One Year with Kipper
Mick Inkpen
Hodder Children’s Books pbk
It’s January. Kipper has a new camera and he uses it to document a whole year, month by month. January is time for a New Year’s resolution (no throwing snowballs at best pal, Tiger). That lasts till February when the snow falls and an 87 centimetre icicle grows on Tiger’s house.

March brings strong winds, April sees the pair catching tadpoles and so on with a double spread and a new photo for each month.
Seasonal changes are noted: In June Kipper notices an abundance of ‘little things with legs and wings’; whereas ‘October is an orangey brown sort of month,’ Tiger declares.

When dark, cold December comes Kipper busies himself making decorations and taking the final photograph for Tiger’s present – a photographic memoir of the past twelve months.
A sweet, gently educational story of friendship, fun and frolics from a well-loved pair who take it in turns to have the upper hand …

Great for individual sharing or early years classes to enjoy together.

Littleland All Year Round
Marion Billet
Nosy Crow
Those who prefer to play I-spy rather than listening to a story have plenty to search for in Littleland. Starting with a chilly wintry morning, the animal inhabitants set out for nursery where they find many activities to enjoy and readers are invited to find various items in the busy scene. We then follow ‘the little ones’ through the seasons as they visit the countryside in spring …

Come autumn, it’s time to visit the park,

and dress up for Hallowe’en.
Wintry activities include ice-skating, tobogganing and building a snowman, and at the end of the year as Christmas draws near, there are decorations to make and hang, cards to make and presents to wrap just in time for a trip to town to see the Christmas tree in all its splendour.
Bright, jolly scenes, with objects to find in every spread.

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