This month we’re launching…
The Space Between by Clare Helen Welsh, illustrated by Fiona Lumbers
Granny has a secret: big changes aren’t so scary when we take comfort in the time it takes to embrace them
When her granddaughter is missing her old home, Granny teaches her a secret. The flower buds aren’t quite open, but they will be soon: they’re in the space between, and that time is a gift to treasure. Just like the flowers will soon bloom, in time she will feel at home. But Granny’s in the space between too . . . and she might need a little help to come out on the other side.
Alberta: and Little Red Riding Wolf by Margaret Sturton
Alberta does dreadful things, and she always gets her own way. So when she doesn’t listen to her mother’s good advice and enters the wild and dangerous woods, it’s no surprise that she tricks a kind stranger and eats their delicious cake. But this stranger is a wolf, wearing a red cape and hood, and she doesn’t take kindly to being double-crossed… Will Alberta learn a lesson she will very much regret?
Mummy’s Promise by Michelle Robinson, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly
Discover the power of a mother’s love in this heartwarming and thrilling prehistoric adventure!
Mummy has always been there for her cub as a role model, a teacher and a guide, and she has promised that her love for him will last forever. But when the cub and his friends are caught in a flood, he learns how to stand on his own paws, and is inspired to make a very special promise of his own…
In this partner book to Daddy’s Footsteps, four prehistoric friends find their way in the world with the help of their mums. An uplifting and heart-warming celebration of amazing mothers written in soft, poetic rhyme – perfect to share together.
Elmer Search and Find Animals by David McKee
Learn amazing animal facts, and have fun spotting all of Elmer the patchwork elephant’s friends in his colourful world!
In this big and busy search and find board book adventure, learn amazing animal facts. Did you know that giraffes’ tongues are black? Or that baby rabbits are called kittens? And crocodile mums carry their babies in their mouths? Jam-packed fun facts spotting activities, questions to answer and details to discover, all from Elmer’s colourful world. Featuring a maze with quiz questions to test their new knowledge at the end of the scenes, this book will help young children learn more about the natural world while developing their powers of observation, visual acuity, and their early numeracy and language skills as they go.
Also in the Elmer Search and Find series:
Elmer Search and Find
Elmer Search and Find Colours
Elmer Search and Find Numbers
Black Star by Kwame Alexander
Set a generation after The Door of No Return in the turbulent segregation era, Kwame Alexander weaves a spellbinding story of struggle, determination and the unflappable faith of an American family.
Twelve-year old Charley is set on becoming the first female pitcher to play professional baseball, even if that’s a lofty dream for a Black girl in the American South in the 1920s. Even so, her grandfather Kofi’s thrilling stories about courageous ancestors and epic journeys make it impossible not to dream big. She knows he has so much more to tell, but according to her parents, she isn’t old enough to know about certain things, like what happened to Booker Preston that one night in Great Bridge, and why she can never play on the brand-new baseball field on the other side of town.
When Charley challenges a neighbourhood bully to a game at the church picnic, she knows she can win, even with her ragtag team. Then a dispute on the field leads to Charley making a fateful decision, one that will bring consequences she never could have imagined.
