Small Finds a Home – Celestine and the Hare Author and Illustrator: Karin Celestine BUY – Small Finds A Home Fun, friendship and kindness, hallmark the Celestine and the Hare series which are perfect for 3 – 5 year old’s. Children will love the little felt animals in the Celestine and the Hare tribe and the activities at the end of each book. Super sweet and filled with many kind thoughts and actions, it models sharing and putting others […]
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 […]
DOUG THE BUG THAT WENT BOING– Book by Sue Hendra –
– Book by Sue Hendra –
Doug The Bug that Went Boing Author and Illustrator: Sue Hendra A very funny story about friendship, arguments, fair play and saying sorry. Written and illustrated with drama and wit this adorable bug will have pre-schoolers laughing. As best friends Doug and Trevor quarrel over whose turn it is to get the berry ball down, a terrible thing happens. Scooped up with a daisy, Doug finds himself in a flowerpot on high rise window ledge. How will he ever get […]
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 _ […]
FEELING JEALOUS Thoughts And Feelings Series
– Book by Sarah Levete –
Thoughts And Feelings Series
– Book by Sarah Levete –
Feeling Jealous Thoughts And Feelings Series Author: Sarah Levete What is feeling jealous all about? Powerful emotions come up for so many reasons, so how do kids deal with these? By recognising and working through feeling jealous, children are empowered to develop healthy relationships and high self esteem. This helpful book explores a range of jealous feelings that a group of primary aged children are experiencing. The photos and illustrations show common scenarios in a child’s emotional development. […]
ZOG – Book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler –
– Book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler –
Zog Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler What a good idea! Stereotypes are charmingly broken. Zog is an imaginative story about a little dragon in training. The problem is that he’s not very good at breathing fire and capturing princesses. Luckily for Zog there is a princess on hand who nurses his injuries and volunteers to be captured so Zog can get his gold star. But that’s not all, when a young knight turns up to save her she […]
WHEELS – Book by Shirley Hughes –
– Book by Shirley Hughes –
Wheels Author and Illustrator: Shirley Hughes Carlos and Billy happily race their bikes down the hill at the park. Both boys are getting too big for their slow old bikes, both boys have a birthday coming up. Wheels is a poignant story of friendship, expectations, yearnings and surprises. This story includes themes of community, multiculturalism, sharing and thoughtfulness. It demonstrates the love of a family with a lower income and how they creatively provide a wonderful birthday for their […]
SIR CHARLIE STINKY SOCKS AND THE REALLY BIG ADVENTURE – Book by Kristina Stephenson –
– Book by Kristina Stephenson –
Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure Author and Illustrator: Kristina Stephenson Stunningly illustrated with great detail and expression, you will fall in love with the adventures of Sir Charlie and his trusty friends. This young knight is both fearless and thoughtful, well prepared and brave. Charlie embarks upon the first of his adventures to investigate a tall tower in the middle of a dark and ominous wood. The adventure is filled with great solutions to the […]
ROOM ON THE BROOM – Book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler –
– Book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler –
Room on the Broom Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler A friendly witch and her cat fly across the countryside on her broom. All is well until the wind brings to play a series of events which see new passengers on the broom and a creative solution to a risky confrontation with a dragon. Is there room on the broom for just one more? A wonderful story of friendship, inclusion, earning your place in a group and pulling together […]
THE RAINBOW FISH – Book by Marcus Pfister –
– Book by Marcus Pfister –
The Rainbow Fish Author and Illustrator: Marcus Pfister A thought provoking story about the most beautiful fish in the ocean and how he learns to share. Haughty Rainbow Fish is admired by all the other fish, but when a tiny blue fish asks for a scale he will not share. Shunned by the other fish for his harsh words to the little fish, the Rainbow Fish discovers loneliness. Being beautiful has no benefits if no one will look at […]
