Synopsis: Handa puts seven different mouth watering fruits in a basket to take to her friend Akeyo as a surprise. Handa’s walk takes her (unknowingly) past many hungry wild animals. Handa as well as Akeyo are surprised when they discover exactly what fruits are left in the basket when Handa reaches the village.

Review:  Handa’s Surprise is set in A ...

Synopsis: She's nice, my mum ...My mum's a fantastic cook,and a brilliant juggler. She's a great painter,and the strongest woman in the world! She's really nice, my mum. A warm, funny tribute to Mum (and to mums everywhere) by the brilliant author/illustrator Anthony Browne.

Review: Before opening My Mum one is reminded of its precursor, My Dad (20 ...

Synopsis: In this beautiful blending of fairy tales Mama’s slumber is disturbed one night by her little boy. But can bad dreams, like fairy tales, have happy endings? They can certainly have lots of twist and turns.

Review:  Unusual takes on familiar tales can rarely fail when crafted by author/illustrators such as Ruth Brown.

Brown’s endearing knac ...

Synopsis: A perfect book for sharing.

Review: The warm depth and blending of tranquil shades in I Love My Daddy allow the illustrations to do the talking. The simple and direct text provides a foundation for evocative pictures. Braun studied fine arts in Strasbourg, France and there is a tangible European feel to the illustrations as we see, and feel, the magnitude ...

Synopsis: Do you have a favourite story – a story that’s about you? This is Charlotte’s favourite story because it is the story about her and a little lost kitten called Moonlight.

Review: This story starts with Charlotte and her favourite story about the lost kitten. The story unfolds through the dialogue between Charlotte and her mummy and recounts how t ...

Synopsis: Dinosaur Pirates are what Flinn discovers upon an adventure that ensues following a chance visit to the art cupboard in his classroom. But can Fearless Flinn captain the ship to victory? And what happens when he returns to story time in class?

Review: Identifying the next trend is at the back of most authors’ minds. Yet since dinosaur stories roared on to t ...

Synopsis: When Baby Owl decides to explore the woods, he is confident that nobody will bother him. Upon meeting Rabbit, Fox and Squirrel who all tell him how cute he is, the mutinous Baby Owl replies that he is “A huge and scary hunting machine”. However, finally when Baby Owl’s Mum agrees that he is ‘a huge, scary, sleek, sharp-eyes hunting machine’ and gi ...

Synopsis: The hilarious follow-up to the highly-successful Duck in the Truck and Fix-it Duck, things get even more out of hand when Duck takes the long-suffering Frog and Sheep on a trip out to sea in Goat's boat!

Review: 'Ahoy there, sailors!'comes a cry. 'Is this a boating trip I spy? If there are seas to be explored, make way...... CAPTAIN DUCK'S ...

Synopsis: Everyone is afraid of Big Bro – the mouse, frog, parrot, chimpanzee and the elephant. He’s rough, he’s tough and he’s big but just how big?

Review: A superbly crafted picture book is what we’ve come to expect from one of the country’s leading author/illustrators and in Watch Out! Big Bro’s Coming! Jez Alborough l ...

Synopsis: Duck and friends go out to play ball. When Duck hits the ball, it lands on a branch and the game has to stop. The friends have plenty of ideas to get the ball down, but nothing seems to go quite as planned.

Review: In Jez Alborough’s latest Duck instalment - Hit The Ball Duck - Duck, Frog, Goat and Sheep decide to go out for a game of Baseball. Fir ...