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A young soldier's honest portrayal, told through letters home and a frank journal, of his enthusiasm for the 1914 recruitment campaign, and joining up – followed by the disillusionment and degradation of soldiering in the trenches of World War I. Category: Picture information, HumanitiesPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
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A counting book designed to widen the horizons, presenting information about the life and culture of South Africa, and accompanied by colour images from Oxfam's photographers. Each spread features a main photograph that follows Nothando as she grows and harvests a pumpkin seed. Category: Cultural Diversity, Picture information, Maths & NumeracyPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
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Follow Nothando, who lives in a South African village, as she grows and harvests a pumpkin seed. This simple counting book covers the numbers 1 to 10 in a way that widens the horizons. Published in association with Oxfam. Category: Cultural Diversity, Maths & Numeracy, Big booksPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
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In this story, a young African boy watches a shooting star falling for his Mama's new baby. The whole village comes together to provide gifts for mother and child. But when he sees his papa smiling at the baby's tiny hands, his heart grows dark, like a night with no moon. At last he asks, 'Papa, are you really my Papa too?' Category: Picture story books, Cultural DiversityPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
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High in the trees of the rainforest in Sumatra, a baby orang-utan is born. Category: Science, Junior non-fictionPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
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Photographs from all around the world of different children and their animals, published in association with Oxfam. Category: Cultural Diversity, Picture informationPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
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Where does water come from? How do people in different countries use it? This book follows the daily lives of six children from Peru, Mauritania, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Tajikistan and California and explores what water means to them. Category: Cultural Diversity, Picture informationPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
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When Tom finds it hard to get to sleep, counting sheep is just the beginning - counting pythons and pirates, vampires bats and ghosts is a lot more fun. Readers are led on a wild and woolly counting adventure that goes all the way up to a hundred. Category: Picture story books, Maths & NumeracyPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
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When Tom finds it hard to sleep, counting sheep is just the beginning - counting pythons and pirates, vampires bats and ghosts is a lot more fun. Readers are led on a wild and woolly counting adventure that goes all the way up to 100. Category: Picture story books, Maths & Numeracy, Big booksPublisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
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Told in free verse in the spare and haunting voice of 14-year-old Billie Jo Kelby, this book journeys to the heart of a family caught in the Oklahoma dust-bowl. Category: Poetry & rhyme, Fiction 10+Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
