Beautifully designed for little hands, the book has wipeable, bright coloured pages and images, sectioned into easy-to-follow instructions and recipes.
This is initiative enough to send mothers and children off to kitchen cupboards to check for ingredients.
Tips on the importance of preparation before starting, set the scene.
It is Christmas Eve. The family is gathered to share the joy and love that unites them.
Preparations are ready for the morning, except for the one thing that remains for Granny to finish.
But she can’t find her wool.
Clementine and her family search for the missing purple skein of wool.
They look high and low, beneath the coloured paper chains that hang from pictures, and around the tree. At last! Success!
In this collection of delightful short stories with
exquisite, timeless and funny line drawings, we meet Hazel and her friends.
‘Hazel is nine years old, as long as her bunk bed and as
kind as a marshmallow.’
Hazel shares a treehouse in the bush with Pokey the
‘feelings’ echidna, Odette the pademelon, Walter the wombat and little Tiny,
the honey possum. Together the friends get up to all sorts of mischief and
adventure – in the very best of ways.
I personally don’t know of any 6-year-olds who wouldn’t want to live inside this beautifully rendered treehouse with a menagerie of Australian animals as their best friends.
Maisie is learning how to swim safely. With her Dad by her side she practices jumping waves and knowing when it's better to dive under them.
When Maisie hesitates to dive under a bigger wave, she discovers the strength of the water as it tumbles her about and dumps her. Maisie's fortunate that Dad's there to pull her to safety.
All this beauty has been made accessible to
children through the brilliance of Jess Racklyeft’s illustrations.
Jevita Nilsen’s alliteration intensifies the poetic
prose and draws attention to the referred images of the twelve locations addressed.
As readers tour our wonderful world, each There is a Place… takes your breath away.
It begins with aurora borealis.
It’s easy to see why these books are delighting readers
young and old – the writing is fresh, funny and fabulous.
Lottie Brooks is one of those tween characters who is
sometimes all-bluff, sometimes all-heart, and you sort of fall in love with her
either way.
She is a frustratingly endearing creature who creates
crazy and embarrassing moments in every aspect of her life – the word ‘chaotic’
in the title is an understatement.
Lottie’s voice is clear and engaging, even when her
actions are heart-stoppingly ridiculous. She constantly gets herself into
awkward situations, giving readers the joy of watching her squirm out of them.
It’s one of
those very special stories where every page-turn is a cornucopia of discovery, filled
with things to make your mouth water – and your tummy rumble.
Mabel loves visiting the Sugar Plum Café, and specifically she loves visiting Miss Plum because of her radiant smile (among other things, of course. She is a café owner after all!).
Her mother sent her away. She was too different. Too much. Too difficult.
She is picked up by Fern and taken to the fairy realm.
Rosemary ends up at Fern’s School for Wayward Fae.
Half human and half fae, Rosemary has the power to see how people are going to die. It seems that all the students own a magical gift.
Partnered with Trym, a banshee who is deaf, can lip
read and speak, and whose scream can kill, Rosemary begins a new life, a
different one where she can be herself; be wanted and loved.
In essence, it’s as the title suggests - the tale of Santa becoming snagged on the branch of a gum tree, while the local natives try (and mostly fail) to help him down.
Eventually, of course, the day is saved but not before some very funny situations
which, let’s just say, include Santa losing his boots and pants.
Told in
joyful, masterful rhyme, this book is a gem that begs to be read aloud. Author
Jackie Hosking does not shy away from using sometimes long and
wonderful-sounding words that make the reading experience a true pleasure.
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I got over it though, and then we spent whole days of the
summer poring over that miraculous book – marvelling at the unbelievable photos
and records, and vowing to one day break a record of our own (which we never
did).
In 2025, Guiness World Records is celebrating its 70th year of publication.
It contains a chapter celebrating the book’s evolution in
terms of design and inclusions over seven decades, and all the special extras
that you’d expect and love from such a publication – including items that
didn’t make it to print over the years. It’s such a mind-boggling treat to
wander through!
Father Christmas has to step away from his sleigh for a
short while, and before he goes, he asks the reader to make sure that nobody
steals it. Especially not the pigeon.
And, well, if you want to see a pigeon having a tantrum
mid-strut, then look no further. This is the book for you.
Mo Willems’ much beloved pigeon series has delivered
again, with ho ho hos and surprises aplenty.