The Station Cat: A Story of Kindness and Hope

By Stephen Hogtun We spotted this colour-filled book somewhere on social media and wanted our own copy. Baby brother is obsessed with our neighbours’ cheeky kittens who sit on our shed roof each morning so we knew he’d love this cat picture book. We love picture books in our house but this is one of

Heart of a Samurai

By Margi Preus Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki / Manjiro (John Mung) & Kawada Shoryo. Art directed by Chad W. Beckerman This year I wanted to try reading some new things and new authors, so I started my #22in22reading challenge. One of the challenges was to read a book from the year you were born. When

THANK YOU for the Little Things

Author Caryl Hart Illustrator: Emily Hamilton First of all, I have to say thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read a preview copy of this book. I enjoyed sharing this book with my little brother who is three years old. He loves picture books and this includes colourful illustrations of lots of the

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

Kensuke’s Kingdom

By Michael Morpurgo A special guest review by JD (age 12) The story begins with an 11 year old boy called Micheal and his family (Mum, Dad, and pet dog Stella Artois the Alsatian). When Dad is made redundant, he uses the money to buy a boat called Peggy Sue and the family decide to

Julian is a Mermaid

By Jessica Love A glimpse of three women dressed as mermaids leaves one boy filled with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. “Every choice Jessica Love makes imbues the story with charm, tenderness and humor” New York TImes Book ReviewWhile riding the subway home with his Nana one day, Julian notices three women spectacularly dressed

The Very Helpful Hedgehog

Author & illustrator: Rosie Wellesley Little brother’s holiday homework was to enjoy some stories about Autumn. We searched the bookshelf for picture books that made us think of Autumn & this one is perfect. It is a lovely and funny story about friendship and helping each other. The main character is a slightly grumpy hedgehog

Pumpkin Soup 🎃

By Helen Cooper This is a lovely picture book to enjoy at Autumn time. The story is about three friends: Cat, Duck and Squirrel. They live in a little old white cabin and have their own pumpkin patch in the garden. Every day the animals work together to make the perfect pumpkin soup. Each animal

Twist of Gold

Author: Michael Morpurgo The book tells the story of Sean and Annie, two children living in Ireland at the time of the potato famine. *** BEWARE! I’ve tried not to ruin the story by telling you the ending but there are SOME PLOT SPOILERS AHEAD! *** What was the Potato Famine? A disease called late

The Library Mouse’s Christmas Book Pile – Week 3: Christ-MOUSE special.

This week, we couldn’t resist sharing a few of our favourite festive stories featuring Mice! You can’t have Christmas without some mouse stories. We have a tradition in our family. Every Christmas Eve, we read ‘The Night Before Christmas’ poem by Clement C Moore and a picture book version of the Nativity story then we