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Why do we need worms? Katie Daynes and Moesha Kellaway £9.99 Usborne Publishing
Worms are so much more than wiggly minibeasts. This bold, bright and brilliant book delves underground, discovering what worms do all day (and night), exploring a wonderful world of microbes, plant roots and creepy crawlies, and revealing the crucial role they all play in making soil just right for plants to grow.
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Amy N - Amelie, 8 and Arthur, 5
This is a lift-the-flap question and answer factual book in the style that Usborne is known for. It’s a board book, suitable for younger readers from age 2 upwards. It has a focus question on each page, such as 'Do farms need worms?' and 'Why is healthy soil so important?' with additional questions related to the theme throughout the two-page spread. Arthur enjoyed this a lot. The drawings on each page are also very interesting and colourful, and provide more context to the text on the flaps. Amy N
Find Your Calm Catherine Veitch and Sarah Davis £12.99 Welbeck Children's Books
Find Your Calm is a stylish fill-in journal that helps kids to keep track of their daily life and their dreams for the future, as well as providing advice to increase their sense of calm.
Featuring inspirational quotes and fun activities, as well as tips and tricks for staying calm under pressure, this journal is a great way to understand stress triggers and anxiety. Exploring topics of mental health, this book has a strong focus on mindfulness, creating healthy habits and self-expression.
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Amy N - Amelie, 8 and Arthur, 5
This is a colourful journal that supports children and young people in developing a better understanding of their emotions and how to regulate them. One of the great things about this journal is that it teaches young people about some of the physical aspects of emotions, including the nervous system and what is going on in their bodies and brains during different emotional situations. Amelie did enjoy this journal, and enjoyed doing some of the activities such as the yoga positions and the mindful colouring. However, I would probably save it until she is a bit older, probably age 10+. Amy N
Fly, Butterfly, Fly! Dom Conlon and Anastasia Izlesou £7.99 Graffeg Books
From the single beat of stain-glass wings, Butterfly emerges from his cocoon to explore a many-patterned world of climates, snakes, birds and frogs.
Complete with a list of fascinating facts about different species of butterfly, this charming poetic picture book combines fiction and non-fiction to make a perfect educational resource for children whether at home or in the classroom.
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Emma B - Charles, 12, Bessie, 10 and Albert 7
As a family who awaits the arrival of butterflies in our garden when they lay their eggs on our nasturtiums every year, this story was right up our street. The main butterfly in this book is the Cabbage White, and they are the ones we observe every year. The interesting and engaging story teaches and delights as you go through and it is definitely a book you'd want on your shelves. We loved the informational aspects of the story and the facts in the back. It's a keeper for sure. Emma B
My Wheel of the Year: A Celebration of Nature’s Magic Nikki Van De Car and Kiki Kita
From Samhain and Yule to Ostara and Mabon, there are eight pagan festivals that make up the year, known in witchy culture as Sabbats. With detailed information about the history of each holiday and a corresponding ritual to help families celebrate the magic of the seasons, this book is a perfect introduction to the pagan calendar for the mini mystic in your life.
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Emma M – Sophie, 6 and Shona, 3
Sophie and Shona loved this wonderful book so much! It’s like a journey through the year, looking at each of the Celtic festivals, like Yule and Imbolc. We all loved looking at each page of detailed illustration and learnt lots too. I like the suggested rituals for each season – they are simple and easy to fit into family life. We’ll be using this to support our home education plan through the year and I’d definitely buy this book as a gift. Emma M
The Wild Outside Rachel Ip and Katie Hickey £8.99 Hodder Children's Books
Tulip loves being outside. She loves puddles and pinecones, flowers and feathers, and her pockets are full of nature's treasure. But Tulip is desperate to know more about the things she sees and finds on her daily walk ...
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Maria S – Aelfred, 3 and Minerva, 4 months
I absolutely loved this book. It’s gorgeous, the illustrations are so detailed, beautiful and pleasing, the hardback cover features metallic elements which adds a high quality finish. There's quite a lot of text but not much action, this book is more like an encyclopedia of plants, flowers and trees with a bit of story in between. I would absolutely buy it as a gift for a child (perhaps age 5+) who is into exploring the outdoors. Maria S
An Arctic Story Jane Burnard and Kendra Binney £8.99 Macmillan
This beautiful book, An Arctic Story, brings together a spellbinding narrative, breathtaking illustrations and fascinating facts about one of our planet’s most precious environments. On a journey to the North Pole and back, and from autumn to spring, the story begins and ends with the extraordinary wood frog, a tiny creature that freezes for the long Arctic winter. On the way we meet polar bears, an Arctic fox, narwhals and many other animals, discovering how each one is perfectly adapted for life on the tundra, in the ocean and on the ice.
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Emma M – Sophie, 6 and Shona, 3
A lovely story that introduced us to the animals who live in the polar regions. Sophie took this book off straight away to begin drawing the animals inside. The illustrations are certainly inspiring and the text is light and informative, so it appealed to both my daughters. I’ve taken a look at the other books in this series (Coral Reefs and Rainforest) as I think they’ll make a great addition to our family bookshelf. Emma M
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