A GUIDE TO SISTERS by Paula Metcalf, illustrated by Suzanne Barton (Frances Lincoln €15.10 HB).

Bubble’s in Trouble, by Ag Jatowska (Caterpillar Books; €8.35 HB) is the story of a puffer fish that gets stuck in the porthole of a sunken ship.

Very Special Friends, by Jane Chapman (Little Tiger; €13.03 HB).