Blurbs
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When Leif, Viking wolf cub, finds himself on a quest to retrieve a magical star-shard in company with a tedious duck, a smelly musk ox and a not-very-clever puffin, things are bound to go his way – aren’t they? -
Emma wishes birds would visit the concrete garden she decorates with chalk flowers – but they aren’t tempted until she begins to tend a little patch of earth. -
Everyone stares at Joe and tells him he’s amazing. Even when he’s scratching his bottom, he feels like an unwilling celebrity. Only his friends can let him just be Joe. -
Expensive but entirely worth it, this spectacular retelling of the Persian invasion of Greece from the perspective of Golgo, a Spartan queen, marries a numinous sense of classical legend with satisfyingly grim accounts of Spartan training, warfare and sacrifice. Cockroft’s stark, bold, white-eyed illustrations amplify the sense of wonder rooted in strange reality as Golgo grows up to lead her people in the impossible task of resisting the Persian force. -
Kicking off a new comic series for readers of 5+, this candy-coloured interactive romp features a problem-solving girl and a cute, lost little creature called a Chaffy. Can you help Max find a whole heap of lost property – and figure out where Chaffy really belongs? -
Ning hears fearsome tales of the night spirits – but what Ning fears most is talking to other people. When he meets a small, blue spirit who needs his help, however, he finds the courage to make human friends for the first time.
Final Sentences
- Adorably addictive.
- Highly illustrated, slyly clever hilarity for Norse lovers of 8+.
- A lush, joyful picture book, full of growth, colour and creativity.
- A sweet, glowing picture-book story of loneliness and bravery.
- A tour de force for 9+ mythology and military history fans.
- This warm, funny, uncompromising picture book challenges the idea of disability as automatically “inspirational”.