Review: There's a Chicken in the House

It’s a question we often ask ourselves. If the wind blew open your door and a chicken walked in what would you do? Well lucky for us There’s a Chicken in the House answers that exact question.

Perfect for young readers, Sonya Hartnett has written a sweet humorous tale about a curious chicken who comes for a visit and doesn’t want to leave. There is flapping, pooing and egg laying and a whole lot of strutting. Everything you would expect from a chicken.

Review: Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery

Detective Beans is back in another full length graphic novel and no doubt his fans will be rejoicing. 

If you haven’t met Detective Beans yet it is time to join him and his sidekick, Biscuits, in their quest to solve a tricky mystery.

Decked out in his trench coat and using his newly acquired walkie talkie, this loveable kitten once again stumbles upon clues that will take him on an exciting treasure hunt and distract him from cleaning his room! 

Beans visits Captain Scuttlebeard, the reluctant pirate, to return a letter mistakenly delivered to his house. Whilst aboard his ship, Captain Scuttlebeard gives him a treasure map and Beans decides to put his detective skills into action. He begins to unravel each clue in the hope of finding a real treasure. 

Review: Butterflies Do Not Ride Their Bikes

Ali Rutstein and Nina Nill have come together again to bring you the latest addition to the bestselling Preschool Problems series Butterflies DO NOT Ride Their Bikes.

I would like to begin by saying that as my children are older I have not read the first three books in the series so I am coming at this with fresh eyes and no expectations. I have however seen the covers of the previous titles and will say this one is just as adorable as the others.

Review : StEvEn & Parker - Dinos Are Forever!

Fans of the immensely popular YouTube series, StEvEn and Parker, will be excited to know their favourite characters are now starring in a graphic novel of their own. 

Parker James, social media content creator, in collaboration with Toonstar, has successfully transferred all the fun and hijinks of his shows into a bright and highly visual delight for his followers.

Whether you are familiar with the YouTube series or not, the reader will fall in love with StEvEn, an eight year old, highly imaginative, dino-obsessed young boy and his ever-patient older brother Parker, who is constantly frustrated by his young brother’s (often Dino-related) antics.

Review: Bitza: Rules? What Rules?

Bitza: Rules? What Rules? is Book 2 in this interesting series with Bitza the dog as narrator.  

This is not only a tale about a dog that finds a new home, but an opportunity for children to learn about the necessary commitments involved in dog ownership. 

Humorous and highly entertaining, information concerning the habits of canines flow within the storyline, including why marking their territory is as imperative as smelling, and how training builds a closer relationship between dog and owner.

 Bitza has a new permanent home with humans that love him and has finally established his position in the middle of the couch. But Dad is Top Dog.

And there are rules to be learnt. 

What are Rules? There are so many that listening to them puts Bitza to sleep.