Street Child

By Berlie Doherty We have been learning about the Victorian times at school this term. I have read a few non-fiction books about the time (see here) but we read this book as our class novel, The book tells the story of an orphan called Jim Jarvis who as living and working in London in

The Christmas Eve Tree

Author: Delia Huddy Illustrator: Emily Sutton This simple story is a good choice for Christmas time. It is not the usually jolly Christmas story, It has an important message. While lots of people are looking forward to presents and time with family, there are some people out in the world who are not able to