A new format for the weekly Bookworm Buzz Children’s Book News. Do let me know what you think. If you’d like to download a PDF copy you can do so below.
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Book Links
To find out more about each of the books click on the images below.
Further Reading, Links and Activities
New Releases
- If The Fairy Garden sounds like the book for you, you might like to check out this blog post here on small world garden play and you can find miniature items to make your own fairy garden here.
- It Starts With a Bee – here’s a link to some great, free bee resources over on the Wildlife Trust website.
- Brown Bear Goes to London author and illustrator Jane Foster has some lovely freebies on her website here.
- Sisters of Moonlight and Sisters of Shadow are part of a trilogy.
Plant Life Cycle Books
- Ten Seeds – our favourite sunflower life cycle resources can be found here. – BUSYBUSYLEARNING code gives you 20% off.
- How Flowers Grow – Usborne have some great activities to support this book that can be found here.
- I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast – the publishers have some activity ideas and resources here.
Author Feature – Nizrana Farook
- The Girl Who Lost a Leopard – review blog post and activity ideas here. You can find discussion notes and activities from the publisher here.
- The Girl Who Stole an Elephant – audio clip and initial chapters to whet your appetite here. You can also find discussion notes and activities from the publisher here.
- The Boy Who Met a Whale – you can find discussion notes and activities from the publisher here.
Great Reads
- Hedgewitch – you can find my full review here. Do check out the author Skye McKenna’s Twitter account for biographies and illustrated images of each of her characters and more.
Favourites
- I Heart the World – do check out the website of the creator Tania McCartney – lots of fun.
- Augustus and His Smile
- Elmer – Elmer Day is 28th May in 2022 and you can find lots of brilliant resources and ideas here. Here’s the story read by its legendary creator David McKee.
Books on this website have either been purchased by us, kindly sent for review by publishers/ authors/ illustrators or borrowed from libraries. Regardless of origin all opinions are our own.
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