red-hot sleuthing antics, and celebrate the pleasures and pitfalls of siblings in a sparkling collection of summer children’s books
Age 5 plus:
Creature Features: Oceans
Natasha Durley
DIVE into the ocean and discover sea creatures so amazing,
colourful and bizarre that you won’t believe they are real!
Natasha Durley, an artist who enjoys creating playful illustrations with an emphasis on colour, texture and the natural world, takes youngsters along sandy shorelines and deep into the world’s oceans to fish out strange sea life with fascinating features in this stunning, sturdy board book. Packed with Durley’s bold, vibrant artwork and with lots to look out for on every page, this collection of curious underwater creatures will captivate young readers. Grouped by their incredible features – from enormous eyes to fantastic fins – this book is a celebration of both the bizarre and the beautiful.
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There are thousands of creatures to be found under the water and many more still waiting to be discovered. And they come in all shapes and sizes, from enormous whales to tiny fish, and have developed extraordinary features to help them survive in their watery world. Some have big teeth, others have stripes and spots, some have super long arms and terrific teeth, while others glow brightly in the darkest depths.
Enjoy meeting them all in this amazing book and learn
fascinating facts about how they use their creature features to ward off
predators, taste and smell their food, or simply glide to the surface. Created in a large format, organised by their distinctive
features, and packed with fun, facts and all kinds of fish, this is a nature in
all its glowing, strange and colourful glory!
(Big Picture Press, board book, £10.99)
Big City Atlas
Maggie Li
IF you can’t escape on a big city break this year, take a whirlwind trip around the world and visit twenty eight of the most amazing cities. Youngsters will love joining a cheerful globetrotting penguin as he cycles, ice skates and belly dances round the planet, and celebrates the history, culture and cuisine of fantastic locations and the people who live there.
Packed with beautiful illustrations by London-based Maggie
Li, Big City Atlas uses double page spreads to show key sites and cultural
specialities for each city alongside bite-size facts and information. Learn about the major museums and galleries, key historical
moments, traditions, local foods and famous landmarks. Lose yourself in the
hills and beaches of Rio, explore the winding canals and pretty bridges of
Amsterdam, or the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, check out some traditional Irish
music and dancing in Dublin, step back in time in the ancient city of Cairo, and
admire the magnificent buildings of
Istanbul.
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Children will love poring over the richly detailed pages,
spotting well-known landmarks, and learning about the history, famous names, and
daily lives of the people in each location, and finding places similar to their
own home towns as well as some that are wildly different. Packed with information and facts about every city, and with
hundreds of details all waiting to be explored, Big City Atlas is an
entertaining and educational book that enables you to travel the world from
your own home. And with fun quizzes and games at the back of the book,
which let youngsters test their geographical knowledge, this is an eye-opening
learning adventure, and an ideal addition to home and school shelves.
(Pavilion, paperback, £8.99)
Age 6 plus:
Dragon Detective: School’s Out
Gareth P. Jones
GET ready for more red-hot sleuthing fun with a droll, laidback dragon detective and his prodigiously clever partner-in-crime Holly Bigsby. Master of zany comedy and award-winning author Gareth P. Jones is back with another updated, new look, tweaked title but still fun-filled version of his action-packed and much-loved The Dragon Detective Agency series which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book prize back in 2007.
Starring the lovable, jobbing London dragon detective Dirk
Dilly and his feisty schoolgirl friend Holly, these brilliant stories are
packed with laugh-out-loud comedy, madcap adventures, and positively fizz with
Jones’ energy, wit, imagination and irreverent sense fun.
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In School’s Out, the second book in this super, revamped
series, Holly is desperate to be sleuthing again with her partner-in-solving-crime,
dragon Dirk Dilly, but instead she’s stuck at her exclusive, high-security
boarding school for children of the rich and famous. She is determined to
escape, until she meets Callum, the son of the Prime Minister, who claims he
was kidnapped by dragons a year ago and hasn’t been the same since. And when
Dirk’s own investigation into dragon activity brings him to the school, the two
cases collide with earth-shattering results. What if Callum isn’t as crazy as
he seems?
With Jones’ love of words shining through, and plenty of crooks and crime to enjoy, a reprise of Dilly and Holly is proving suitable fire-powered reading for all young mischief makers.
(Little Tiger, paperback, £6.99)
Age 3 plus:
Sisters
Brothers
Brothers
Harriet Evans and Andrés Landazábal
FAMILY life is one of the most important parts of our formative years… and here are two beautiful picture books that celebrate the pleasures and pitfalls of growing up with siblings.
Using beautiful rhyme, exquisite illustrations and all the
frustrations, fun and shared experiences of life’s big adventure with brothers
and sisters, author Harriet Evans and illustrator Andrés Landazábal touch our
hearts and teach little ones about the joy and diversity of modern families.
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In Sisters – a book full of colour, vibrancy and heartfelt
messages – we discover that sisters can sometimes be irritating and rude but
they share all your hopes, they soothe all your fears, and on the worst days
they brighten your mood.
And in Brothers, we meet brothers big and small, stepbrothers
and half-brothers. They might make life messy and upset the best-laid plans but
big brothers lift you up, they share trust and secrets, and offer a pair of
helping hands. With their heartfelt message of love and kinship, gentle,
reassuring, rhyming words, and pictures imbued with warmth and empathy, these
enchanting books are set to become firm family favourites.
(Little Tiger Press, hardback, £8.99 each)
Nervous Nigel
Bethany Christou
THEY also serve… who only lie back and swim! Author and illustrator Bethany Christou, whose gorgeous debut picture book Slow Samson won hearts and accolades, returns with another beautiful and reassuring tale about a crocodile who gets the collywobbles when he has to take part in swimming contests.
Suffering from anxiety or getting nervous is all part of
growing up and Christou addresses these natural fears with her second picture
book starring a lovable little croc who can’t face telling his family of
successful water athletes that just the thought of competing gives him that
sinking feeling.
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Nigel loves swimming and so do all his siblings. The water
is his favourite place to float and think but he doesn’t like swimming in competitions.
As soon as the whistle blows, his heart starts hammering, his tail starts
trembling and his teeth start chattering. Can Nigel find the courage to tell
his family how he really feels, and will he find something else at which to
excel?
Nervous Nigel is a joy to share with little ones… Christou’s
colourful and expressive illustrations bring to life a cute little croc whose
troubles will be familiar to many youngsters but who finds a new purpose and
pride, and discovers that all his family really want for him is happiness. Brimming with wit, warmth, and timely messages, this is a
picture perfect book for all the family.
(Templar Publishing, paperback, £6.99)
Peek Through: Jobs We Do Peek Through: Around Town
Jonny Marx and Zoe Waring
IT'S never too early to learn about the busy, bustling world of work.
Author Jonny Marx and illustrator Zoe Waring blend their
talents for two informative and eye-catching board books which open up life in
a busy town, and the many different sorts of people who work in them.
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In Peek Through: Jobs We Do, we join Roxy the rat on a
fun-filled trip to work. There are plenty of places to go, and along the way
she meets Dasher the Detective, Smokey the Firefighter, Rocker the Chef and
Michelle the Mechanic.
And in Peek Through: Around Town, meet Dusty the dog as he
wanders around town in search of adventure. There are plenty of shops to visit,
including the café, the bookshop, the music store and the sweet shop, but where
will Dusty end up? With a cute cast of animal characters, and lots of fun and
learning to enjoy, these charming books are just the job for curious
youngsters.
(Little Tiger Press, board books, £5.99 each)
Let’s Go, Tractor!
Let’s Go, Fire Truck!
Let’s Go, Fire Truck!
Fhiona Galloway
LITTLE ones love to be on the go and here are the perfect books to set their engines running!
Let’s Go, Tractor! and Let’s Go, Fire Truck! – two chunky
board books with concentric pages in the shape of a tractor and a fire engine –
come packed with colour, page-turning action and lots of chugs, roars, shakes,
flashes and splashes.
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In Let’s Go, Tractor! we follow Farmer Dog as he works away
in his busy, busy tractor as its engine roars and shakes. The horses neigh for
feeding time, the pigs need a lift in the trailer, and the fields are waiting
to be ploughed.
With their silver-foiled covers, fun rhymes, and appealing
design and shape, these user-friendly books will be a hands-on winner with
adventurous (and noisy!) toddlers.
(Little Tiger Press, board books, £6.99 each)
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