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Pattu’s Dosa A bilingual short read in both English and Tamil, this simple story reflects a very familiar scene in houses around the world. It regularly happened in our house when I was making pancakes for breakfast on a Saturday morning. Without giving too much away, if you are a parent, you will have experienced … Read more
This is not just a teen romance, if it was, I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed it anywhere near as much as I did. Yes, the plot is romance based: Girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, girl’s best friend wants to date boy, girl dates boy but has to keep it a secret etc. etc. … Read more
Steve Tomecek (Author) Marcos Farina (Illustrator) Earth is big! (compared to a frog)Earth is small! (when it’s hiding in a galaxy) And that’s not all. Earth is wet and dry, hot and cold, round and jagged, fast and slow. You get the idea. It depends how you look at it! I’ve just put this book … Read more
Brian Abram (author) & Lynne Hicken (Illustrator) Charlie Stewart’s Grandad wasn’t like most other Grandads. Thanks to an argument with a huge lion (really!?), he had to use a wheelchair to get around… And so the adventures of Grandad Wheels begin… These three picture books are corkers! I think that Charlie would give Just William … Read more
User Reviews – Helen Jones Our number 1 reviewer for October, Helen shares her thoughts on a couple of great Indie Books Adam-2 by Alastair Chisholm (Nosy Crow) It’s a new world… How can he save it? The robot Adam-2 has been locked in the basement of a lost building for over two hundred years … Read more
Elliot Kruszynski In this title, Professor McPaw explores the history of the car, starting with the steam engine in the early 1800s, the advent of the combustion engine in 1872, the popularisation of the car by Henry Ford in the early 1900s, the evolution of motor racing, luxury cars of the 1950s, the Japanese innovations … Read more
Jane Ray A humorous fantasy story of greed set in a small Indian village, stunningly illustrated and retold by award-winning artist Jane Ray. Jasmine’s garden has the most delicious fruit in the village – but someone is eating all her beautiful apples and apricots, kiwis and kumquats, papayas and peaches. Determined to discover the thief’s … Read more
Daniel Peak Rita Jeffries is two years old, alone and on the run! She may be a toddler, but she has the mind (and attitude) of a teenager. She knows something’s not right, but she’s still surprised when her parents disappear and a sinister clown and an ice-cream van seem to be hunting her down… … Read more
Luke Elliott (Author) AsmA Aden Mohamed (Illustrator) Amari is excited about his audition for the school play, but first he must learn his lines, lines, lines! Who can he find to help him? Knowing a little bit about the author of the book helps enjoy it even more. Luke is an actor (and now writer) … Read more
Leighan Renaud (Author) & Elizabeth Lander (Illustrator) While Zora waits for Grandma to return, she explores what it means to have a home away from home. This nostalgic love letter to Grenada is a joyful celebration of Caribbean culture and all the forms it has taken over generations. Join Zora on her journey through this … Read more
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