Monday, February 24, 2020

Stick and Fetch Investigate: Barking up the wrong tree by Philip Ardagh illustrated by Elissa Elwick

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Are you a fan of Fancy Nancy?   I do enjoy the way those books are filled with word definitions as a part of the text. Philip Ardagh do...
Sunday, February 23, 2020

War Animal Remembrance Day 24th February

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Tomorrow (24th February) is War Animal Remembrance Day.  There are some terrific picture books you can use to explore the animals who w...

Leonard doesn't dance by Frances Watts illustrated by Judy Watson

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There is something very reassuring about a story told with a repeated structure.  Leonard doesn't dance uses the known sequence - da...
Saturday, February 22, 2020

Antarctica by Moira Court

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Antarctica will appeal to a range of readers - it certainly appeals to me. It is a counting book for the youngest children, it is filled ...
Friday, February 21, 2020

Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray

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In the opening scene of this book a whale has washed up and is now on the roof of the cathedral. Here are the first sentences which go so...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Brave by Stacy McAnulty illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff

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A few days ago I talked about Beautiful . Here is the companion volume, Brave. This is another deceptively simply book with minimal t...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Windcatcher: Migration of the Short-Tailed Shearwater by Diane Jackson Hill and Craig Smith

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The migration of birds is such a fascinating topic. The endurance of these light and sometimes fragile creatures who fly huge, almost i...