Learning & Development: Activities - Book choice
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
- Millie's Marvellous Hat by Satoshi Kitamura
Andersen Press, hardback, £10.99
Millie loves the hats in the shop window, but at five hundred and ninety-nine pounds and ninety-nine pence, she can't afford it; her purse is empty. But the kind man in the shop 'sells' her an imaginary hat. And as it goes from peacock hat, to cake hat, to flower shop hat, she finds that everyone she passes has their own special hat too.
This is a beautiful new book from this award-winning author that is guaranteed to amuse children and fire their imaginations.
- Crocodiles are the Best Animals of All! written by Sean Taylor and illustrated by Hannah Shaw
Frances Lincoln, hardback, £11.99
Donkey thinks his wonky teeth and wiggly ears make him the best animal there is. Enter Crocodile, who thinks he's the best, and to prove it hops like a kangaroo, climbs like a mountain goat and swings through the trees better than an orang-utan. But then Donkey finds he has a skill that Crocodile can't do. An amusing story with real pace and lively rhyming text.
- The Flying Diggers by Ian Whybrow an David Melling
Hodder Children's Books, hardback, £10.99
Grandpa makes some special toy diggers for grandson Teddy and his best friend Ruby. But the children only realise just how special these toys are when they start to play with them, and suddenly the diggers transform into magic flying machines and swoop the children off on a jungle adventure.
- The Baby Dragon-Tamer by Jan Fearnley
Egmont, paperback, £5.99
A dragon arrives, snorting silver spark and farting purple smoke, and in search of baby's treasure. But baby isn't in the least bit afraid of the dragon, no matter what tricks he tries. After their fun-filled, night-time adventure together, dragon comes to realise what real treasure is.
- Minty and Tink by Emma Chichester Clark
Andersen Press, paperback, £5.99
Minty has lots of animals that she talks to, but now she has found one that talks back - a tiny toy panda, called Tink. The problem is that Tink has been bought as a present for her brother's birthday, but Minty wants to keep the bear for herself. Very small brothers and tiny bears, it turns out, are not the best of playmates, and so Minty is able to keep Tink as her very own.
