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A lovely Easter review from Books for Boys.  We are glad you enjoyed all the little details! “This book is extremely inviting to early readers…” Click here to read the full review!

We are really grateful for all of the reviews from BizzieBaby about The New LiBEARian by Alison Donald and Alex Willmore. ‘Fantastic entertaining read. Great artwork. Felt robust. Lots of detail in the pictures. Great for slightly older kids who can appreciate the detail. Entertaining read with great illustrations and an imaginative twist.’ ‘Loved the cover looked very appealing. The quality of the book was great. We really loved the illustrations and enjoyed reading this story… Read More »‘Entertaining read with great illustrations and an imaginative twist.’ – Review by BizzieBaby about The New LiBEARian

Thank you to Book Lover Jo for reviewing our book Teachers on Pluto by Lou Treleaven, author of the Penpals on Pluto series. ‘Lou Treleaven is back with the third book in this out of the world series. Jon thought that living seven and half billion kilometres from Earth would save him from the clutches of his teacher, Mrs Hall. That is until the President of Pluto goes on his honeymoon… Read More »‘I really enjoy the originality of this series, it’s fun and frenetic.’ – Review by Book Lover Jo about Teachers on Pluto

Thank you to Midwest Book Review in the United States for reviewing our US version of Bears Don’t Eat Egg Sandwiches by Julie Fulton and Rachel Suzanne. “Jack has a rather grizzly visitor arrive for lunch but they don’t want to eat any of Jack’s egg sandwiches. So what do bears eat for lunch? Through quirky illustrations by Rachel Suzanne and funny dialogue by Julie Fulton, the bear tells Jack… Read More »‘An original and wonderfully entertaining picture book for children’ – Review from Midwest Book Review about Bears Don’t Eat Egg Sandwiches

Thank you for the detailed and delightful review from The Letterpress Project about our picture book Shampooch by Heather Pindar and Susan Batori. ‘We really enjoyed an earlier collaboration by this talented pair - Beware the Mighty Bitey – and this one is another laugh out loud story that will appeal to young readers. When the elegant and rather snooty Shampooch emerges from her latest session at Furaway Pampering Salon she is all set to parade… Read More »‘This funny and unusual story is set to become a firm favourite’ – Review by The Letterpress Project about Shampooch

Thank you to T and his dad at Father Reading for the lovely review and video of Shampooch by Heather Pindar and Susan Batori. ‘This is a funny, beautiful book that we both really enjoyed. The story bobs along briskly and is accompanied by some gorgeous, pink and pretty illustrations which capture Shampooch brilliantly (I also enjoyed the Tom and Jerry style legs-only view of humans). There is also a… Read More »‘I liked it because it was silly and messy.’ Review by T from Father Reading of Shampooch

Thank you for the detailed and delightful review from The Letterpress Project about Junior Fiction book Arlo, Miss Pythia and the Forbidden Box by Alice Hemming and Mike Garton. ‘Being a pupil at Purple Hill Primary School is always exciting because of the unconventional teaching staff. Arlo isn’t that keen on speaking out loud in class but is a very good storyteller as he recounts the second adventure in this series. As… Read More »‘Energetic, often funny and positive story about children finding ways to solve problems’ – Review by Letter Press Project about Arlo, Miss Pythia and the Forbidden Box

Thank you to Lancashire Post Newspaper Group for their pun-tastic review of Shampooch by Heather Pindar and Susan Batori. ‘With a comical canine cast featuring Wagsy McBone, Woof-Whiffily and the adorable, dog-eared Sniffy-Bottingham, what child could resist the new caper from top picture book team Heather Pindar and Susan Batori? Author Pindar and her illustrator ‘partner in grime’ Batori are on their laugh-out-loud best form in Shampooch, the waggish ‘tail’ of… Read More »‘A delightful book to share and enjoy with your little ones’ – Review by Lancashire Post Newspaper Group about Shampooch

A wonderful review from Red Reading Hub about our new Junior Fiction title Arlo, Miss Pythia and the Forbidden Box by Alice Hemming and Mike Garton. This is the second book in the ClassX Series. ‘When I taught nursery children we often did an activity called, ‘What’s in the box?’ Singing a little ditty based on those words served to arouse the children’s interest and enthusiasm before the lid was lifted… Read More »‘It’s full of suspense, gently humorous and splendidly complemented by…expressive drawings’ – Review by Red Reading Hub about Arlo, Miss Pythia and the Forbidden Box

Thank you to Book Murmuration for the great review about Shampooch, a new picture book by Heather Pindar and Susan Batori. ‘Shampooch is the cleanest, prettiest, most pampered dog in the park. She declines all invites to roll in the mud and riffle through bins because she’s got an image to maintain. Then Sampooch chases after some beautiful kites and all chaos ensues. A light-hearted and witty story about the… Read More »‘A lovely message and a great read’ – Review by Book Murmuration about Shampooch