I haven't charted out my visits for the summer term, but I'm sure there are several in the south) and thanks so much for being so fantastic! School library borrowers grappled to take this choice every week, and requested repeated readings and showings of the rib-tickling, spot-itching picture book. The pages teem with digitized colors, textures, and photos, but the overall atmosphere is quiltlike and cozy. It’s fun, subversive, and inspiring, showing children how to twist a tale, and use imagination to recreate old classics.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Little Red makes it past all sorts of animals on the way to her Auntie’s house until she stops for a little rest in the shade of a nearby tree. I was at my last school for 4 years and we had ********* book fairs every term – and every term, I was disappointed by the narrow range of books. His books have been published in several languages including Welsh, French, German, Swedish, Italian, Hungarian and Chinese. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do.No obstante, estoy muy decepcionado con esta compra porque, a diferencia de todos los demás libros que tengo en mi Kindle, este solo lo puedo ver en el propio Kindle (en blanco y negro) y no en el iPad, donde se podría apreciar toda la belleza y colores de los dibujos. You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot! She walks under the giraffes, over the sleepy crocodiles, past the enormous elephants and the chattering monkeys. Set somewhere in Africa, Auntie wakes up one day with spots, and Little Red is tasked to bring her some medicine and doughnuts to make her feel better. Written in witty verse and accompanied by colourful illustrations, this wonderful contemporary tale is great to read aloud and ideal to show young children that stories have the power to take readers on all sorts of exciting, imaginative journeys.

This appealing spin on the classic fairy-tale by bestselling illustrator Alex T Smith is set against a vibrantly coloured African landscape. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Rather than conquering him, she tames him instead (after doing his hair and teeth and changing his clothes), and on the last page she is silhouetted playing skipping with the lion, her father and her poorly aunt (replacing the grandmother). They would also only drop off a case of books and leave us to run it – it was so lovely to have you on hand to chat to the children and recommend them books, as well as the small (but appreciated! Visually stunning, with lots of clever touches that will make both parents and children smile, this is a warm and fun-filled take on a much-loved story that young readers will find impossible to resist.Booklist "Smith keeps the story zipping along, effectively using repeating phrases, story elements, and scenarios. No wolf, but a dastardly Lion with a very clever plan to eat Little Red for main, and her spotty-ill Aunt Rose for pudding, provide the drama in this picture book, with a revised African setting. I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly!

It’s a fantastic independent book seller that will actually be responsive and select appropriate books for you. When he assumes that Little Red and her Auntie might be easy prey, he hatches a plan to eat them both. Alex T Smith has had great fun depicting both Little Red’s jaunt through the jungle to reach her aunt, but also the lion’s descent into grumpiness as his plan fails and Little Red gets carried away doing his hair!The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.