Books for children out this February

Six Dinner Sid: A Highland Adventure
Inga Moore

Fans of the classic children’s story Six Dinner Sid, will love this new Highland adventure. The  food obsessed feline joins his six owners as they holiday in the Scottish Highlands. It’s not long before he is tapping other families for food after an exciting day proving to the local cats just what a city cat is really made of.

Age 3-5 years

£10.99 Hardback
www.hodderchildrens.co.uk

The Giant Carrot
Allan Manham and Penny Dann

What’s going to work? Teamwork does in this story about gardener Jack’s very large carrot that is determined not to come out of the ground. With a bit of elbow grease from Jack and his friends, the importance of returning a good deed with plenty of carrot soup is the order of the day.

Age 3-5 years

£10.99 Hardback
www.orchardbooks.co.uk

Jolly Olly Octopus
Tony Mitton and Guy Parker-Rees

This fantastic counting book was a hit with our toddler testers, who loved the tee hees and giggles through this gentle rhyming story. Introduces different types of sea life and a spot the clown fish feature.

Age 3-5 years

£10.99 Hardback
www.orchardbooks.co.uk

Rumblewick and the Dinner Dragons
Hiawyn Oram

This beautifully illustrated story will suit school starters with its blend of storytelling and use of lift the flap personal letters. Witch Haggy Aggy, who is actually pretty for a witch, decides she just wants to be a normal girl for once. It’s up to Rumblewick her cat to convince her that her witching ways suit her the best.

Age 3-5 years

£10.99 Hardback
www.orchardbooks.co.uk

The Great Nursery Rhyme Disaster
David Conway and Melanie Williamson

Young nursery rhyme fans, will love spotting the nursery rhyme characters in this funny, brightly illustrated picture book. When Little Miss Muffet goes AWOL after ditching her story to move into a new nursery rhyme chaos ensues, until she realises where she is really supposed to be.

Age 3-5 years

£5.99 paperback
www.hodderchildrens.co.uk

Commotion in the ocean
Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz

Our second underwater sea story, introduces the very young to the world of sea creatures in this board backed book aimed at babies. Each creature is brightly illustrated, with fact based short poems to accompany. An interesting blend of illustration and poetic fact based rhyme.

Age 0-3 years

£5.99 Board
www.orchardbooks.co.uk