Kitamura, Satoshi – The Bell Bookshop

School for Puppies

Emma — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

An adorable look at the world through the eyes of a beloved puppy from multi-award-winning picture book legend Satoshi Kitamura.Nominated for a 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration!Every day, Lucy goes to school and leaves her puppy at home. But today, determined to find out what school is, he sets off on an adventure to go to Puppy School! The young dogs learn important skills such as scratching behind their ears, learning to sleep wherever they go, and most importantly, how to leave a scent trail – which comes in handy when our puppy finds himself separated from his friends… Can he follow the trail that’ll lead him back home to Lucy?The perfect story for dog-lovers, and fans of Oi Dog! (Kes Gray and Jim Field) and Dogger (Shirley Hughes).

The smile shop

Emma — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A small boy has saved all his pocket money and visits the market with high expectations. When disaster strikes and he loses his money, he feels devastated. But wait, what's that? A smile shop? He could really do with a smile. What will happen if he goes in?

Captain Toby

Emma — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

It's a dark and stormy night. Toby cannot sleep. The whole house seems to be rising and falling like a ship on the ocean. Soon Toby finds himself at sea, in the middle of the wildest adventure imaginable.