Once There Were Wolves
Propulsive and unforgettable, Once There Were Wolves is the spellbinding story of a woman desperate to save her family, the wild animals and the natural world she loves, at any cost.
Book Reviews: Animals
The Good Bear
A wintry animal story that will warm your heart and take you on an adventure you will never forget.
The Go-Away Bird
Many birds come to see The Go-Away bird to try and talk or play but she sends them all away. She claims the other birds make her feel batty, dizzy and seedy. Then a dangerous bird comes after her and...
Grimm Tales for Young and Old
In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a'clear as water'...
The Bear Who Went Boo
This is a book about a cheeky polar bear cub who loves to go…
BOO!
But this little bear cub doesn’t always know when to stop…
Opposites
Help your child to learn their opposites with this beautiful book by this beloved children's author. Featuring iconic characters and beautiful illustrations by Quentin Blake.
Elefant
Schoch lives on the streets of Zurich, he drinks and hallucinates, in particular he sees a pink elephant. What if the elephant is still there when he is sober?
Salvage the Bones
Salvage The Bones is set over twelve days leading up to the impact of Hurricane Katrina but it is so much more than a novel about the devastating impact of that storm. It is also about poverty and the...
The Last Dog On Earth
Agoraphobic Reg and his dog Linekar live in a flat in Peckham. They have a daily routine they stick to and on the rare occasion they leave the flat they do so only within certain areas.
One day,...
How to be Human
How to be Human is the story of Mary and her unusual relationship with a fox. The story begins with Mary discovering her neighbour’s infant girl on her doorstep. It is unclear whether Mary...
Tales of the Peculiar
I love the writing style of Ransom Riggs.
This book is a collection of tales from the peculiar world created by Random Riggs. Folklore passed on from generation to generation via word of mouth or...
Mo, me and America: The Vanishing Rural Community
Randy Turk, along with his dog, Mo, over a sixteen-month period traveling the country in search of the rural America of his past: a time when Main Street was crowded, family and neighbors lived just...
