Books for children
In the glorious town of Wagtail there’s excitement in school when Miss Ellie announces to Lulu and the other puppies that they’re going on a reassure hunt in pairs. In the scrabble for partners Lulu chooses her best friend, Alfie, but Miss Ellie asks her to partner tiny, slow-moving Bonnie. Frustrated by being way behind and too late to find the hidden clues, will Lulu abandon her charge? An engaging romp in beautiful settings. A delight for dog lovers. Suitable for age four and upwards.
by Savior Pirotta and MP Robertson (Frances Lincoln; €15.50 HB) is the ultimate book for swashbuckling youngsters. As well as having a booklet of well known stories, including Treasure Island, the collection of trivia offers a giant pop-up poster and a fold-out, life-size three dimensional pirate to hang on the bedroom wall. This fearsome individual, in a mixture of glory and filth, shows off and describes the artefacts associated with being a pirate, from the black spot, which no seafarer wants to receive as it presages his imminent death, to the miniature deadly dagger hidden in the pirates pegleg. The book should recapture unwilling readers from the lure of computer games. Suitable for age six and upwards.
