If you’re the kind of person who gets enormously irritated by children’s books, no matter how beautifully illustrated, that have penguins hanging out with polar bears and lions bumping into tigers in the African jungle,then the news that Bloomsbury has got together with the Zoological Society of London to produce a series of animal stories that are as factually enlightening as they are entertaining will be extremely welcome. Beautifully illustrated and packed with fascinating detail, this title looks at the potential problems involved in playing host to a hippo. Where would it sleep? What would it eat? And could it be house-trained? Putting together a wall display of animals that do and don’t make good pets could be an interesting related activity.
Wonder is the unforgettable story of August Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. With over five million copies sold, Wonder is a true modern classic, a…
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One of the most popular topics of conversation amongst young children is ‘what I was like when I was *really* small’. They love to compare themselves with who they were just a…
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Despite the relentless efforts of teachers, policy makers and passionate advocates of mathematics over many years, numeracy is still a skill that’s often rather bizarrely…
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With The Gruffalo’s Child, Julia Donaldson proved herself more than capable of following up what had quickly become a beloved children’s classic with a sequel of similar…
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Something exciting is happening at the Heavenly Hippos Wildlife Park; gold stars are going to be awarded to winning animals in four categories: most popular, tidiest; most stylish;…
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