The Three Questions Author and Illustrator: Jon J Muth A thoughtful story about making choices and where they lead. The Three Questions encourages living in the moment and acting with compassion. When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? The answers change to match the situation like a puzzle. When Nikolai asks his friends, Sonja the crane, Gogol the monkey and Pushkin the dog, they all […]
VIRGINIA WOLF– Book by Kyo Maclear and Isabelle Arsenault –
– Book by Kyo Maclear and Isabelle Arsenault –
Virginia Wolf Author: Kyo Maclear Illustrator: Isabelle Arsenault A story which broaches the complicated subject of the depression of a family member. Kindness, perseverance and creativity prevail. This book suggests kind ways of interacting with people who are having difficulties or have a mood related illness. Virginia and Vanessa are sisters. Vanessa paints and draws making life bright, expansive and cheery. Virginia is cantankerous and unhappy. She withdraws from the world and frightens people away with her ‘wolfish’ behaviour. […]
WHAT FRIENDS DO BEST– Book By Jonathan Emmett and Nathan Reed –
– Book By Jonathan Emmett and Nathan Reed –
What Best Friends Do Best Author: Jonathan Emmett Illustrator: Nathan Reed Winston learns what friends do best…they offer help and really care when something goes wrong. They don’t blame or buy into drama. They encourage success and their kindness and enthusiasm helps worries to be forgotten. Everyone needs a helping hand sometimes and asking for help is not Winston’s strong point. Everyone agrees Winston is super good at building things, but when he starts on a really big project things […]
THE YES– Book by Sarah Bee and Satoshi Kitamura –
– Book by Sarah Bee and Satoshi Kitamura –
The Yes Author: Sarah Bee Illustrator: Satoshi Kitamura The power of yes.. A strange, yet encouraging story which personifies yes and no into characters which play out the drama of self confidence and doubt. Negative mind chatter or nay-sayers can be overcome with one simple word…YES! The NO’s are pictured as a swam of little black marks and shapes, which follow the big and hefty, orange YES across a landscape of natural obstructions. Each time he comes to an obstacle […]
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU’VE GOT – Book by Dr Wayne W. Dyer and Stacy Heller Budnick –
– Book by Dr Wayne W. Dyer and Stacy Heller Budnick –
It’s Not What You’ve Got: Lessons for Kids on Money and Abundance Author: Dr Wayne W. Dyer Illustrator: Stacy Heller Budnick Who you are, is not the same as what you’ve got! The impressions children form about money and abundance, critically effect their ability to create a happy balanced life filled with abundance. It’s Not What You’ve Got, works with a spiritual approach to the meaning of money, with a few commons sense truths thrown in. o Don’t spend more […]
MAX AND RUBY’S TREASURE HUNT – Book by Rosemary Wells –
– Book by Rosemary Wells –
MAX AND RUBY’S TREASURE HUNT Author and Illustrator: Rosemary Wells More fun with Max and Ruby! A beautifully written story leads children through a series of English nursery rhymes, to solve the clues on a treasure hunt. As the thunderstorm rages outside, clever Grandma makes a treasure hunt for the little bunnies. Ruby, Max, Louise, her little sister Lily and her doll Dagmar follow the clues hidden around the house. Hickory Dickory Dock, The mouse ran up the _ […]
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON – Book by Crockett Johnson –
– Book by Crockett Johnson –
Harold And The Purple Crayon Author and Illustrator: Crockett Johnson An essential children’s picture book classic, Harold And The Purple Crayon is a triumph of pure creativity. Adrift on a white page, tiny tot Harold uses his imagination to create a world of his choosing. Step by step Harold uses his purple crayon to draw a moonlit landscape and all his adventures in it. With delight and mystery we are lead through the story unable to guess what will […]
WE HAVE LIFT OFF – Book by Sean Taylor and Hannah Shaw –
– Book by Sean Taylor and Hannah Shaw –
We Have Lift Off Author: Sean Taylor Illustrator: Hannah Shaw They could take no more of his environmental destruction and their mistreatment, but who could have guessed that the animals on Mr Tanner’s farm would take action! While selfish Mr Tanner was busy polluting the air with smoke, filling the river with muck and junk, and cutting down the trees, they set about building an intergalactic rocket to escape to the clean, clear stars. Narrated by the ‘first chicken […]
CALLUM’S INCREDIBLE CONSTRUCTION KIT – Book by Jonathan Emmett and Ben Mantle –
– Book by Jonathan Emmett and Ben Mantle –
Callum’s Incredible Construction Kit Author: Jonathan Emmett Illustrator: Ben Mantle Young Callum is full of ideas, big ideas! When he gets a construction kit for his birthday there is no stopping him. He loves building toys and takes the kit everywhere with him. This proves to be incredibly handy. Callum collects more and more pieces until his home is jam packed. Then something terrible happens… Callum takes up the challenge and puts his biggest ever plan into action. A […]
