Another week, sees another three cracking books leave the competition. Did your favourite survive the eviction?
What’s the Story? (Reception to Year 2) – Stop! That’s Not My Story by Smriti Halls and Erika Meza
A joyful, empowering call to be the hero of your OWN story!
A girl opens up a book looking for the story that’s perfect for HER and tumbles inside. But Goldilocks is not her story, and nor is Jack and the Beanstalk or Little Red Riding Hood… There’s only one thing for it: she’s going to have to write her own story – and this time, SHE will be the hero.
A celebration of the stories we ALL love and the stories we are yet to write.
If this was your favourite book, try Once Upon A Fairytale by Natalia O’Hara and Lauren O’Hara, a story where the reader gets to decide on the adventure – the possibilities are endless.
Did you ever wish to feast with fairies, live in a tree, or ride a unicorn across the sun-lit sky? Here, in this magical world, you can. You can choose to be a clever princess, or a curious gingerbread man, or perhaps a gentle knight. Maybe you’ll live in a tree, or a tower on a hill. You can eat fresh-buttered sunbeams with fairies, or newt pie and pigtail pudding with ogres. Everywhere you look, you will find a new adventure. Just pick the one you like best.
A captivating book where the child chooses the story they want to tell – empowering children to become storytellers and weave their very own fairytale.
Telling Tales (Year 3 and 4) – Sheep School by Ross Montgomery
A thwarted thespian must use his talents to save his flock from a woolly situation in this hilarious gem from bestselling children’s author Ross Montgomery.
William the lamb just can’t stand still. His feet are always tapping, ready to dance, and he loves nothing more than bursting into song. But his talents aren’t always appreciated at Sheep School. Cast out of the flock, he wanders miserably away only to witness the rest of the sheep being captured by the Big Bad Wolf.
Can William find a way to put his artistic skills to use to save the day?
If you loved Sheep School, try The Ghost Cat Who Saved My Life by Pamela Butchart
The flat upstairs from Sav is empty, so who or what is making the strange yowling noises she can hear at night? Could it be a ghost cat?!
Sav and her best friend Liam decide to investigate, but their ghost hunt takes a very strange turn when Liam gets stuck in the stinky bin room of the flat and it’s a new feline friend who helps to get him out.
Nothing is quite as it seems in this brilliant new addition to the Little Gems list.
Hooked On Books (Year 5 and 6) – The Light Thieves by Helena Duggan
Clever, quirky and hugely imaginative, discover the eagerly anticipated new eco-adventure series from the bestselling author of A Place Called Perfect.
Who would you trust to save the world…a boy or a billionaire?
The earth has shifted on its axis and a mysterious dark mark has appeared on the sun – the whole world is in peril! But billionaire tech genius Howard Hansom has a plan…
When Grian’s sister goes missing he’s convinced she has run off to Hansom’s new city to help save the world. But when Grian and his two friends Jeffrey and Shelli track her there they find that nothing is quite as it seems.
Why is everything so secret? Where is the mysterious Area 13? What does Howard Hansom want with all the people he has enticed to live in his city? The days are getting darker but what’s really happening to the sun?
It this was your favourite book, make sure you read second book, Search For The Black Mirror to find out what happens next!
The energy from the sun is being stolen. It’s a catastrophe for the planet and every living thing on it! Friends Grian, Jeffrey and Shelli are desperately trying to work out how it’s happening. They know tech genius Howard Hansom is behind the theft and they’re determined to stop him. But they can’t use any of Hansom’s smart technology in their quest as it will track them wherever they go. The three young heroes need to find a strange black mirror to help them save the sun, and time is running out…
After this week, there is just one more vote off to go, so keep voting to make sure your favourite book makes it into the final three. Happy reading!
