There’s such a tremendous range of books available for children that we’re spoilt for choice. However, finding the best and most suitable books on our own isn’t always easy. We’ve asked our reviewers – professionals in the genre of children’s books – to give us some good leads. We hope you enjoy some of their suggested top reads. Happy reading!
By Mick Inkpen Hodder Children’s Books (1993, 2001, 2003), 2011 ISBN 9781444902754 Paperback $18.99 I always think it’s worth giving an old favourite a mention when a special edition is published. This 21st anniversary collection celebrates Kipper and his warm and funny group of friends as they enjoy things familiar to young children – birthdays, …
By Jennifer Beck Illustrated by Lisa Allen| New Holland, 2011 ISBN 9781869663155| Paperback $19.99 Gypsy Day (1 June) is a special time for the farming world. Many dairy farms change ownership; families move to their new farms, often taking their herds of cows with them. The story, told in rhyme, is from a young boy’s …
By Andrew Lendnal DEBT-PROOF YOUR CHILD • Do you have a plan to educate your children about financial matters? • Do you think about the values that you are communicating to your children through the way you handle money? • Are you uncomfortable talking about money with your children? • Do you sometimes use money …
Edited by Jack Challoner Quintessence (Penguin) 2009 ISBN 9780143010852 Paperback with flaps $65 This is a big fat book packed with information about everyday items we see all around us, along with more unusual inventions, that have an impact on the way we live our lives, complete with heaps of colour photographs. Chronologically organised from …
By Gerard Bertolini and Claire Delalande Illustrated by Nicolas Hubesch Translated from French by Jen Craddock Gecko Press 2009 ISBN 9781877467301 Paperback with flaps $19.99 All about rubbish from past to present; different types of rubbish and what we should do with them; how to recycle and what happens to the rubbish we throw away. …
By Barbara Todd Illustrated by Helen Taylor New Holland 2009 ISBN 9781869662466 Paperback $15 Told in rhyme with a mixture of cartoon-style illustrations and photographs, this is a great introduction to the charming penguin. It includes information about physical features and development, what they eat, life-cycle, how they care for their young and where they …
By Des Hunt Scholastic New Zealand 2009 ISBN 9781869438913 Paperback $18.99 Jelly Mountain is a landform on the farm where twins Jason and Jessy (13) live with their parents. Nasty Shawn Morris comes to test for oil but he’s also interested in something special on Jelly Mountain and he’ll do anything to get it. The …
By Kate Constable Allen & Unwin ISBN 9781714758283 Paperback $19 Eloise and her father travel to his hometown. When they visit the ruins of an old house, Eloise sees a ghostly young girl. Her father leaves Eloise with her strange grandmother (Mo) and she’s allowed do what she likes so goes to explore the house …
By James Norcliffe Longacre Press 2009 ISBN 9781877460258 Paperback $19.99 Red lives in an awful orphanage, surrounded by bullies when he meets a strange boy who offers to teach him to fly, and thus Red is transferred into the body of the loblolly boy. Red is excited to find he’s invisible and can fly, but …
By Janice Marriott Mallinson Rendel 2009 ISBN 9781877423253 Paperback $18 Sequel to Chute Thru. Arlo is invited to go to space to show the scientists his inventions. He thinks he’s in for fame and fortune but when he gets there people try to steal his inventions, and he finds out what a bad state the …
