| THIS MONTH’S FAVE RAVE: Can You Keep a Secret?, by Pamella Allen |
 Thissmall-size hardback book feels great to hold while there’s a little one on your knee. The simple images and large text set against alternating pink and white backgrounds work really well, as we are asked if we can keep a secret about the King’s lost crown.In fact, the text unobtrusively introduces the prepositions under, behind, inside and between, and four colours, green, yellow, blue and brown, but the story is nice and simple, and features the repeated phrase: ‘Shhh… You mustn’t tell.’Published by Viking, £4.99 |
| HONOURABLE MENTION: Max’s Starry Night, by Ken Wilson-Max |
 Thistale about how a boy called Max helps his friend Blue Elephant to overcome a fear of the dark is sweetly-written and colourfully-illustrated, though a little over-priced. Instead of having to go outside into the dark night to look at the stars, Blue Elephant can lie on the bed and contemplate a starry mobile that Max has made for them all.Published by David Bennett, £9.99 |
