Stories | Best of 2022

PICTURE BOOK (new)

Me in the Middle by Angela Mayers and Annette Demetriou (Owlet Press).  Family and trees!

PICTURE BOOK (old)

A Busy Day for Birds by Lucy Cousins (Walker Books).  Jumping about with actions.

PROFESSIONAL BOOK

A Guide to Mental Health for Early Years Educators by Kate Moxley (Routledge).  Really good oveview and so accessible for all.

NOVEL

Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (Penguin).  Could not put it down.

And The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (Penguin).  Also could not out it down.

NON-FICTION

What happened to you? : Converstions on trauma, resilience and healing by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey (Pan Macmillan).  Just brilliant.

And Split by Ben Tippet (Pluto Press).  Explains how we got to where we are now, politically and socially.

MEMOIR

Gold from the Stone by Lemn Sissay (Canongate).  Heart-wrenching.

POETRY

Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (Penguin).  Funny and sad and joyful.

CHRISTMAS

The Winter Wish by  Helen Mortimer and Rachael Dean (Harper Collins).  Beautifully illustrated tale of a boy in a bookshop and Christmas.

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