These are both titles from Little Tiger – thank you to the publishers for sending them for review.

Croc’s Cooking Day
Nicola Kent

This is the second in the Busy Chores for Little Paws series.
When Croc hears his pal Hippo’s tummy rumbling, he decides to make some pancakes, with some assistance from young humans that is. Once Croc has taken the equipment and ingredients needed from the cupboard and measured out the amounts required, by pulling the strategically placed tab, said assistants can pour and sprinkle flour and splash milk into a mixing bowl,

manipulate the hand mixer and once the batter is fully mixed ready to cook, try their hand at tossing the pancakes.
Croc certainly looks pleased as he approaches Hippo. The pachyderm clearly enjoyed the repast judging by the rate at which he consumes his share. Let’s hope he doesn’t end up with tummy ache!
Interactive fun and lots of opportunities for little humans to develop their fine motor skills as they use the sliders, flaps and wheel.

Tractors Have Wings!
Becky Davies and Gareth Lucas

Eleven modes of transport in all appear in this board book, some of which are deliberately introduced with a false statement such as ‘Did you know that tractors have wings?’ and ‘ And trains run on water’ which are clearly intended to provoke correction from a savvy young listener. However, when wheels appear on the scene, things get a little tricky. Sure, lorries, unlike unicycles and bicycles must have more than one or two wheels but though the two dimensional illustration of a lorry shows the vehicle with six wheels captioned with the statement ‘And lorries have at least six wheels?!’ True enough but it would need double that number if it were not to fall over on its side. Some youngsters will likely realise this; but beneath the same lorry depicted on the spread headed ‘Thank goodness you’re here to help’ are the words ‘Lorries have six wheels.’ Is this an illustrative faux pas or a deliberate ploy to instil a questioning disposition rather than believing everything that appears in print? I wonder …