Synopsis: The real story of Little Red Riding Hood - told by the Wolf himself! Told in the confidential, conversational voice of a New York wheeler-dealer, this funny version of the Grimm Brothers' story of Little Red Riding Hood is retold from a fresh perspective - the Wolf's! Full of humorous revelations and surprises, we see how the story unfolds from his point of view, and h ...

Synopsis: Sahara is thrilled to be moved out of the special ed class and into repeat fifth grade. Then her teacher arrives. Miss Pinty is eccentric - if not a little weird - and she has some unusual teaching methods, but without her help, Sahara might never have realized just how special she was.

Review: Although this is an American book, and classes and schools are quite ...

Synopsis: Suzy is a French speaking stripy cat who lives in France with a fisherman and his family. She is a friendly and loving cat who absolutely loves being stroked backwards, but she is also adventurous!

Review: Suzy is a loving little cat who has a very contented life in France with her human family, until one day she finds a nice basket to sleep in ... and wakes up in ...

Synopsis: The Man on the Moon and his little Moon Dog usually enjoy a peaceful life the only interruption being the noisy trouble making holidaymakers who descend once a year. This year the Moon Dog, bored by being indoors and fascinated by these visitors ventures outside has an adventure all of his own.

Review: Not only has Helen Ward created a truly original and imaginati ...

Synopsis:  A fantastic tale of football and fishing for beginner readers.

Review:  A very simple story for new readers, combining football and fishing. Jake loves both, but Adam desperately wants him to give up fishing and so strikes a deal with him. Adam will help him score a hat-trick, if Jake will relinquish his days by the river. This is a male dominated stor ...

Synopsis: Charlie has a little sister Lola. Lola really loves books and is obsessed by one particular book that is ‘extra specially special’. Lola desperately wants and needs to read her favourite book again. It is called ‘Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies’ and as far as Lola is concerned no other book will do.

Review: According to the information inside ...

Synopsis: Nick Butterworth has transformed Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet into two urban cats called Amber & Monty in this humorous tale of overcoming prejudice.

Review:  The illustrations in Nick Butterworth's The Whisperer are excellent. Every page is filled with life and energy and the scrap yard cat scenes are very atmospheric. My favourite ...

Synopsis: Eric doesn't like to talk. His secret friend, the Night Shimmy, says everything for him. Then Eric meets Marcia and before long he discovers that he doesn't need his imaginary friend after all.

Review: Originally published in 1991, this is one of Browne's collaborations with another author who, like Browne, has a deep and abiding interest in relations ...

Synopsis:  Willy loves to dream. He dreams that he's a film star, a sumo wrestler, a ballet dancer, a painter, an explorer, a famous writer, a scuba diver.

Review: In Willy the Dreamer, Anthony Browne combines two ambitions – to make a book about dreams and a book without a plot. He does this successfully with a series of one off paintings which fol ...

Synopsis: Anthony Browne’s imaginative story and illustrations are as magical as ever! Willy the Wizard is wonderfully illustrated.

Review:  Willy the Chimp, Anthony Browne’s well-loved character, yearns to play football and be a star player. Without any boots, Willy is never picked for the team and can only watch from the sidelines. One evening Willy meet ...