Lily’s life is in ruins. She has a baby sister called Daisy, but Daisy is not just any baby, she is a witch baby and it seems that Lily is the only one who can see this. To make matters worse Daisy has summoned up an invisible dog that she calls WayWoof. No-one can see him, and because of his awful smell everyone assumes it must be Lily! To top it all, the family has been moved to the fa ...

Synopsis: There’s a wealth of life behind the stories of the Bible. Far more than just words on a page, they are stories of people, places, events and traditions. The Lion Read and Know Bible brings Bible stories and reference work into one to make an informative but very engaging non-fiction read.

Review: By coincidence, my school library was clearing out some dat ...

Synopsis Humphrey delights his friends again with his latest tales of Room 26, Longfellow School and this time he’s in trouble with a capital ‘T’.

Review Humphrey is a loveable hamster who lives in a cage in a classroom. He spends his days doing the same work as the children secretly in his own notebook and making observations about the children and teach ...

Synopsis: When Katie and her grandma make one of their regular visits to the art gallery, Katie wants to know what makes Mona Lisa smile. On climbing into the picture, however, Katie soon finds out that Leonardo’s famous sitter could do with some cheering up. Luckily, Katie is just the person for the job.

Review: James Mayhew’s cleverly conceived ‘Katie&r ...

Synopsis: Katie’s first visit to an art gallery turns out to be wonderfully exciting when five famous paintings come alive. A slender, full-colour softback.

Review: I loved the idea of this book. Katie goes to a gallery with her grandma, and is given permission to wander off and look at paintings. I did have a moment of doubt (no-one wants their child ambling alone arou ...

Jake (The Pain) and Abigail (The Great One) are like any other brother and sister: they fight about anything and everything! Whether they are telling tales or loosing wiggly teeth little brothers are a pain. Things are different when the school bully picks on Jake however and he can count on Abigail to coming running to the rescue.

There are six different stories in ‘The Pain a ...

When a seemingly innocent boiled egg starts to shake, clamour, say ‘cheep’ before hatching out a dinosaur Ned’s unstoppable run of bad luck means that his brother choose option ‘b’; hide it from your mum under a pile of socks and try to keep it as a pet!

Welcome to the hilarious Finn family household. Ned, Bill and Stacey are back in their second adventure. ...

This is a graphic style novel with lots of pictures, speech bubbles and little text. The illustrations are bright and colourful. Mr Croc wants to be a star like Rocky Alligater, the only things stopping him is that he cannot sing or dance. He does learn to play the guitar though and one day on his way home from a fancy dress party he gets mistaken for his hero and ends up playing in his show. ...

Jenny finds a big egg-shaped thing down by the river. When she brings it home it hatches- and out pops a baby dinosaur. It's very hungry. Everyone is too busy to look after it and that is where the problems begin. If you have read 'The Lion at School' or 'Not Now Bernard' you will recognise the idea behind this story. It has a clever title and quirky cover ...

Kate would like to get Grandma some flowers for her birthday - but where from? She finds inspiration in the local gallery...

Review: The beautifully simple premise of the "Katie" series is that children can find a way in to famous paintings - as Katie literally steps through the frames into the pictures.

In "Katie Meets the Impressionists" our ...