Age 12-16. 5 Stars. Burnford’s story of three beloved family pets (a Labrador retriever, bull terrier and Siamese cat) who make a cross-country trek across Canadian wilderness to reach their home has an undeniable appeal for animal lovers.

Age 04-08. 5 Stars. Fred Marcellino’s artistic interpretation of Puss in Boots, narrated by a spare translation of Perrault’s original story, is nothing short of impressive.

Age 04-08. 4 Stars. Paul Galdone’s rendition of the classic fairy tale Puss in Boots sticks closely to Perrault’s original, with innocently cheerful artistic representation of the story’s action-filled scenes.

Age 04-08. 4 Stars. This is probably the second most well-known of Beatrix Potter’s wonderful rabbit stories… The cat is dangerous, the bunnies foolish and lovable, the father heroic and brave, and the warm home scene allows the reader a sigh of relief at the end.

Age 04-08. This is an outstanding collection of eight of James Herriot’s true stories about his life as a veterinarian in 1940′s Yorkshire, adapted for children and beautifully illustrated.

Age 00-04. This is a very nice rendition of the classic nursery rhyme, illustrated by the nineteenth-century children’s book illustrator Randolph Caldecott… Modern children may not know much about the use of barley malt and the ways of cats stalking rats, but they can see these things portrayed as they really were in this beautiful book. A very nice addition to your nursery-rhyme collection, and the best version I have seen so far, although harder to find than those produced in recent years.