The Christmas Pine 🎄

Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Victoria Sandøy Told from the perspective of the tree, the story begins with a little pine tree, growing in a snowy wood in Norway. This little tree is actually a very important tree – one day it will become the huge Christmas tree which is displayed in Trafalgar Square in London.

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

Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book

Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Alex Scheffler We’ve had a board book version of this since I was a toddler and I always enjoyed looking through the pages. Alex Scheffler’s illustrations are so detailed that you can notice something new each time you read the book! Written by Julia Donaldson, the rhyming text is fun and

Spooktacular picture books to make your Halloween go with a scream!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! How are you celebrating today? It isn’t safe enough to go trick or treating at the moment (nasty old Covid-19) so the children on our street are decorating pumpkins. We’ll light them this evening and to make a pumpkin trail. Everyone will vote for their favourite and the best design will win a

World Book Day 2021 has begun!

Every year in the UK, we celebrate World Book Day in March. A collection of books is specially released at the amazing cost of just £1 each. Children across the country are given £1 vouchers which they can exchange for a £1 book or for a discount on any other book- meaning every child in

What the Ladybird Heard

Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Lydia Monks When I was really small, 2 or 3 years old, this was my favourite book. We read it nearly everyday and I knew most of the words off by heart. I loved the illustrations and enjoyed making all the animal noises and would clap when the naughty robbers were

Celebrating JULIA DONALDSON picture books about animals!

Today is the birthday of Children’s author Julia Donaldson! To celebrate I am sharing a selection of our favourite Julia Donaldson picture books about animals! Give this post a like if you have read any of these stories or mention your favourite in the comments! Monkey Puzzle Monkey is lost in the jungle, so he

A whole herd of Dinosaur picture books

While looking through our book shelf for new books for little brother to ‘read’, I noticed just how many DINOSAUR books we have. I would like to share them here with you! Fiction DINOSAUR ROAR! With a simple, rhyming text that is perfect for reading aloud, coupled with colourful and charming illustrations, this much-loved picture

‘Tiddler’ and ‘The Snail on the Whale’

Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler I have decided to review these two books together as they share the theme of sea creatures who go on difficult journeys. Tiddler Tiddler is a little fish who loves to tell imaginative stories to his school friends about dolphins and mermaids. One day he gets in a fisherman’s net and

‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘The Gruffalo’s child’

Author: Julia Donaldson / Illustrator: Axel Scheffler We have both of these books in our house and we have read them many times. My Grandma, who is in her 70’s loves this book and would always read it to us at bedtime. We actually bought her the Scottish version of the Gruffalo’s child (The Gruffalo’s Wean) as a