book reviews
This is a variation on the meme started by Rae Longest at Powerful Women Readers. Thank you to Carla from Carla loves to read for wonderful posts encouraging people to share old and new favourite children’s books. The book I read today is the second story about a little girl called Miyuki. She is a lively …
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Tales from Nature: Bee Join little bee as he gathers pollen from a flower, and makes honey with his friends. But what happens when the queen bee arrives? Introducing nature to little ones, Tales From Nature provides simple, entertaining storylines with an animal character as the focus. Bright and colorful illustrations are sure to engage young …
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A sweet and dreamy book about a little girl who is looking up into the sky and thinking about all the beautiful things she can see: – a plane in the sky, fluffy clouds, butterflies, a shooting star, a kite stuck in a tree, tiny flower seeds flying away… and she wonders what she could …
‘Wish’ by Chris Saunders is an adorable heart-warming story of a selfless little rabbit who gets three wishes but does not know what to wish for. He asks his friends Mouse, Fox and Bear what they would with for hoping their advice would help him decide. Mouse would love to be able to fly, Fox …
A young woman gets on the bus and rides out of the big city. She arrives in the countryside, where she is as big as a giant, looming over a tiny house, a garden and her tiny grandmother. The cabbages and the apple trees are far below. Her grandmother smiles up at her in her …
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Having just spent a blissful morning reading and playing with my little one, I am really excited to join in sharing our new and old favourite books for children. Something borrowedand old: The smartest Giant in the town by Julia Donaldson George wished he wasn’t the scruffiest giant in town So, one day, he sees …
Did you know that the material used to make firefighter helmets and bulletproof vests was invented by a woman? Brilliant Ideas From Wonderful Women: 15 incredible inventions from inspiring women is a brilliant tribute to fifteen amazingly creative women whose inventions made our world a better and safer place to live in. Car heaters and …
I loved this funny little story which reminded me of Bulgarian Gabrovo tales.The inhabitants of Chelm, a small town in Eastern Europe, were well-known for their supposed ‘wisdom’ (or rather total lack of it). They loved moonlit nights when a walk on Chelm’s muddy streets would not be as periculous as on the darkest nights …
With its stunning watercolour illustrations, Ida and the Whale will take you on a journey into a dreamy world of a child’s imagination. Ida is a quiet and curious child. She often sits outside her birch tree house and wonders if there is anything beyond the sun, the moon and the stars. One night she …
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