It's the return of Peter Bently and Charles Fuge's awesome "Home" series, this time with Bramble the Badger having a serious problem watering his garden in "A Home on the River".

As idyllic as it sounds, life by the side of the river takes an unexpected turn for Bramble when he turns on the tap one day to find no water.

His friends and neighbours all have the same problem - and it's only when Bramble treks down to the river that the answer is obvious - there's absolutely no water in the river, not a single drop.

Bramble decides to take a perilous trip further up the river to find out what's going on...

What could be the cause? Or more importantly WHO could have stopped the river dead in its tracks? When Bramble discovers the answer he's as surprised as everyone else.

A hose is no use if there's no water coming out of it!

We just love the gentleness of these stories, with glorious illustrations from Charles too.

Living by the river was idyllic, until one day all the water disappeared!

Reminiscent of the sort of stories I'd read as a kid (anyone who's familiar with the Brambly Hedge books will absolutely love these stories too). Beautiful!

"A Home on the River" by Peter Bently and Charles Fuge is out now, published by Hodder Children's Books (kindly supplied for review). 

There's nothing better than snuggling up in your own home, in your own bed with a nice full belly - but what if others aren't as fortunate as you?

You really truly can't go wrong with a good monster book. Every visit to the library, we end up with at least one or two in our book stack and Charles Fuge & Tasha Pym's colourful monster series are eye catching and not to be missed.

In "Blot and Og's Monster Party" a couple of monsters have a fairly comfortable life - but yearn to throw a huge celebratory bash. The only problem is, how on earth do you throw a party with only two people...er...monsters?

Blot and Og hatch a plan to invite monsters from all over their planet. But what would make monsters travel far and wide to come to a humble party?

"Think big" and so that's what Blot and Og do, bending the truth a little and making the party sound spectacular - before posting the invites far and wide to what sounds like the most spectacular event of the monster season.

There's a snag though - Blot and Og have been economic with the truth. They don't have amazing fireworks, they don't have a gigantic spread, they er...well actually come to think of it, they don't actually have a party at all! So what will happen when a thousand monsters turn up on the doorstep looking for a party? (Think what happens when dafties post their party details on Facebook - Probably something similar!)

You'll have to read the book to find out of course. It's a nice twist to the "Boy who Cried Wolf" idea, but feels wholly original and fun. We loved Tasha's monster creations, full of colour and life. Could not resist this one, could we!

Charlotte's best bit: What Blot and Og do when they realise

Daddy's Favourite bit: Blot and Og are naughty, but this excellent book teaches children what happens when you exaggerate!