BOOK NAME: WHAT IS POO? AUTHOR: KATIE DAYNES ILLUSTRATOR: MARTA ALVAREZ MIGUENS PAGES: 12 PUBLISHER: USBORNE What is poo? Does everyone do it? And where does it all go? The answer to all poop-related questions is there in this interactive lift-the-flap book from Usborne publishers. This 12-page-board book has a bomb of information that are […]
REVIEW: THE STORM WHALE BY BENJI DAVIES
BOOK NAME: THE STORM WHALE AND THE STORM IN WHALE WINTER AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR: BENJI DAVIES PUBLISHER: SIMON & SCHUSTER UK PAGES: 32 AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ Storm whale is a series of stories, which talks about the main protagonist Noi and his relationship with his father and how he longed for a friend. This series […]
REVIEW: Curious George Tool time by H.A.REY
BOOK NAME: CURIOUS GEORGE TOOL TIME AUTHOR: H.A.REY ILLUSTRATOR: MARGRET REY PAGES: 12 PUBLISHER: HMH BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ Curious George is a very popular cartoon series and there are lots of stories under this series. George is a curious monkey and he loves to learn new things. This story is about George fixing his […]
REVIEW: Rod Campbell’s Aussie Animals
BOOK NAME: AUSSIE ANIMALS AUTHOR: ROD CAMPBELL PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: HACHETTE AUSTRALIA AGE RECOMMENDED: 2.5+ Australia always fantasies us by its unique animal habitat. A book is filled with unique Australian animals that are really new for the kids. The story starts to describe an animal and its habitat. Each page has a lift-the-flap, and […]
REVIEW: Construction by Sally Sutton
BOOK NAME: CONSTRUCTION AUTHOR: SALLY SUTTON ILLUSTRATOR: BRAIN LOVELOCK PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: CANDLEWICK AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ I have a construction toy wild kid at home and this book is perfect for reading aloud. A rhyming text filled with vibrant pictures takes us on a journey of building a Library. We can find diggers digging the […]
REVIEW: Demolition by Sally Sutton
BOOK NAME: DEMOLITION AUTHOR: SALLY SUTTON ILLUSTRATOR: BRAIN LOVELOCK PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: CANDLEWICK AGE RECOMMENDED: 3+ We all knew machines that helped in the construction of buildings. But there are giant magnificent machines that help in crushing and grinding things This story takes us to a place where a crew of workers suiting up at […]
REVIEW: Go! Go! Go! Stop! By Charise Mericle Harper
BOOK NAME: GO! GO! GO! STOP! AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: CHARISE MERICLE HARPER PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: KNOPF BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ It’s a story of green peas and red peas. Green Peas only knew to say “GO” he loves practising the word GO. He was excited to say the new word to the […]
REVIEW: The little yellow digger saves the whale by Betty and Allan Gilderdale
BOOK NAME: THE LITTLE YELLOW DIGGER SAVES THE WHALE AUTHOR: BETTY GILDERDALE ILLUSTRATOR: ALLAN GILDERDALE PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: SCHOLASTIC AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ A beautiful sunny day and two whales were leaping in the sea. Suddenly a tide came and left the little whale on the shore. With a worried mother whale in the bay and […]
REVIEW: Car, car, truck, jeep by Katrina Charman and Nick sharratt.
BOOK NAME: CAR, CAR, TRUCK, JEEP AUTHOR: KATRINA CHARMAN ILLUSTRATOR: NICK SHARRATT PAGES: 26 PUBLISHER: BLOOMSBURY CHILDREN’S BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 2+ Remember the classic old baa baa black sheep rhyme? This book is filled with cars, busses, planes, trucks, and diggers. A motorbike is read aloud using that tune. You will have started singing the […]
REVIEW: Bringing the rain to Kapiti plain by Verna Aardema
BOOK NAME: BRINGING THE RAIN TO KAPITI PLAIN AUTHOR: VERNA AARDEMA ILLUSTRATOR: BEATRIZ VIDAL PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: PUFFIN BOOKS AGE RECOMMENDED: 4+ This picture book is a wonderful celebration of language and Nandi culture. Retold by Aardema, this Nandi tale celebrates sound and noise as well as the animal life and landscape of the East […]