Children's Books > T Children's Books > M > 5 GBP to 9 GBP

Advantages: Original, imaginative, nostalgic
Disadvantages: over descriptive for young tastes

...is a story generated from the mystery of mislaid objects around your house. Maybe it is not your forgetfulness as to where you left something; maybe some tiny people have "borrowed" it instead. This story follows that premise with the main characters being a small family of "borrowers" Pod, Homily and their daughter Arriety being the last borrowers left in an old house. They use things from the house for their own use such as a thimble for a cooking ...
...tells of a time at the beginning of the last century but what I found reading to my child was all the new words she learnt from the past such as scullery, fire irons and hat pin; even blotting paper is not something she comes across nowadays. She loved the story as it fired her imagination about little people under the stairs. We then had to read the other three books in the series. ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful illustrations, little girls will like it
Disadvantages: Disappointing, nothing new

...Madonna. At one point in the 1980s, when I was living with my parents, I had every inch of my bedroom walls covered with pictures and posters of her. Although my interest in her has waned over the years, I am still interested in her, so when I heard she had written a children’s book, I decided I’d like to buy it. My middle daughter expressed an interest in it, so it appeared in her Christmas stocking. The English Roses is a beautiful ...
...like those Bratz dolls or the My Scene ones that are very popular at the moment. The illustrations are by Jeffrey Fulvimari and are the thing you notice most about the book, once you get past the idea that it was Madonna who wrote the story. I would be interested to know how much input Madonna had, regarding the choice of illustrations. In her acknowledgements, she mentions a desire to have stories that can ‘be told around the world’ ... Read review

Advantages: Lots of interesting and thoughtful plots to throw you.
Disadvantages: Can get rather slow in the middle.

I have rated this book 4/5 star. It is a deep and meaningful book all about apartheid. It is a reverse of the British apartheid in South Africa, as Sephy and Callum (main characters) live in a world where white people are second best and black people are rich and powerful. This is a very compelling book. It is not to be read if you are looking something light and cheerful. I would recommend this book to anyone in their teens to adults as it is not ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely character
Disadvantages: N/A

Mr Daydream is another Mr Men story from the Mr Men Collection written by Roger Hargreaves, which contains 46 books. Mr Daydream is number 13 in the series and is a pale blue cloud shaped character with a very broad grin. This is the picture of him that is one the front of the book, which is itself small square and white. Mr Daydream's name is then printed above this picture in bold block capitals. On turning the book over you can then see smaller ...
...format as all the other Mr Men stories with writing on the left hand side of the book and colourful pictures on the right. The pictures are extremely bright and cartoon like and so ensure a child's attention is captured throughout the duration of the story but the writing itself although their isn't much of it making the books great for bedtime, it can be rather small. The book itself is a story about Mr Daydream and this is exactly how the story ... Read review

Advantages: Fun, easy to read Dr Seuss Book
Disadvantages: None

There's A Wocket in my Pocket is a wonderful book from Dr Seuss. It is a yellow back book which is designed for young reader. The cover of the book is yellow with a fun picture of a boy with a funny looking green creature sticking out of his back pocket. It has a bright red border around the outside. The back cover of the book is also yellow and has a list of other books available in the yellow back collection. Not sure what the picture is which ...
...of this book so please ignore it. The story starts by asking if you ever had a feeling there was a wasket in your basket, or a nureau in your bureau? The story then goes on to move around the house with the boy and showing other rooms with funny legs or creatures hiding in place. Through out the book there is a rhyming theme and the name of the creature rhymes with the place it is hiding, for example, a jertain in the certain, a zlock behind the ... Read review