More Stories About Chook Doolan - an anxious six year old

Available from August 1st 2016

Australian Writer and Scottish Illustrator

James Roy illustrated by Lucinda Gifford

The Tiny Guitar Walker Books 2016 $9.99pb 64pp

ISBN 978 1 9222 4496 3

Themes: Anxiety/ Buskers/ Emerging readers/ Series

Chook (real name Simon) is given a ukulele by his Dad – an airline pilot and needs to learn to play it when his Busker friend Edie Two-Hats is taken away to hospital. This is a complete story with characters we care about told in the simplest language and in 64 short pages. Another new book about Chook, Chook Doolan Saves the Day ISBN 978 1 9222 4495 6, will be published at the same time.   Search in this Blog for reviews of the first two books in the series.  

Year 1 up/ Age 5 up

Fiction 5 years and up

UK Writer and Norwegian Illustrator
Pip Jones illustrated by Ella Okstad

Squishy McFluff the Invisible Cat Meets Mad Nana Dot

Faber and Faber 2015  $17.99pb 76pp

ISBN 978 0 5713 0254 3

Themes: Cats/ Family life/ Grandmothers/ Imaginary friends/ New babies/ Series/ Stories in rhyme

Squishy McFluff, a lightly sketched cat and Ava are inseparable best friends and do everything together. No one can see Squishy except Ava – not surprising, as he only exists inside her head. A good humoured, fast paced story centering on Ava’s eccentric grandmother who has her hair tinted green and who is happy to include Squishy in all her activities.

We need more books at this level  - totally accessible; funny and easy to read. 

Year 1/ Age 5 up

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Fiction - 5 years and up

NZ Writer and Illustrator

Victoria M. Azaro, illustrated by the writer

Sage  I am the Middle Sister

W4 Limited Publishing Division 2014   $16.00pb  84pp

ISBN 978 0 4732 8953 9

 

Themes: Family stories/ Series

Sage, the middle sister in the family, is delighted when she is detailed off to take the class toy bear, Mr Floppy Ribbon home for an over-nighter. However, when she realises that with this comes responsibility and especially the task of having to write a report about the visit, it is lucky she has her big sister Saffron to turn to.

It was time Sage (the middle sister in the family) had her own story as she has been there waiting, a little noisily, in the wings, in the three other tiles in this absolutely charming series about a most unique and quirky family.

Go to: http://www.victoriamazaro.com to read about the writer and find out about the background to the books.

A great read aloud to a small group – small because half the fun is in the writer’s illustrations that need to be seen as you are hearing the story. Easy to read and extra large print make this very suitable for emerging readers.

If you have any problems sourcing this from your local bookstore, it is available through South Pacific Books – email: sales@spbooks.o.nz

Year 1 up/ Age 5 up