On the Coast – Families Issue 95 I August/September 2018 | Page 43

Books to check out
LUCIA AND LAWRENCE
REAL FOOD KIDS WILL LOVE
Lucia and Lawrence are next door
neighbours – very different next door
neighbours! Lucia is loud and colourful,
with a head full of dreams. Lawrence
is shy and careful, with a head full
of numbers. If they can learn to
understand each other, they might just
create something special together.
Author: Joanna Francis
Age group: 3-6 years
RRP: $24.99 www.newfrontier.com.au
Annabel Karmel brings you a mouth-
watering batch of never before seen recipes
featuring delicious ingredients with serious
nutritional credentials. With beautiful
photographs and fresh design, this is an
essential book for every modern parent.
Chapters range from Fifteen Minute Meals
to Healthy ‘Fast Food’, via Holiday Cooking
with Kids and Lunchbox Snacks, and fresh,
easy and modern dishes include Quinoa
Chicken Fingers, Crispy Baked Cod, The
Best Buttermilk Pancakes and Carrot Cake
Balls. The chapters are designed to make
choosing a fuss-free dish simple.
Many recipes include swap-outs to cater for
those with food allergies, intolerances or particularly fussy eaters! There is a
huge range of meat-free and vegan meal options as well as recipes including
meat and fish.
Real Food for Kids offers everything today’s parents are looking for once their
babies are ready to start joining in with family mealtimes. Each dish is designed
to be enjoyed by the whole family, while remaining simple, healthy, and not too
salty or sugary for young children.
Author: Annabel Karmel
www.macmillan.com.au
RRP: $34.99
ALPHAPRINTS:
SEA LIFE FOLLOW ME AROUND THE
WORLD: MAZE BOOKS
Alphaprints goes under the ocean
to meet 20 fabulous seas creatures,
from the tiny seahorse to the big, blue
whale. This casebound board book has
a creature on each page, with a light-
hearted rhyming couplet that tells
you something about each character.
Each fingerprint is embossed, making
this book both a visual and tactile
experience that babies and toddlers
will want to repeat. Fox is off on a brand new adventure
around the world in this finger maze
book brimming with busy scenes
and familiar sights. There are eight
exciting colourful trail scenes allowing
children to explore using their
fingertips to trace along grooves on
the pages. Explore every continent of
the world and spot unique landmarks,
meet cute characters, and trace each
winding maze from hole to hole.
AUTHOR: Roger Priddy
RRP: $9.99
www.macmillan.com.au AUTHOR: Roger Priddy
RRP: $9.99
www.macmillan.com.au
MY GRANDFATHER’S WAR
The award-winning team of Glyn
Harper and Jenny Cooper share this
poignant story about a Vietnam veteran
and his relationship with his
granddaughter. While the relationship is
a positive one, the young girl senses her
grandfather’s pain and is curious to find
out the cause of it. As she innocently
seeks answers, she unknowingly opens
old wounds and discovers her
grandfather’s sadness is a legacy of the
Vietnam War and his experiences there.
This is a sensitive exploration of the
lingering cost of war and of the PTSD so
many returned servicemen experience.
AUTHOR: Glyn Harper
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