Our first book of the week is a poetry compilation that stretches arms across the world to embrace and celebrate the natural wonders, the amazing beauty and the glorious creatures our planet plays host to.

"Poems from a Green and Blue Planet" edited by Sabrina Mahfouz and illustrated by Aaron Cushley is more than just a celebration of these things, it's also at times a solemn and all too timely reminder of just what we stand to lose if we don't dig in and do someting about climate change.

The selection of poems, haikus, prose, rap and lyrics has been carefully selected by Sabrina to show our planet at its best, most glorious and most stunning.

From poems that evoke and celebrate the passing of the seasons, to verses about amazing creatures, there's truly something for everyone in here - and even just reading down the contents list, you can feel all the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end at the sheer diversity and amazing variety of subjects covered in this beautiful, beautiful book.

With truly stunning illustrations from Aaron, this is one to treasure and keep for generations to come.

"Poems from a Green and Blue Planet" edited by Sabrina Mahfouz and illustrated by Aaron Cushley is out now, published by Scholastic Children's Books (kindly supplied for review). 

Our Picture Book of the Week once again reminds us that it won't be long till we have yet another utterly stunning piece of work from Studio Laika, the animation studio who consistently knocks it out of the park with their truly brilliant movies.

"Missing Link" will be out soon, but before then we have a wonderful picture book prologue to the story you'll see in the movie.

"A Smile for Sasquatch" by Steven Marten and Aaron Cushley introduces us to Mr Link, the big fuzzy cuddly Sasquatch that features in the upcoming film.

Experience the heartwarming journey of Bigfoot . . . better known as Mr. Link, a sensitive soul in search of companionship.

Making new friends isn't easy when you're a sasquatch who lives in the middle of the lonely forest.

Absolutely love how the friendship unfolds in this book