Remote Learning

How to access SeeSaw (Years 1 – 6):

Teachers post daily class work for Years 1-6 on Seesaw. You have been provided with the login information for your child’s account. If using a mobile device, such as a phone or a tablet, please download the Seesaw Class App (not the Family and Parents one). If using a computer, go to the website https://app.seesaw.me/ . Select ‘Login as a student’ and then either scan the QR code or type in the 16 letter password provided. If you have experiencing difficulties or need a reminder of your log in information, please email seesaw@kelvingrove.lewisham.sch.uk

How to access Tapestry (Reception and Nursery):

Teachers will post videos, activities and documents to support Home Learning for Reception and Nursery children on the Tapestry Online Learning site. If you are a Nursery or Reception Parent or Carer, you should have been sent an email inviting you to activate your account. You then choose your own password and your own 4-digit PIN. (If you have not yet received an activating email, please check your Spam email folder, and then email the school at one of the addresses below.)

Tapestry can be accessed either through your web browser (www.tapestryjournal.com) or by downloading the Tapestry App from your regular App store. Please ensure that you have enabled “automatic updates” so that you always have the most up-to-date version. The Tapestry App is available for Android or iPhones/iPads, although there is some limited functionality with Android devices which Tapestry are working to resolve. Accessing Tapestry on a web browser allows full functionality.

When you view and make use of a video, activity or posted exercise, please indicate that you have done so by “Liking ” that post. (Click on the “Like” button). In order to upload pictures, videos and observations of your child’s learning at home, please post these as “Observations” and be sure to select your own child’s account.

If you have any questions relating to Home Learning, are experiencing difficulties with or need help logging in to Tapestry, please email reception@kelvingrove.lewisham.sch.uk or nursery@kelvingrove.lewisham.sch.uk

Below is a collection of apps for children that have been reviewed by The Guardian

Apps for younger children

Go Explore from CBeebies

(Android/Apple/Amazon – free)
The entire range of the BBC’s CBeebies apps will be getting heavy usage in the coming weeks, clearly. They’re all good, but this is the one focused on learning games, from phonics and geography to feelings and self-care, all based on the parent channel’s shows and characters.

Khan Academy Kids

(Android/Apple/Amazon – free)
Khan Academy is a free collection of education courses for all ages, but it has an app specifically for two to seven-year-old children that focuses on maths, reading and social and emotional skills. It has a large and growing archive of learning videos, digital books and simple but engaging exercises.

Montessori Preschool

(Android/Apple/Amazon – subscription)
For very young children who’ll be missing out on some of the formative teaching at preschool this year, this beautifully crafted app could be a great help. From maths and phonics to music and early coding, its colourful exercises never feel dry or dull. It costs £5.49 a month.

Hopster

(Android/Apple/Amazon – subscription)
British company Hopster describes its app as “educational kids’ TV”. What that means is a collection of familiar cartoons and shows including the likes of Sesame Street, Bob the Builder, Thomas the Tank Engine, Fireman Sam and Pingu, accompanied by fun learning games on topics such as maths and phonics. It will even remind kids not to binge on too many episodes in a row. It costs £4.99 a month.

Teach Your Monster to Read

(Android/Apple/Amazon – free)
This usually costs £4.99, but has been made free owing to the school disruption. No matter how you feel after a couple of days of home-schooling, the titular monster isn’t your child. Instead, this gets children to create a monster and then teach it to read – a great way of learning themselves.

World of Peppa Pig

(Android/Apple/Amazon – subscription)
This is one of a growing number of subscription-based children’s apps – seen as a more trustworthy model than in-app purchases and/or ads. Aimed at preschool children, it’s another collection of learning games, but also has videos, picture-making and songs from the TV show. It costs £4.99 a month.

YouTube Kids

(Android/Apple – free)
After a rocky start when some non-child-friendly videos made it through the filters, YouTube has worked hard to make its official children’s app something parents can trust. It includes a dedicated learning category collecting great videos about science, nature, space and other topics.

Mental Maths 5-6

(Apple – £3.99)
It’s been out for a few years, but this is still one of the best maths apps for children that feels genuinely educational. It’s built around a range of maths exercises and progress tests. Separate versions cover children up to the age of 11, and there’s a spelling series, too.

Dr Seuss’s ABC: AR Version

(Android/Apple – £3.99)
“Big A, little a. What begins with A?” Well, augmented reality does, for a start. Dr Seuss’s inimitable alphabet book has been turned into an AR app, with animated characters appearing in the room around your child. The learning aspects include tracing the letters to learn their shapes for (non-AR) writing.

ScratchJr

(Android/Apple/Amazon – free)
Scratch is the programming environment that a lot of children will be familiar with already from school. ScratchJr is an app version designed for five to seven-year-olds, although older children can have fun with it, too. It uses coding blocks to create programs for games, animation, music and other creative tasks.

Apps for older children

King of Maths: Maths Learner

(Android/Apple – free + in-app purchases)
This recently released maths game challenges children in quickfire sums, increasing in difficulty if they keep answering correctly. They write the numbers on the touchscreen with their finger rather than tapping buttons. It’s free to try, with a £3.99 in-app purchase unlocking everything.

Google Arts & Culture

(Android/Apple – free)
Field trips and museum visits may be out of bounds for a while, but Google’s Arts & Culture app at least has virtual tours of more than 1,200 museums and galleries. Children can look and read as well as curate their own lists of favourite artworks to share.

Elevate: Brain Training

(Android/Apple – subscription)
Elevate is one of a clutch of quality brain-training apps (see also: Peak or Lumosity) full of mini-games designed to sharpen your memory, maths skills, focus and other mental skills. Like those other apps, it uses a subscription – £38.99 a year – but with a week’s trial to test it out.

Mimo

(Android/Apple – subscription)
There are a number of great learn-to-code apps out there for children, but Mimo is one in particular that feels most connected to the world of professional programming. At a cost of £8.49 a month, it offers quick but interesting exercises in languages including Python, Java and Swift.

Simply Piano

(Android/Apple – subscription)
If music lessons have gone out of the window, Simply Piano is one of the best app alternatives. It helps children (or adults!) to learn songs and then listens to their playing on any real piano or keyboard to give feedback. Two courses are free, but then it costs £83.99 a year – pricey for an app, but not so much for piano lessons.

Women Who Changed the World

(Android/Apple – £2.99)
This is a history app focused on a range of famous women who “helped us to understand our world better, and to make it a better place to live in”. Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Malala Yousafzai and Amelia Earhart are among the women profiled through animation and storytelling.

Duolingo

(Android/Apple – free + in-app purchases)
Duolingo isn’t just a fun and popular way to learn languages that children already study at school. It covers more than 30, including Arabic, Hindi, Hebrew and Welsh. It’s well designed, rewarding short daily sessions of practice. It’s free, but in-app purchases remove ads and unlock some extra features.

Kahoot!

(Android/Apple – free/subscription)
Kahoot! isn’t just an app, it’s also a website: a big collection of trivia quizzes created by other users. It’s going to really come into its own as schools close. It’s also a good group-learning experience: one person hosts a game and the others compete on their own devices.

TED

(Android/Apple/Amazon – free)
The TED talks archives are a wonderful repository of brain food for all ages – older children included. Search for history, science, nature – anything – and see what comes up. The talks are not all suitable for children, but many are.

Swift Playgrounds

Swift is Apple’s own programming language, and Swift Playgrounds is its app for teaching people how to use it. It’s for adults as well as children, but it’s certainly accessible for the latter, with its lessons presented as coding puzzles that will give people the skills needed to start making their own apps and games. It’s on Apple’s iPad, but not (yet) its iPhone.

Below are books suggested for reading reviewed by Tara Magee

Books for Nursery and Reception

A Brave Bear by Sean Taylor

A small bear leads the way having suggested to dad that it would be a good idea to go to the river on a very hot day.

A Great Big Cuddle by Michael Rosen

Subtitled ‘Poems for the Very Young’ this is a collection children can have fun and identify with, enabling them to see the point of poetry.

A Friend Indeed by Suzanne Bloom

An ebullient goose makes energetic efforts to get the attention of a stolid polar bear who prefers reading, writing and thinking in a solitary fashion.

Aaaarrggh, Spider! by Lydia Monks

A friendly spider is keen to ingratiate herself as a potential pet for a family she has selected.

Abigail By Catherine Rayner

A beautifully illustrated animal adventure with a subtle lesson about patience, perseverance and friendship.

Alphonse By Daisy Hirst

Alphonse and Natalie live in a flat on the seventh floor. Despite the limitations of space, they indulge in a range of imaginative play activities

Anna Hibiscus’ Song by Atintuke

Anna Hibiscus is a small girl of dual heritage with a happy heart living with a large and loving family in Africa.

Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max

Astrid wants to be an astronaut. Her dad tells her all the things she will need to do if she becomes one and her strong self-belief in her abilities is joyfully apparent.

Augustus and his Smile by Catherine Rayner

Augustus the tiger believes he has lost his smile so he sets off to find it. His search takes him to ‘the tops of the tallest trees’, over mountains and to the bottom of the ocean.

Christopher Nibble by Charlotte Middleton

The whole guinea pig fraternity in Dandeville so love to eat dandelions, causing a severe shortage, so Christopher sets out to find a sustainable solution.

Croc and Bird by Alexis Deacon

Croc and Bird hatch out from eggs lying side by side on the sand and assume that they are brothers.

Don’t Worry by Chris Haughton

Very Big Crab is taking Little Crab out of the safety of the tiny rockpool where they live into the sea for the first time.

Emily Brown and the Thing by Cressida Cowell

This is a warm-hearted and witty retelling on a classic theme – being scared of the dark – Emily and Stanley find a ‘Thing’ crying outside their house.

Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

Captivated by the sight of three women dressed as mermaids he sees on the train, Julian declares to his Nana that he is a mermaid too.

I am Henry Alexis Deacon

From award-winning picture book makers Alexis Deacon and Viviane Schwarz comes an enlightening new story about courage and making a difference. For budding philosophers of all ages, this is the uplifting story of Henry Finch the loveable little bird who strives for greatness, gets it all a bit wrong, then makes it right again in a very surprising way – truly becoming great.

Halibut Jackson by David Lucas

Always wanting to blend into the background, Halibut Jackson has become an expert at making suits to fit his surroundings, so when he is invited to a party at the palace, he thinks a palace-printed suit would be just perfect until he arrives and realizes the party is taking place in the garden!

Little Red by Lyn Roberts

Little Red is the story of a boy, a grandmother, a big bad wolf, and a keg of delicious fizzy ginger beer. Young Thomas is known as Little Red. He lives with his parents in a cosy inn, famous for its sweet and fizzy ginger beer. Every week, Little Red visits his grandmother with food and a keg of the ginger beer. But on this visit, grandma doesn’t quite look herself. Can Little Red save Grandma, and himself, from the big bad wolf – perhaps with the help of a certain fizzy beverage?

Oi, Frog by Kes Gray and Jim Field

Jam-packed with the silliest of animals, this bestselling rhyming story will have the youngest of readers in fits of laughter. Over 1 million copies sold! Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools and gophers sit on sofas. But Frog does not want to sit on a log. Jam-packed with animals and silliness, this original rhyming story is guaranteed to get children giggling!

Naughty Bus by Jan Oke

A young boy receives a toy bus as a present and has great fun exploring the world with his new toy which turns out to be quite a naughty bus – or is it the boy being naughty?!!

I Want my Hat Back by Jon Klassen

In his bestselling debut picture book, the multiple award-winning Jon Klassen, illustrator of This Is Not My Hat and Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, tells the story of a bear who’s hat has gone. And he wants it back.

Books for Years 1 and 2

A Mouse Called Julian by Joe Todd-Stanton

Julian is a mouse who is perfectly happy avoiding other animals. They seem to just get in the way, and sometimes even try to eat him!

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

A wonderfully affirmative story. Grace ‘a girl who loved stories’ is told that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school pantomime because she is black and female.

Bears Don’t Read by Emma Chicester Clark

Bears don’t read but George is a bear who desperately desires to do so. Finding a book beneath a tree in the forest, he heads for the town, determined to find someone who will teach him.

Burger Boy by Alan Durant

Benny hates vegetables and loves burgers. So much so, that his mum tells him he will turn into a burger and – lo and behold! – he does!

Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency by Cresida Cowell

Emily Brown and her toy rabbit Stanley are on an adventure with their friend Matilda the elephant but Matilda’s mummy will keep calling on the emergency telephones that crop up with surprising frequency and variety wherever they are to as she is so anxious about her child.

Foxy and the Egg by Alex T Smith

Egg rolls up at Foxy DuBois’ door and she anticipates a feast in store. First she tries to fatten him up but what finally hatches out of the egg is no chickenfeed!

Fruits by Valerie Bloom

A wryly amusing Caribbean counting poem enumerated in Jamaican Creole.

Goldilocks and Just the One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson

A solitary bear stumbles into the city and is as lost as a little girl might be in the woods. He enters a flat in a tower block where he finds food that’s just right after tasting some that’s all wrong, breaks a bean bag after trying some less pleasant places to sit and falls asleep in a comfy bed.

Hermelin by Mini Grey

The opening spread of this picture book sets the scene for a tale of a mystery-solving mouse. Readers will enjoy returning to this picture of the houses in Offley Street and their inhabitants to search for clues about the whereabouts of various items including a missing teddy, a notebook and a priceless diamond bracelet.

How to be a Lion by Ed Vere

Leonard does not conform to the stereotype of how a lion should behave. He is gentle, writes and reads poems and, most disconcertingly in the opinion of other lions, has no intention of chomping his duck friend Marianne with whom he has much in common.

Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer

Fred is an imaginary friend, poised in the ether, waiting for the magic moment when a lonely child will need him. Eventually, though, each child makes a real friend and Fred finds himself fading.

Look Up! By Nathan Bryon

Rocket is a small black girl who is always looking up at the sky planning for the day when she will become an ‘astronaut, star-catcher, space-traveller’ like African-American astronaut Mae Jemison.

On a Magical Do Nothing Day by Beatrice Alemagna

During a stay in the countryside, a girl is bored without her computer game. However, when she ventures outdoors she makes discoveries in the rainsoaked natural landscape that appeal to all her senses.

Pattan’s Pumpkin by Chitra Soundra

Storyteller Chitra Soundar has adapted this flood story from one told in Kerala in southern India. Pattan and his wife Kanni grow food which they share with all living creatures.

Rabbit and Bear: Rabbit’s Bad Habits

Bear wakes up from her hibernation early to find snow on the ground and meets the grumpy and rather self-important although apparently very knowledgeable Rabbit.

Stardust by Jeanne Willis

This picture book may appear at first glance to be about sibling rivalry but it’s really about gaining self-esteem as a girl is encouraged to believe in herself by her grandfather when her sister seems to be getting all the plaudits and consistently called a ‘star’.

The Man Who Wore All His Clothes by Allan Alberg

In a book which crosses the divide between picture books and first chapter books, readers are introduced to the Gaskitt family.

The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson

A cunning story that will help children who are afraid of the dark to appreciate it and be unafraid.

The Princess and the White Bear by Tanya Robin Batt

An amalgam of Scandinavian folk tales The Black Bull of Norraway, The White Bear King and East of the Sun, West of the Moon which also has resonances with many other traditional stories.

The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton

There are several legends about the nature of the Black Rock in the fishing community where Erin Pike lives with her mum and their dog. What is the secret of Black Rock?

Sulwe by Lupita Nyongo’o

Sulwe’s skin is the colour of midnight. She’s darker than everyone in her family, and everyone at school. All she wants is to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey through the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything.

Books for Years 3 and 4

Charlotte’s Web by E.B White

This classic novel for children, first published in 1952, retains its appeal for modern children. It is the story of Fern, a little girl who saves a pig on the family farm from being killed, and the pig’s friendship with a spider who lives alongside him in a barn with the other farm animals. Their lives are woven into the cycle of the seasons and farm life.

Fly Eagle Fly by Christopher Gregorowski

An African parable, originating in Ghana and interpreted by a South African author and illustrator, about recognising your potential – ‘that we are all born to be eagles who are lifted up with the might of the Spirit – like the wind-borne flight of an eagle’ (from the author’s note). A farmer raises a baby eagle as though it were a chicken.

I was a Rat by Phillip Pullman

In this humorous adventure story we follow Roger as he unwittingly goes from minor to major predicaments, meeting a host of interesting characters along the way. The book has strong links with fairy tales; particularly Cinderella and it can be enjoyed at several levels.

Ice Palace by Robert Swindells

The language and landscape of this story evoke the atmosphere of Russian folk tales. Ivan’s quest to rescue his little brother from the evil Starjik calls to mind other stories such as Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen. It is a tale of mystery and illusion, on the cusp between life and death.

Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley

An action-packed story in which the weedy central character, Ruskin Splinter, becomes a hero. He outwits the monster Krindlekrax which has been terrorising Lizard Street and tames Elvis, the local bully.

Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf by David Almond

A powerful and thought-provoking text, illustrated in graphic novel-style, which will enable children to explore the beauty and dangers of nature as well as the importance of boundaries and self-restraint.

Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne

Noah is leaving home ostensibly because he wants to have adventures and make his way in the world. But something is troubling him, a situation from which he seeks escape. He has not travelled far before he finds himself in a world that seems somehow off kilter, where a dachshund and a donkey can speak, and time runs freely and is difficult to measure.

Oliver and the Seawigs by Phillip Reeve

Along with his new friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted mermaid and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver goes off in search of his missing parents. But before he can put his rescue plan into action there’s the evil Stacey de Lacey and an army of greasy, green sea monkeys to contend with … A short novel with words and pictures that work integrally.

The Mousehole Cat by Antonia Barber

This is a magical retelling of an ancient Cornish legend told from the cat’s perspective. It tells the story of Mowser the cat and her pet man Tom. She saves him from drowning, and the village of Mousehole from starvation, by calming the Great Storm-Cat with her song.

The Village that Vanished by Ann Grialconi

The story of how the inhabitants of a West African village thwart capture by slave traders, thanks to the wisdom, courage and faith of three generations of women: the child Abikanile, her mother Njemile and her grandmother Chimwala.

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

A robot is accidentally activated, having been washed up on a remote island when a cargo ship sinks. At first the animals that inhabit the island fear Roz but she soon becomes a significant member of their community, adopting an orphaned gosling and providing shelter for them during the winter.

Varjak Paw by SF Said

Varjak Paw is descended from a proud line of Mesopotamian Blue cats. Now the Paws are in danger and only Varjak understands enough to go Outside and seek help.

The Explorer by Katherine Rundell

Fred, Con, Lila, and Max are on their way back to England from Manaus when the plane they’re on crashes and the pilot dies upon landing. For days they survive alone, until Fred finds a map that leads them to a ruined city, and to a secret.

The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell

Feo’s life is extraordinary. Her mother trains domesticated wolves to be able to fend for themselves in the snowy wilderness of Russia, and Feo is following in her footsteps to become a wolf wilder. She loves taking care of the wolves, especially the three who stay at the house because they refuse to leave Feo, even though they’ve already been wilded. But not everyone is enamored with the wolves, or with the fact that Feo and her mother are turning them wild.

The White Fox by Jackie Morris

The day the fox came things began to change for Sol. Lost, alone and far away from home, Sol feels a deep connection with the little Arctic fox he discovers down at the Seattle docks – he too feels lost in the big city. Dad is always busy working and Sol misses the grandparents they have left behind. So Sol decides to take the little fox back home, reuniting his own family in the process.

Yours sincerely, Giraffe by Megumi Iwasa

Giraffe, who lives on the African savanna, is bored and lonely so decides to send a letter to an unknown animal on the other side of the horizon. The letter ends up with an inquisitive penguin who is studying at Whale Point School, almost completely surrounded by sea.

The Street Beneath my Feet by Charlotte Guillian

This double-sided foldout book takes you on a fascinating journey deep underground. One side of the foldout shows the ground beneath the city, whilst the reverse side shows the ground beneath the countryside.

Books for Years 5 and 6

Love that Dog by Sharon Creech

In this narrative poem, Sharon Creech explores what makes a poem and what makes a poet. Love that Dog is a powerful narrative which gradually unfolds, drawing in the reader, making it a very moving and memorable experience.

Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars

This classic children’s novel reads aloud very well. It tells the compelling story of Tom, a boy who is sent, very reluctantly, to stay with his aunt and uncle on their farm. Readers experience his sense of wonder at the beauty of nature as he observes the beautiful sight of a black fox and her cub.

The Savage by David Almond

A very striking illustrated story with an interesting structure. The story is narrated by Blue, a boy coping with bullying in addition to recent bereavement. Blue creates the character of ‘The Savage’ and through telling The Savage’s story and the magical way it seems to come true finds a way of coping with his grief.

The Silver Donkey by Sonia Hartnett

Two French girls find a soldier in the woods during the First World War. He has left the army and needs to return home to see his sick brother as well as escape the horrors he has seen and which have affected his eyesight.

The Treason by Berlie Doherty

Will Montague becomes page to the future Edward VI, a role in which he is jealously regarded by the son of the Duke of Norfolk. The politics of religion during the time of Henry VIII and their effects on the rise and fall from power of individuals and families are vividly portrayed in this fast paced first person narrative.

Welcome to Nowhere by Elizabeth Laird

Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn’t care about politics – all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm. But when his clever older brother, Musa, gets mixed up with some young political activists, everything changes . . .

Kick by Mitch Johnson

He is going to be a star, instead of sweating over each football boot he makes, each stitch he sews, and each box he packages. He is going to play for the greatest team on earth, rather than in the square behind the factory where he works. But one unlucky kick brings Budi’s world crashing down, because now he owes the Dragon, the most dangerous man in all Jakarta. Soon it is not only Budi’s dreams at stake, but his life.

The Murderer’s Ape by Jakob Wegelius

Sally Jones is an extraordinary gorilla and a brilliant ship’s engineer who sails the high seas on The Hudson Queen with her loyal friend the Chief. One day the shipmates are offered a mysterious job that promises to pay big bucks, but then disaster strikes, the job goes wrong and the Chief is falsely convicted of murder.

Robot Girl by Malorie Blackman

Claire is keen to find out what her dad has been working on in his lab. He’s been really excited about it and Claire knows it must be something that will make him even more famous. But the big reveal isn’t at all what she expected and now Claire has a dilemma on her hands – what do you do when your dad has created a monster…?

Percy Jackosn and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordon

Half boy. Half God. ALL Hero. I was just a normal kid, I went to school (got expelled a lot, but that wasn’t my fault), played sports and hung out with my best friend. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. Now, I spend my time at Camp Half Blood, battling monsters and generally trying to stay alive. And now that Zeus thinks I’ve stolen his lightning bolt, staying alive is going to be even harder…

Hidden Figures by Margot Shetterly

Based on the New York Times bestselling book and the Academy Award–nominated movie, author Margot Lee Shetterly and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award winner Laura Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black women who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers!

The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce

A magical story of friendship with darker undertones of the plight of refugees. Two refugee brothers from Mongolia are determined to fit in with their Liverpool schoolmates, but bring so much of Mongolia to Bootle that their new friend and guide, Julie, is hard-pressed to know truth from fantasy.

Here in the World by Sara Pennypacker

Ware can’t wait to spend summer ‘off in his own world’ and generally being left alone. But then his parents sign him up for dreaded Rec camp, where he must endure Meaningful Social Interaction and whatever activities so-called ‘normal’ kids do. On his first day Ware meets Jolene, a tough, secretive girl planting a garden in the rubble of an abandoned church next to the camp. Soon Ware starts skipping Rec, creating a castle-like space of his own in the church lot.

Suffragette: The Battle for Equality by David Roberts

The year 2018 marks a century since the first women won the vote in the United Kingdom, and Suffragette tells the story of their fight. This is a tale of astounding bravery, ingenuity and strength. David’s writing is accessible and his artwork full of rich detail, bringing to life the many vivid characters of the women’s suffrage movement – from the militant activist and wheelchair user Rosa May Billinghurst to the world-famous Emmeline Pankhurst, Millicent Fawcett and Emily Wilding Davison.

The Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen

Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him. His mum doesn’t really like looking outside – but it’s going outside that she hates. She’s happier sleeping all day inside their tower, where it’s safe. But one day, other tower blocks on the estate start falling down around them and strange, menacing plants begin to appear.

The Last Wild by Piers Torday

This is a story about a boy named Kester. He is extraordinary, but he doesn’t know that yet. All he knows, at this very moment, is this: 1. There is a flock of excited pigeons in his bedroom. 2. They are talking to him. 3. His life will never be quite the same again… A captivating animal adventure destined to be loved by readers of all ages.

Grimms Tales: For Young and Old

In this beautiful book of classic fairy tales, award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a ‘clear as water’ retelling, in his unique and brilliant voice.

A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master

An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition. Although the backdrop is this key event in Indian history, the novel is even more far-reaching, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family.