Children’s Books
But when spring approaches and Mum says there’s no need for a woolly hat, Daisy rebels by eliminating everything to do with spring. It takes a visit from Granny to find a fancy solution. A delightful, touchy-feely, funny picture book for small hoarders.
by Lesley Ely and Polly Dunbar (Frances Lincoln; €8.35) is a clever book about the hurt and isolation of a little girl who is shunned by the rest of the class. But when the teacher organises a planting project and puts the shunned child and her nemesis together to tend a sunflower seed, the girls eventually become good friends as the plant grows. With strong, childish illustrations, and narrated by the child, this is just the book for a youngster who might have difficulties fitting in during the early days of school.
