This book can give children a wonderful insight into the lives of other children across the globe. The daily lives and activities of seven different children are highlighted, from countries like Japan, Peru, and Uganda. Getting a glimpse into the lives of others can help us understand differences but also, that at the end of […]

When Donovan tells his mom about the adventure novel they’re reading at school, her reaction comes as a surprise. So what if the two boys in the story talk about loving each other? However, this kickstarts an attempt to ban the assigned book The Adventurers due to “mature” and “inappropriate” content. This storyline is intertwined […]

Mad Libs is a game that shows how a simple concept can lead to endless possibilities. Each page of a Mad Libs booklet offers a new story in the shape of a “fill in the blanks” text. Behind each gap, you’re told what kind of a word is supposed to fill it: an adverb, a […]

This heart-warming picture book explores family relations, gender-nonconformity, identity construction, and understanding. Young Julian is out with his grandma called ‘Nana’ in town when he spots three women in spectacular mermaid costumes. Their colourful dresses let him daydream and rise his desire to dress as the most exotic mermaid ever seen. He gets home and […]

This funny picture book follows Bertie, a misbehaved boy, who has lots of horrible hobbies. He loves collecting slugs and worms, eating dog food and weeing in the flowerbed. People tell him: “No, Bertie! That’s Dirty Bertie!” But when will he understand? This version is suitable for the youngest learners of English. It gave way […]

This lovely picture book tells the empowering story of a library visit and a bear who escapes from its book. One day, when the children visit the library to listen to the wonderful storytelling of Miss Merryweather, the librarian is missing. Looking for her, they find a rather hairy but friendly liBEARian who tells them […]

This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the empowering story of a boy and a penguin, abilities and disabilities, flying and friendship. Everyone knows that penguins can’t fly but it is the penguin’s greatest wish to do so. Will the boy let his friend’s dream come true? The story is the sequel of Oliver Jeffer’s award-winning […]

This rhyming picture book adaptation of Grimm’s famous fairy tale follows Little Red Reading Hood, who loves to come up with new endings for the stories she reads. She reminds the wolf and the readers of this beautifully illustrated book, that stories can end any way we want them to if we use our creative […]

This heart-warming, illustrated story follows a lion who visits a library for the first time. Indeed, “there are rules about shouting. And rules about running. But there aren’t any rules about lions!” After struggling with proper behaviour in the library, the lion soon makes friends and perfectly adapts to the new surroundings – he even uses his […]

This beautifully illustrated collection of simple and also more complex Irish poetry for children and young adults explores multiple topics – from animals, seasons, celebrations and daily incidents to myth and legends. Offering a poetic variety from more than 100 Irish poets, this collection takes its readers to an enchanted world. “The Great Blue Whale” […]

As the title suggests, this illustrated picture book lets children discover their love for reading and its positive side effects. Following a young boy called Henry and his appetite for written words, the readers experience what it means to develop a deep passion for long and short stories, poems and other kinds of literature – […]

This wintery picture-only tale tells the story of a boy and his snowman, who suddenly comes to life. Together they travel to the north pole and meet father Christmas and his raindeers. Home again, the weather has changed and the boy’s friend begins to melt… The beautifully illustrated picture book gave way to an award-winning […]

A rhyming story about an unexpected adventure, family and Christmas time: “Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three…”

This series of picture books combines wonderful illustrations with playful tasks that can help language learners practice expressing whereabouts of objects and people as well as describing images. In these picture puzzles, students must find “Wally” and his friends that are cleverly hidden across the image. Each page has a different theme and setting, ranging […]

This illustrated short fiction about hope, love, feeling lost and life itself discovers the remarkable and most unusual friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse. Following the quartet on their journey, the reader explores with them the power of imagination, as well as universal questions and answers. The picture book is […]

This vivid picture book with heartwarming comics on the world of books, the passion for reading and creative explanations, illustrates the world of a book enthusiast. This literary comics can be used in class to motivate your pupils or to provide a visual access to the story structure, genre or style of writing.

A short children’s poem about four young girls exploring the beach. While each of them encounters something different, they are all able to find themselves “in the sea”. The illustrated collection of poems and poetry offers a variety of rhymes from traditional classics to more recent examples for learners on different language levels – from […]

Written in verse, this story for beginning readers follows detective Nate – the World’s Greatest Detective – on his case of finding a missing cat on Halloween. It also features background information on the celebration and ideas for fun Halloween activities. Overall, more than two dozens of Nate’s stories are available.