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Neo’s Invisible Blanket

by The Book Tree | Oct 21, 2025 | Book Reviews, Books for 0-3 Year Olds, Books for 4-6 Year Olds, Diversity, South African Books

Author, actress and producer Salamina Mosese tells a sweet story about a little boy who has to learn to find his bravery when when he feels scared to do new things.

Dance to Your Own Beat

by The Book Tree | Aug 5, 2025 | African Story, Bilingual Books, Book News, Book Reviews, Books for 4-6 Year Olds, Books for 7-9 Year Olds, Family and Self, Picture Book, South African Books

Zazi dreams about dancing, but she’s too scared to try. What if she’s not good enough? What will people say? A lovely story about overcoming your fears and believing in yourself and letting others support you! Written by South African author Refiloe Moahloli.

Impossible Creatures

by The Book Tree | Jun 28, 2024 | Book News, Book Reviews, Books for 10-12 Years, Fantasy, Uncategorized

Enter the magical world of impossible creatures and the humans (and semi-humans) who protect them. Mal is a small girl who can fly when the wind blows. Christopher is a young boy about to discover that his amazing ability to attract animals is a sign of his true potential. Together they must save the world from a deadly enemy draining the life energy out of their world.

Pearl of The Sea

by The Book Tree | Jun 29, 2023 | Book Reviews, Books for 10-12 Years, Books for Young Adults, Featured, Graphic Comic, Guest Reviews, Uncategorized

A fantasy graphic novel about a girl and a sea monster who form an unlikely bond, helping one another learn to trust again. Guest reviewed by Nancy Richards.

What Do You Do With A Problem?

by The Book Tree | Jan 11, 2017 | Book Reviews, Books for 10-12 Years, Books for 4-6 Year Olds, Books for 7-9 Year Olds, Family and Self, Legacy Posts, Picture Book

What do you do with a problem? Do you ignore it, do you shoo it away or hide from it? A beautifully simple book about facing problems and finding their gifts. When a little boy is filled with anxiety about an unnamed problem following him around, he struggles to think what he can do.

Sebastian’s Roller Skates

by The Book Tree | Feb 16, 2016 | Book Reviews, Books for 4-6 Year Olds, Books for 7-9 Year Olds, Legacy Posts

Sebastian is shy. When people talk to him, he freezes up, even thought he has lots to say and plenty to share. When the barber cuts his hair like a billiard ball, Sebastian thinks of what he’d liked to say but all he says is ‘fine.’ Oh don’t we all know a Sebastian?

Thank you, Mr Falker

by The Book Tree | Sep 17, 2014 | Book Reviews, Books for 10-12 Years, Books for 7-9 Year Olds, Children's Classics, E-Books, Family and Self, Learning difficulties, Legacy Posts, School

A little girl grows up with huge excitement about learning to read. When she gets to grade 1 though, she is puzzled that the other children move on to bigger readers while she stays stuck on the beginning. With undiagnosed dyslexia her early school years are tough and challenging. It’s not until Grade 5 that a special teacher changes her life.

Madeline

by The Book Tree | Sep 10, 2014 | Bestsellers, Book Reviews, Books for 4-6 Year Olds, Books for 7-9 Year Olds, Children's Classics, Design and Illustration, Gift Books, Legacy Posts

“In an old house in Paris all covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. In two straight lines they broke their bread and brushed their teeth and went to bed …” So begins one of the great classic children’s books written by author and artist Ludwig Bemelmans in 1939.

bravery

Neo’s Invisible Blanket

Dance to Your Own Beat

Impossible Creatures

Pearl of The Sea

What Do You Do With A Problem?

Sebastian’s Roller Skates

Thank you, Mr Falker

Madeline

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