A big part of our site here is to introduce you to a variety of children’s books, so you can explore themes that you would like to read in your own minority language homeschool. You can be assured that we read every single book here in our home. Since we generally read in Portuguese, German, and English, you will find the reviews based on one language specifically. This is for example interesting if translations change character names, or if we share pictures of the books, or if we mention publisher information. While we try to always link back to all three languages, sometimes not all books are localised in all languages.
“Trying” - Kobi Yamada
“Trying” is an inspirational picture book that celebrates the courage to take risks, learn from setbacks, and ultimately grow through the process of effort.
“Hedgie Blasts Off” - Jan Brett
"Hedgie Blasts Off" is a playful, imaginative picture book that follows the adventures of Hedgie, a young hedgehog with big dreams.
“The Barefoot King” - Andrew Jordan Nance, Olivia Holden
The story is a playful, rhyming tale about King Creet, a young ruler of a kingdom where everyone walks barefoot.
“It all starts with a seed” - Usborne
It is pretty detailed about the growth stages of plants and covers a variety of topics around how our food grows.
“Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat” - Stephen Michael King
Stephen Michael King translates the need for true expression of self into a loving children’s story.
“The Flower Thief” / “Don’t touch that flower” - Alice Hemming, Nicola Slater
In this one, Squirrel gets surprised by the first flower that appears out of nowhere. Squirrel further gets surrounded by flying birds and sounds that seem very unaccustomed after winter.
“Welcome home, Beaver” - Magnus Weightman
It all starts with Beaver who is setting out to explore the world. All said and done, and the real problem arises when Beaver is longing for home and wants to go back.
“A Better Best Friend” - Olivier Tallec
A Squirrel describes how he found their best friend. Momo. Once they overcome the initial shyness they were best friends
“Leo and Lester” - Becky Bloom, Pascal Biet
Lester the hippo decides to go to town. His grandmother suggests Leo the raccoon to accompany Lester to town and give him lessons in good behaviour.
“Storm” - Sam Usher
In “Storm”, the boy and Grandad wake up to a massive wind and storm outside. They decide to go outside to fly the kite.
“Henry and Amy” - Stephen Michael King
A book about a friendship between two people that couldn’t be more of the opposite.
“The smartest Giant in Town” - Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
The giant George is know in the city for his shabby clothes. When a new clothes shop opens in town, he treats himself to a nice new outfit.
“Iggy Peck, Architect” - Andrea Beaty, David Roberts
Iggy Peck has the ability to construct towers and buildings out of pretty much anything - by the age of 2.
“My Big Bear, My Little Bear and Me” - Margarita del Mazo, Rocio Bonilla
What is better than always having a bear with you? Having two bears always by your side!
“The Invisible” - Tom Percival
Isabel lives with her parents in a house where it is very cold - it is winter and the parents actually don’t have enough money to keep the heating on.
“The Gruffalo’s Child” - Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
Naturally, the Gruffalo’s child has heard about the worst mouse-monster that ever existed in the forest.
“The Gruffalo” - Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
The story is about the smartest mouse in the entire forest. The fox, the owl, and the snake all want to catch and eat the mouse.
“The Snow Thief” - Alice Hemming, Nicola Slater
Another season to be discovered by the oblivious Squirrel! This time, Squirrel and Bird are dealing with winter time, and a snowy night turned Squirrel’s world upside down.
“A Zebra Zezé” - Alberto Faria, Ana Ventura
The book “The Zebra Zezé” tells a lovely story about the little zebra that cannot distinguish her family or friends from other zebras. She is constantly mixing up who is who and often times end up not finding her own family.
“The Leaf Thief” - Alice Hemming, Nicola Slater
Squirrel can’t believe that one of its leaves is missing from the tree and it is accusing everyone in the forest of stealing the leaves.