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EYE SUPPLEMENT Picturebook Reviews: Autumn journeys

Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association, reviews books which depict various trips and adventures, and a book that introduces children to drawing dinosaurs

    Small, Speckled Egg

    By Mary Auld

    Illustrated by Anna Terreros-Martin

    Mama Makes Books

    August 2023, pp28, £11.99

    9781739774875

    Reading age: 4+ years

Readers are taken on a lovely journey following the life of an Arctic tern; from its birth in the Arctic, to its migration to the Antarctic as a youngster, to its return to the Arctic as an adult to begin its own family.

The text is pitched at two levels, with bold words highlighting the bird’s story for new readers, alongside more in-depth information about the life, habitat and behaviours of this bird. This will make a fabulous resource for group reading and adult-led discussions.

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