Buy at AmazonBuy at Hive This is a gloriously colourful book about the dangers of vanity and the value of friendship. Or it's about a lion, a crocodile and a bunch of meerkats, whichever you prefer. The illustrations are marvellous - I particularly enjoy the one where the meerkats have braided bright feathers into the lion's mane. This is not one to read from an over … [Read more...] about Monty’s Magnificent Mane
Friendship
Bob and the Moon Tree Mystery Simon Bartram
Bob and the Moon Tree Mystery is one of a series of books about Bob and his friend Barry. Bob works on the moon, keeping it tidy, helping visitors, that sort of thing. He looks very 1960s American astronaut to me, if that makes any sense. His dog has one eye and doesn't appear to need a spacesuit. (This is relevant, bear with me.) A tree grows on the moon, and then grows a … [Read more...] about Bob and the Moon Tree Mystery Simon Bartram
The Polar Bear and the Snow Cloud
How can a lonely little polar bear find a friend to play with? It's not going to be easy, but he won't give up hope. This is a lovely little story about friendship. The polar bear only has one friend, a snow cloud, who can't really play with him, but does his best by snowing carefully into shapes such as an owl, a whale and a seal cub. None of these play with the polar bear … [Read more...] about The Polar Bear and the Snow Cloud