Sam Usher's gentle storytelling makes his books a complete draw, but what we love about the books written as a series about a young boy and his grandad is the beautiful cross-generational relationship depicted so wonderfully in his book series.

"Wild" is the second in Sam's new quartet of books about the world around us - featuring Grandad and Boy (who previously explored the seasons together in Sam's awesome books paying homage to spring, summer, autumn and winter).

This time Grandad and Boy look after a cat for a friend. 

Sam Usher's brilliant seasons series of books continue with our most favourite season of all...

We thought we'd slip in a fabulous book along with our first Booky Advent Calendar day.

Sam Usher's seasons and weather books are an utter delight, and so we couldn't resist the feelgood "Snow", once again bringing back happy childhood memories of "PROPER" snow (none of that woolly stuff us poor southerners seem to get nowadays).

Little Sam is hopping from foot to foot with excitement. There has been a fresh fall of snow overnight and no-one's been out in it yet.

But Sam has to wait for Grandad - who seems to be taking FOREVER to get ready. Once Sam has all his snow gear on, and Grandad has stopped fussing about, they realise the whole world has passed by their door - but there's always still time to get involved with snowman making and a snowball fight with your friends (we rather loved Grandad's awesome method of batting away those rogue snowballs to win the contest!)

Wrap up warm, it's cold outside!

Everything about this book sums up our feelings about snowy playdays. Those first crisp steps out into the snow, and then of course the utter chaos of going somewhere public and getting wrapped up in all sorts of snowy antics...

Come on Grandad, stop lagging behind!

Gorgeous book this,  we particularly liked the board book version with its 'crispy snowy' cover.

"Snow" by Sam Usher is out now, published by Templar (kindly supplied for review)

Sam Usher's gorgeous weather-based books continue and as it's "Flaming" June what better day, and what better way to celebrate the summer than with "Sun"...

If your children are a bit too young for the "Where's Wally?" books, then "Can you see Sassoon?" might make a nice little substitute. Sassoon is a slinky, sneaky snake who likes to hide in pictures. In each panel he's sneakily tucked away amongst ordinary everyday objects, and your toddlers will enjoy trying to find his stripy body and peeping eyes each time. 


Some great ideas in this book, though sometimes it's a bit teasingly unfair. Nevertheless, once your children learn where Sassoon is in each page, they'll enjoy it all the more. 


Charlotte's best bit: Sassoon holding up a balloon


Daddy's favourite bit: Sneakily wrapped around a present


Rating: 2 out of 5