Polly Pecorino can communicate with wildlife – and she’ll need all her skill and kindness when unscrupulous zookeepers steal a cub from the ferocious nearby bears. Polly Pecorino: The Girl Who Rescues Animals by Emma Chichester Clark (Walker, £10.99) Lively text and inviting images are infused with contagious enthusiasm and excitement. Sunday Funday by Katherine Halligan and Jesús Verona (Nosy Crow, £16.99)įor seven and up, a gloriously colourful compendium of 52 hands-on nature activities for every season, including egg decorating, growing a secret garden, creating a nature memory jar and making Splendid Soup and cinnamon french toast stars. Balanced perfectly between the fear and pain of serious illness – brought out in the blue-white tints Ross gives Rosen’s haggard face – and straight-talking joy and humour as the patient’s (wobbly) mobility returns, it will resonate with any reader who has struggled with ill health, or seen a loved one struggling. Sticky McStickstick: The Friend Who Helped Me Walk Again by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Tony Ross (Walker, £12.99)Ī powerful picture book for five-plus chronicling the much-loved author’s slow recovery from Covid, supported by the stick of the title. When a trap is laid for Chicken, however, Bear and Squirrel find themselves racing to the rescue in this wryly funny look at friendship dynamics and sharing. In the delightful sequel to I’m Sticking With You, best pals Bear and Squirrel are annoyed by Chicken’s persistent attempts to break in on their perfect pairing.
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