Cheese 'n Ham Melts and other Strange Questions: An Interview With Lauren Child (Part 2)
Part two of Izzy and Daisy’s interview with author Lauren Child Everyone knows that Clarice Bean is exceptionordinarily keen about the Ruby Redfort books. Now in her own starring role, this genius code-cracker and daring detective, along with her sidekick…
Noisy Neighbours and Snipping with Scissors: An Interview With Lauren Child (Part 1)
Thanks to those lovely book sellers at Waterstone’s Guildford, Daisy(11) and Izzy (8)recently got the opportunity to interview, awesome author, Lauren Child. It’s not easy to concentrate at school when mysterious things are happening all around you. In fact, Clarice…
Meg and Mog
Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski Meg and Mog is the first in the long-standing series about a witch (Meg) and her cat (Mog). Meg is a cute well-meaning witch who lives with Mog and her owl. In Meg and Mog,…
Zog
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (illustrator) Zog is the keenest dragon in school. He is also the most accident-prone. luckily, a mysterious little girl always comes by and patches up his bumps and bruises. But will she be able to…
Willy and Hugh
Anthony Browne It’s not easy being a chimp in a world of oversized gorillas, and in WILLY AND HUGH, our scrawny hero is lonely for a pal. Hulking Hugh seems an unlikely candidate, but as Willy discovers, the oddest couples…
Something Beginning With Blue
Sally Symes and Nick Sharratt(illustrator) I spy with my little eye, something beginning with blue… and green… and grey. Peep through the holes and follow the clues – can you guess what’s hiding in there? This book came home to…
Grandma Bendy
Izy Penguin Grandma Bendy is the bendiest grandma. She has twizzly arms and super stretchy legs! In the past Grandma Bendy used her skills for bad and was an excellent burglar. When her own house is burgled she realises how…
The Fearsome Beastie
Giles Paley-Phillips and Gabriele Antonini (illustrator) The Fearsome Beastie is hungry and he likes nothing more than a yummy child. He is crafty and cunning but will his demise come form a little, old granny? This is a book that…
The Jelly That Wouldn't Wobble
Angela Mitchell and Sarah Horne (illustrations) It is Princess Lolly’s 89th birthday party and a glorious jelly is on the menu. However there is a problem: the jelly refuses to wobble! “I won’t wobble, I won’t wobble and that’s my…
The Gruffalo's Child
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (illustrator) The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should Ever set foot in the deep dark wood. But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s child ignores her father’s warning and tiptoes out into the snow.…
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