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Beti and the Little Round House

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"I hugely admire the wit and beauty and flair of everything Atinuke does." Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures
Longlisted for the Alligator's Mouth Award. Selected as a Best Children's Book of the Year 2024 by: The Wall Street Journal; Publishers Weekly; Kirkus Reviews; Books for Keeps; ALSC Notable Children's Books; Centre for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature.
Beti lives in a little round house in the green woods under the mountains. She lives with Mam, Tad, Baby Jac and her very own tiny goat called Naughty. With each changing season, there is always the promise of adventure! In playful, humourous and exciting stories with richly detailed and bucolic illustrations by Emily Hughes, world-renowned storyteller Atinuke draws on her own experience of building and living in a round house to create a truly magical sense of place. An unforgettable children's book perfect for newly independent readers to immerse themselves in and embrace the natural world.
"Has the feel of an instant classic." Books for Keeps, Books of the Year 2024
"A truly magical sense of place." Lancaster Guardian
"There's a classic feel to these cheerful, charming, beautifully illustrated seasonal stories." Inclusive Books for Children
"What a truly fabulous partnership. This is a lovely, lovely story. Beautiful art. The perfect bedtime read and birthday gift." Nicola Davies

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from July 29, 2024
      Atinuke (L Is for Love) draws from her experiences having moved from a “mansion” in Lagos to Wales, where she lived with her son in a “roundhouse built of straw and clay in the woods,” to showcase a life lived “simply on the land” in four gentle tales, which read like a cozy hug. Young Beti lives with her family in their “little round house,” which her parents built deep in the forest. She relishes the beauty of her surroundings; the creator brings to life the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of Beti’s world via lush and luminous storytelling. Starting with her birthday—during which Beti is given a goat named Naughty, who lives up to its name when it ruins her celebratory cake—the connected stories introduce the girl’s vibrantly depicted community and detail Beti’s penchant to turn ordinary outings like filling a jar for the family’s daily water supply into epic adventures. Illustrations rendered in muted pastels by Hughes (The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick) mirror the cheerful warmth of the stories; characters have varying skin tones. Ages 7–9.

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