Showing posts with label Beetles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beetles. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 2, 2026

An Anthology of Shells by Simon Aiken

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A few weeks ago I was browsing the Non-Fiction section of Gleebooks Kids . I found some fabulous titles which, if I was still working in a s...
Friday, May 17, 2024

One Little Dung Beetle by Rhian Williams illustrated by Heather Potter and Mark Jackson

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"One little dung beetle rolling up some poo,  working very hard like a beetle likes to do." In this clever jaunty rhyming, countin...
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Where are all the Christmas Beetles by Suzanne Houghton

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The end papers in this book are scrumptious. Each page is designed with so much care and the final fact pages are sure to satisfy your curio...
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Friday, August 4, 2023

The Seed by Isabel Pin translated by Rosemary Lanning

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  "Once upon a time - in a small, distant part of the great, wide world - there were two tribes ... " This is such a powerful open...
Monday, August 30, 2021

If Only ... by Mies van Hout translated by David Colmer

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"The child thought,  If only I were a butterfly. Then I could fly everywhere." "The whirligig beetle thought, If only I were ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Out of Nowhere by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

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Beetle and his friend Caterpillar enjoy picnics on their rock. In the evenings, while Beetle sleeps, Caterpillar gazes at the moon. Stop rig...
Friday, August 14, 2020

Rex The Rhinoceros Beetle by M.G. Leonard illustrated by Duncan Beedie

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This book caught my eye because I adored Beetle Boy by MG Leonard . Now she has written a beetle picture book. Buster has found a huge banan...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

Bring me a rock! by Daniel Miyares

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This is another one of those deceptively simply picture books which you could read to a young child or use as a discussion starter with ...