Albie

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Join Albie as he makes intergalactic friends, enjoys space-ghetti at the school canteen and rides on space scooters - school has never been so much fun! They were very child-centric in the way they brought us up, giving us the power to make decisions and encouraging us to challenge ourselves work things out for ourselves. Chris Edge’s writing is wonderfully fresh and acute, and as he tells Albie’s story he addresses some difficult issues, including bullying and parental absence as well as bereavement, with enormous empathy and a wicked understanding of ten-year-old humour. A hilarious springboard for discussing your own little one’s worries, you will quickly fall in love with this cheeky little wolf! There's the inclusion of the Sphinx, hieroglyphics to decode and even a teeny tiny Horus to find - was it tricky to balance the entertainment with the educational content in this or any other of your stories?

The garden has grown beyond all belief and these are not just any old plants - oh, no - Albie's seeds have grown into great big jurassic jungle! Our pick was Welcome To Alien School from 2012, an intergalactic adventure that sees Albie makes some interesting friends, eat space-ghetti and learn to ride a space scooter. With bright, appealing illustrations, and loveable characters, young children will quickly relate to the situations, dilemmas and emotions that Sonny and his friends encounter.

These books are informative, creative and exploratory - the perfect tools for inventive and playful learning. What follows is a ridiculous chase that ends up in space with a friendly alien who shows everyone that being kind and gentle is the best way to make friends with this cheeky little character. By the way, archaeologists really have discovered a flute made from bone and one clever person has even made a reconstruction that you can really play a tune on! Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

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He made up a story about travelling to the moon and discovering all sorts of life there including vultures, and birds made from grass! If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. There’s nothing to fear in this hilarious tale and children will love turning the half page to discover who’d behind the chaos.Feisty princesses who solve their own problems are the stars of these modern twists on traditional fairy tales. But, for the purposes of this month's Imagining History Recommends, it is the adventures of Albie that caught our eye. With a diverse range of characters, familiar scenes and emotions, and lots of details to spot, both you and your little people will quickly fall in love with these charming stories. Ed and I seem to have a kind of telepathy when it comes to creating these stories, so I’m always delighted, but never surprised when I see his illustrations for the first time! After we had finished reading this for the first time, my eldest said "I LOVE it - can we read it again?

He may be ‘The Man Who Can Explain Everything’ but from Albie’s perspective he’s never around to explain anything. I was lucky enough to once visit a cave in France that had some genuine prehistoric cave art and this spread reminds me of that special time. We didn't want the stories to feel educational, we wanted them to be fun so that children might be motivated to find out more about what they see. The Many Worlds of Albie Bright does much for the subject of science – showing it off as a sparkling subject full of curiosity, investigation, and ‘trying to do the impossible.Published as a beautiful hardback with embossed dust cover, and marker ribbon, this is a gift book to entrance readers of all ages. With hilarious illustrations and short chapters, these are great stories to get even the most reluctant readers hooked. This charming and imaginative story is set against a backdrop of 14 beautifully intricate watercolor illustrations that help bring the story to life. When I bought How to Find Egyptian Treasure , it was because I was curious about it and wanted to see it myself.