Leaf Man

Author: Lois Ehlert This is another lovely book to read in the Autumn to young children (0-5 years). This colourful picture book tells the story of a man made of leaves who blows away. We follow his journey as he travels wherever the wind may takes him. The book shows you the places he visits

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

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

Little People, BIG DREAMS: John Lennon

Author: Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Illustrator: Octavia Bromell We have really enjoyed other biographies in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series, so when Netgalley and Quarto Publishing gave us the chance to preview this new title, we said yes please! This book describes the life of John Lennon, the boy from Liverpool who dreamed

Ways to say I love you

Author: Marilyn Singer Illustrator: Alette Straathoff Thanks to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing for allowing us a digital preview of this book. It’s a really beautiful book. The cover grabbed our attention straight away and the colourful illustrations continue all the way through! The rhyming text is lovely to read aloud to younger children or just

Little Leaders: Exceptional Men in Black History

Author/Illustrator: Vashti Harrison With Kwesi Johnson This book teaches you all about black men throughout history who have achieved amazing things because of their cleverness, talent, kindness or hard work. It is a collection of short one page biographies to celebrate positive role models such as Louis Armstrong, Thurgood Marshall and Arthur Ashe. Each biography

Your Faith: Hinduism

Author: Harriet Brundle This book is one from a series of 6 books about the main regions: Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They are written to introduce children to the idea of religion and explain the places of worship, festivals, celebrations and ceremonies of each religion. This is a colourful book about Hinduism

Your Faith: Islam

Author: Harriet Brundle This is a colourful book about Islam which explains the religion in a simple way. The text is easy to read for children aged 5-8 years old and there are lots of photographs to show children what life is like for Muslims and what they believe in. Islam is a religion that

The Divali Story

Author: Anita Ganeri Illustrator: Carole Gray The Hindu festival of Diwali celebrates the victory of good over evil and light over darkness. There are many different Gods and Goddesses who are worshipped over the 5-day festival including Laxmi the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. One of the main legends linked to the festival is the

Storyteller: Hindu Stories

Author: Anita Ganeri Illustrator: Carole Gray Hindu Stories is a collection of short stories about Hindu gods and godesses. There are 7 different stories each with useful little fact boxes about the people, places, objects and events in each story: How the World came to be (the creation story) The God and the wicked witch