Well, hello.And welcome to this Planet.We call it Earth. Our world can be a bewildering place, especially if you’ve only just got here. Your head will be filled with questions, so let’s explore what makes our planet and how we live on it. From land and sky, to people and time, these notes can be […]

Badgers are best. Or so Badger thinks. "If it’s not black and white then it’s just not right!" he says. But what if he’s wrong? A book about acceptance, difference and learning to say sorry.

No matter how hard she tries, Triangle doesn’t roll like the circles, or stack like the squares…so she sets off to find friends that look exactly like her. But when she finds the other triangles, playtime isn’t as fun. She misses the shapes that roll and stack; she misses being different. So she starts a […]

In this uplifting picture book, you imagine a world where everyone looks identical, where all food tastes the same, where we all speak the same language. A world that is…well, pretty boring. But with an explosion of colour, the pages soon come to life. This joyful picture book encourages children to imagine the world as […]

The Artivist is a beautifully illustrated, inspiring and hopeful picture book by self-proclaimed artivist Nikkolas Smith. Smith combines the concepts of art and activism and demonstrates how art can be used to spark important conversations and contribute to positive changes in society. The young artivist in the story, brings to the reader’s attention, enormous inequities […]

A fabulous Introduction to the world of architecture and the role of an architect. The author/Illustrator team of Andrea Beaty and David Roberts bring to life a loveable character in Iggy Peck, a young boy with a love of extreme building! Those around him don’t share his love of design and construction, especially his teacher, […]

The true meaning of Eid al-Fitr is brought alive in this beautiful picture book. Traditions such as drawing henna patterns, decorations, food, new clothes and gifts are described. The main character, Safa, learns the happiness of sharing and giving to others during this time, as well as Eid al-Fitr being about ‘sharing special moments with […]

The Invisible is the story of a young girl called Isabel and her family. They don’t have much, but they have what they need to get by. Until one day, there isn’t enough money to pay their rent and bills and they have to leave their home full of happy memories and move to the […]

Gilgamesh, half-god and half-man, in his loneliness and isolation becomes a cruel tyrant over the citizens of Uruk. To impress them forever he orders a great wall to be built, driving his people to exhaustion and despair so that they cry to the Sun God for help. In answer, another kind of man, Enkidu, is […]

This is the story of the seaside village of Mousehole Cornwall, where Mowzer the cat lives happily with old fisherman Tom – Tom who rocks the rocking chair just right, and catches fresh fish for dinner every night. Their life is a happy one – until one terrible winter, the Great Storm-Cat comes clawing and […]

In the beginning, there were three colours: Reds, Yellows and Blues. All special in their own ways, all living together in harmony, until one day a Red says, “Reds are the best!” No longer happy with living together, the colours decide to divide. But just as it seems there’s no turning back, could the meeting […]