Things to do this summer: July

It's an Olympic summer of reading, and there's a whole host of children's events taking place up and down the country

The Really, Really, Really Big Dinosaur by Richard Byrne – review

Emily and Maisy: 'This delightful book offers a very funny look at bullies and the triumph of brains over brawn.'

Catherine and Stanley: 'This is too wordy a picture book for two-year-olds.'

Angus and Isobel: 'A Friend for Little Bear is a truly wonderful story about the value of people over objects.'

Angus and Isobel: 'i'm not sure I've known Isobel laugh so loudly at a picture book as she did over this simple story.'

Jennifer and Minnie: 'It felt like everything I wanted to say big monster said for me in a rather more eloquent way then I ever could!'

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Jennifer and Minnie: 'I just adore all of Emily Gravett's books... They are beautifully simple and her drawings are so charming.'

Master Pocket: 'This book is so good - I want to go inside it!'

Tara and Keeley: 'It's a funny, enjoyable read which even gave me an opportunity to explain that parents need a break sometimes!'

Tara, Keeley and Summer: 'This is a really sweet book, gorgeous illustrations and a lovely story'

TheBookThief: 'Records were set, sales climbed higher, it seemed as if Pottermania would never stop! But all good things come to an end.'

Jennifer and Minnie: 'It's hardly groundbreaking, but still a very sweet book.'

HorseLover3000 'Yoshiko and the Gift of Charms is a great story that has a great moral to it '

Jennifer, Minnie and Bebe: 'I always judge a book by how engaging she finds it and this one is a winner'