Zoo by Anthony Browne
UKS2Mum, Dad and two sons go to visit the zoo for the day. While there, we find that looking through the cages we find that trapped animals are more humane than many of the visitors. Browne send a deep...
View ArticleVoices in the Park by Anthony Browne
KS2This is a complex narrative book in the four key characters each tell their version of a trip to the park. It asks questions of the differences between class as two different families meet. Browne's...
View ArticleTraction Man by Mini Grey
KS1 & Y3Grey's layout, use of different fonts & backgrounds for speech and ability to celebrate the idea of creative play makes Traction Man a wonderful story. Children will want to continue to...
View ArticleShackleton's Journey by William Grill
KS2This is beautiful non-fiction picturebook that follows the true story of William Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctica and their epic survival. The layout and soft illustrations bring the story...
View ArticleThe Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson, Illustrated by Rebecca Cobb
FSA little girl and her mother create a string of paper dolls who go on an exciting adventure around their home. The places they visit relate so strongly to play area in FS that children will love...
View ArticleThe Journey Home by Frann Preston-Gannon
KS1A very touching and sad story that highlights the importance of conservation. Although told subtly, the story is a cumulative one in which different animals board a boat since their habitats are...
View ArticleHave you Ever Ever Ever by Colin McNaughton and Illustrated by Emma...
FS & KS1A beautiful celebration of Mother Goose Rhymes and more . A boy's, dull and colourless life is transformed through his exposure to poems and tales from the page of Mother Goose. Chichester...
View ArticleCollect Raindrops: The Seasons Gathered by Nikki McClure
KS2Nikki's intricate paper cuts gently lead us think about a life where our hands matter, to slow down and to gather nature. The juxtaposition of word and image is great for critical thinking and...
View ArticleI am Thomas by Libby Gleeson and Armin Greder
Y6 KS3Powerful illustrations and sparing use of text make a parable of Thomas's journey, which reflects the courage we all need to find our passion and be ourselves.This text would support discussions...
View ArticleAvocado Baby by John Burningham
Y1 & FSThe Hargraves family are generally considered to be a rather weak and feeble lot. When they have a new baby, the think the worst but it isn't long before they discover that their baby has a...
View ArticleJim: A Cautionary Tale by Hilaire Belloc & Mini Grey
Y3 & Y4Grey illustrates Belloc's famous cautionary poem here and although it could be argued that the text could be read quickly in one day, it is the depth and richness of Grey's approach to the...
View ArticleWhere are you Blue Kangaroo? by Emma Chichester Clark
FS Y1This is a delightful story of a little girl called Lily and her Blue Kangaroo cuddly. Lily is always leaving Blue Kangaroo around and learns, through a little fear, the importance of starting to...
View ArticleWild by Emily Hughes
KS1/2Visually stunning but an exciting and undeniably gifted illustrator AND storyteller. A young girl found living in the wild. Surely she must be saved by humanity and taught to live within her own...
View ArticleThe Giant of Jum by Elli Woollard & Illustrated by Benji Davies
KS1/Y3A wonderful narrative poem with a repeating rhyme and rhythm which tells the story of a disgruntled giant who feels his diet and life might be improved by eating this 'Jack' boy that gave his...
View ArticleCrocodile Beat by Gail Jorgensen & Patricia Mullins
EYFS & Y1A lovely, rhythmic beat of a tale that reads more like a song at times that a story - hence the name! Lovely Eric Carle-like illustrations on rich double-page spreads. Children will enjoy...
View ArticleThe Red Tree by Shaun Tan
KS2A book which explores dark feelings within a landscape full of wonder and imagination, Tan's beautiful work is not empty of hope yet is unafraid to explore complex and challenging issues which can...
View ArticleMeerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
KS1/LKS2An interactive book which follows the journey of young meerkat, Sunny, who is fed up with the dull, normative lifestyle of living in the pack, decides to set off on a journey to find more of...
View ArticleThe Journey by Francesca Sanna
KS1/2What is it like to leave everything behind and travel many miles to somewhere unfamiliar and strange? After losing her husband to war, a mother and her two children set out to escape a land of...
View ArticleM.O.L.E. Russell Hoban and Jan Pienkowski
KS1/2Based on a sequence of pictures by Pienkowski which inspired Hoban to create mole, this is an often comic, tragic and certainly poignant commentary on humanities unbending drive to drain the world...
View ArticleSophie's Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli and ane Dyer
KS1/KS2A beautfiul story of a spider whose heart is as tender as Charlotte's (Web). Anthropomorphic in her physicality, Sophie fixes the lives on the humans whose lives she shares until old age catches...
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