Take a look at the books from ‘What The Kids Read’, covering books from baby and toddler, preschool, school-age, tweens and teens.
It’s World Inventor’s Day so we’re super excited to be working on such an amazing book and look forward to inspiring the next generation of inventors. The Little Inventors Handbook is a step-by-step guide on how to get inventing and encourages kids to come up with seriously silly or perfectly practical invention ideas – with no limits!
The Day War Came: A powerful and necessary picture book – the journey of a child forced to become a refugee when war destroys everything she has ever known.
The Bear Extraordinaire
Take a peek inside this book.
Go on! Do it! Take a look!
A feisty girl, a scary bear.
Have a read… if you dare!
Emma Vanstone from Science Sparks fully understands where I’m coming from and has produced This is Rocket Science: An Activity Guide. Based on space, rockets and the night sky it is filled with activities that children (and their parents) can get involved in – all whilst learning a little something extra about science.
Create Your Own Happy gives kids the tools they need to improve their emotional resilience, grow in confidence and learn how to make happy happen – both for themselves and for those around them.
Cyril is the only squirrel in Lake Park, and he’s very lonely. Until one day he meets Pat – Pat the bug, grey… other squirrel? Cyril is so pleased he’s made a friend. But everyone is adamant that Cyril and Pat simply cannot be friends, and they soon reveal why. Pat, as the reader has known all along, is actually a RAT!
Natalie and Alphonse really like books and stories. But when Natalie tries reading a book on her own, the letters and words look like scuttling insects, and it seems as if she might NOT like books ANYMORE!
We Are Family: From slurping milkshakes with a big crowd of siblings. To the heart-wrenching difficulty of sharing that favourite teddy with a sister. And the joys of cuddling up together at the end of the day.
Beneath the briny waves, a stone’s throw from a shore near you lays Carol Reef City, inhabited by some of the most beautiful fancy, flashy fish in the ENTIRE Ocean… and then there’s Tropical Terry.
They say you should never judge a book by its cover and this is no truer than with the beautiful story Under The Cherry Tree. The slimline white book, complete with a simple cherry tree illustration on the cover doesn’t give too much away about the story held within its pages. However, sometimes the simple things in life can grab your attention…
There’s a Boy Just Like Me is a heart-warming tale of friendship between the author and a refugee who shares the same interests and childhood hopes and dreams.
In a city where all chocolate and sweets have been banned, Nelle Faulkner is a 12-year-old private detective looking for her next client. So when notorious candy gangster Eddie de Menthe walks into her office (her dad’s garden shed) and asks her to find a missing teddy bear, Nelle takes the case. But as soon as the teddy turns up, Eddie himself goes missing.
