Baby Bunny's Easter Surprise by Helen Baugh and Nick East, HarperCollins, March 2022 It's lovely to have seasonal stories for specific celebrations and even better when they can be enjoyed all year round. Baby Bunny's Easter Surprise offers the best of both worlds. It's ideal for entertaining little bunnies as Easter approaches but it's also a meaningful story with a powerful message that can be enjoyed at any time. Letty has discovered that her mother is the famous Easter Bu

Interview with a Tiger and Other Clawed Beasts Too by Andy Seed and Nick East, Welbeck Publishing What's it about? Author Andy Seed has invented a device called the Tranimalator which allows him to speak to animals (you can see a video of this machine in action here). Andy has recorded his conversations with a variety of clawed creatures and Nick East has created artist's impressions of each one. What can we learn? Interesting and incredible facts about ten wild animals as we

Do Not Wash This Bear written by Sam Hay, illustrated by Nick East A boy's beloved bear has gotten a bit worse for wear after all their adventures together. Dad is responsible for doing the laundry, but his history of shrinking and dying items suggests he doesn’t often heed care instructions. When Dad notices how dirty the soft toy has become, he insists on washing it despite the boy's protests and the label clearly warning against this. A transformed bear emerges from the wa

Simon Sock by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, illustrated by Nick East Simon is an odd sock who longs to belong to a pair so that he can go on adventures like all the other socks. The sparkly socks get to go to parties, the woollies go to the park and the smart socks go to school. But a lone sock like Simon never gets chosen to go anywhere. Simon’s friend Ted tries to find a match for him with extremely entertaining and ill-fated consequences. Using the criteria that a partner fo