 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇪🇹 Ethiopia It has some really useful nonfiction sections too. There are facts about Africa and descriptions of the countries where each

Beowulf

Author: Micheal Morpurgo Illustrator: Michael Foreman This is Morpurgo’s version of an old English poem. The story is set in Denmark in the fifth-century. The peaceful kingdom of Hereot is attacked each night by the evil monster Grendel. There is no one strong enough to defeat him until Beowulf, prince of the Geats arrives from

Viking Boy

Author: Tony Bradman My teacher introduced us to Tony Bradman when we started our Viking topic. Viking Boy is all about Gunnar, a young Viking. His home is attacked and his father is killed. Gunnar escapes but swears a blood oath to get revenge, rescue his mother and take back the family farm. The book

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.

Author & illustrator: Charlie Mackesy. This was gift from my Grandad for passing my purple book belt. I read it all in one go! It’s a nice story about a boy on a journey with a mole. They meet and make friends with a fox and a horse. It has lots of kind advice that