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ACHUKA Book of the Day 2022 Oscars Book Prize Winner Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “An impish adventure.” KIRKUS “Haughton’s digital illustrations, with their blocks of saturated colour, are perfect for group sharing. Deep pink, magenta, purple, and blue tree silhouettes are set against a vibrant red sky; the wide-eyed blue monkeys pop off the page, focusing […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 16 May 2022 Barnes & Noble Children’s & YA Book Awards Overall Winner 2022 New York Times Bestseller Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Denise’s accomplished digital illustrations—many of which are full bleeds—often use a warm sepia palette that evokes a feeling of antiquity, and some spreads feature a pleasing play of chiaroscuro […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 13 May 2022 Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A witty, wordless escapade. Di Giorgio perfectly captures the dizzy, bright joy of being at the funfair, exquisitely portrayed through the animals’ movement and expressions: a remarkable feat in and of itself. Children will love to return […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 10 May 2020 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop An uplifting picture book celebrating the wildness in all of us, and the beauty of the world all around us. Prepare for a heart-lifting journey through the beauties of nature: from pine forests to awe-inspiring mountains, and from sparkling seas to starry skies—each page […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 9 May 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A really impressive picture book debut that tells about animals who live in a city which is slowly but surely flooding. The flood comes gradually at first. All the animals ignore the obvious and go about their busy lives, preoccupied by their own problems. Eventually, the […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II has been long and eventful. Over the past 70 years, Great Britain has seen incredible changes in the ways we live, think and feel, shaped by the inspiring people who were born in Britain or arrived on its shores. As we approach the Platinum Jubilee […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “[Dunlap] anchors the book solidly in primary-source material, following Thoreau’s copious recorded observations of nature, including his classic work Walden, crafting an insightful and vivid portrait for readers.” Horn Book “[A] richly detailed field guide to Thoreau that offers older readers ample inspiration for outdoor exploration. Back matter includes further resources, notes on […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Jo is a little boy who desperately wants to ‘see like an artist’. He tries as hard as he can to see the things the way Mo the artist does, and when he starts to use his imagination, he realises that the things he can dream up are completely unique. From the autumn oranges […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Mr Bunny is back . . . and this time he’s running for mayor. Coop Town needs some urgent repairs-and Mr Bunny is promising to make it great again. At first, the chicken electorate is wowed by Mr Bunny’s promises of new chocolate houses, new chocolate parks, new chocolate swimming pools-as well […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Frygea Forest. An ancient and mysterious place where trolls lurk in the mossy spaces between tree trunks and changelings scamper about, causing mischief. A place that Kyra and her sisters Margot and Janna return to every year to spend the summer at their grandma’s farm: toasting marshmallows, catching frogs and befriending tiny, […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 4 May 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop This special collector’s edition contains the first two books in the Hilda graphic novel series — Hilda and the Troll & Hilda and the Midnight Giant — which inspired the award-winning Hilda animated series on Netflix. The plan is for the other four Hilda […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Big and Little are the very best of friends. They do everything together! That is until one day, when Big suddenly hides away inside his shell …Little tries every method to get Big to come out and play again he bakes him his favorite cake, he even asks all of his friends […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop When I was a pirate, I woke up to whale song. A chorus of humpback, beluga and blue. They waved with their tails, as we sailed along. Back when I was a pirate, before I met you. Although these days Grandpa might prefer his rocking chair to climbing the rigging or hoisting […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Oliver only wants to eat chips and pizza for dinner. So when Dad keeps dishing up vegetables, Oliver’s cheeks turn red and he shouts: ‘NO MORE PEAS!’ Will Oliver ever give vegetables a chance? A story about growing vegetables, eating healthily and being brave enough to try new things. Follow Erika Mezer […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 3 May 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “[A] tempestuous meditation on childhood freedom.” Publishers Weekly A charming tale about friends finding joy and wonder in nature when they are caught in a thunderstorm on their way to their fort. Our Fort is the story of three friends who set out one […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “The first children’s book from bestselling author and poet, Lemn Sissay, this is a lovely celebration of curiosity and belonging. With an overall message of home being inside you, the story is perfectly matched by wonderful vibrant illustrations.” BookTrust “A lovely book, simple and yet profound. There should be a copy in […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 28 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A young sheep embaaaarks on a hilarious farmyard odyssey to discover her identity. Mildred is a sheep, and she’s not too happy about it. The herding is boring, the food is repetitive, and the shearing is frankly embarrassing. So when she ventures out to […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 27 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop This first graphic novel from London-based indie publisher, Cicada Books, follows 11-year-old Benji and his elderly grandmother, Bubbe Rosa, as they traverse Brooklyn and Manhattan, gathering the ingredients for a Friday night dinner. Bubbe’s relationship with the city is complex — nothing is quite […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Enhanced by poetry in rhyme, this spectacular ocean ballet fairly sings when read aloud… LaTulippe weaves plenty of French and English ballet terms (pas de chat, arabesque, fifth position, etc.) into the text and defines them in a skillfully child-friendly closing glossary. Metzger’s delicate watercolor illustrations use a palette dominated by the […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 22 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “The pacing is perfect.” BfK 5-star review It’s time for the big performance, but Cow is having second thoughts. She’s too scared to jump over the moon! What if she crashes? Will everyone laugh? The curtain’s almost up and the audience are waiting. Can Cow […]
Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Accompanied by beautiful, uncluttered digital images against lots of white space, Jarvis’ simple, gentle story gives adults room to explain David’s hardship to young readers in their own ways. A sweet example of how to be a kind and supportive presence in the life of […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 9 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Blackwells Inspired by the true story of his father’s cousin, Michael Rosen presents an astonishing wartime story of perseverance and hope in the face of horrors and hardship. Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Rigatoni is a pasta cat. He loves pasta, any kind of pasta: spaghetti, penne, fusilli, with pesto, in soup, in lasagne, any whichever way his owners, Ruth and Tina, will serve it. Then one day Ruth and Tina go away and leave George in charge. And the pasta is replaced with yucky […]