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Secret Angel Meetings by Megan Fitzgerald

Mar11

Simply Beautiful Debut

Secret Angel Meetings by Megan Fitzgerald is the most beautiful children’s book, just perfect for the under fives.

The book explores what happens when we sleep, how our departed loved ones meet us in our dreams. It is a lovely idea that our loved ones are in heaven but not so far away. Secret Angel Meetings is a beautiful way to explain death to the under fives.

Simple rhyming patterns help children to remember the story and anticipate what is coming next.

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The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie

Mar8

Fires Up The Imagination

The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie  is a marvellous, enchanting children’s book for ages ten years and over.

This is a book that will fire up your imagination as you lose yourself within its pages for a few hours. There is a battle of goodness against evil as there is a race to save the Nowhere Emporium from extinction.

We witness a love that holds tight, hemming a character in to protect but the reality is that a life is stifled. When we love, we need to hold on loosely. Life is for living, sometimes we have to take a risk and step outside our comfort zone.

There are lessons to be learnt along the way. Rules are there to keep us safe and not to be seen as a challenge to break.

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Chewie The Pup by Drew Antony Piercy

Mar1

A Perfect Addition

Chewie The Pup by Drew Antony Piercy is a delightfully charming book just perfect for young children.

It is written in rhyme enabling the simple story to bounce along. This also has the effect of making it easy for young children to join in and to anticipate what is coming next.

Chewie The Pup is perfect to read to the under fives and for early readers to read for themselves.

The book is beautifully illustrated by Toria Ashplant. Chewie and his siblings have big beautiful eyes which draw the reader in.

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When We Were Warriors by Emma Carroll

Feb24

Exciting And Engaging

When We Were Warriors by Emma Carroll is a charming collection of three stories set in 1942. They are just perfect for ages ten years and older.

All the stories interlink and continue on from previous stories but can be read as stand-alones.

The reader marvels at the bravery of the children involved. Many are evacuees from Bristol. Where they see needs or problems, they set out to solve them.

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