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.
The majority of children will go through a fussy eating stage at some point in their childhood. Looking at the plate in front of them and deciding that actually, they don’t want to eat it. Regardless of the fact that they ate the exact same thing a few days ago. The little boy in this week’s from the bookshelf book decides just that and he’d much rather have lunch on a pirate ship.
Julian Is A Mermaid is mesmerising and full of heart, this is a picture book about self-confidence and love and a radiant celebration of individuality.
Goodnight Moon is a short poem of goodnight wishes from a young rabbit preparing for or attempting to postpone his own slumber. He says goodnight to every object in sight and within earshot, including the “quiet old lady whispering hush.” Clement Hurd’s illustrations are simple and effective, alternating between small ink drawings and wide, brightly coloured views of the little rabbit’s room.
Come and find the weirdest and most wonderful animals from the heights of the Himalayas to the deepest depths of the Pacific ocean!
There were TEN on the sled and the caribou said, ‘Slip over! Slide over!’…
and a grand, snowy adventure was launched. Join ten adventurous friends as they speed down a snowy slope on their giant toboggan. How many of them will end up together at the bottom of the hill?!
