THE POWER

Of Architecture

by Annette Roeder

illustrated by Pamela Baron PRESTEL, £17.99

Perfect for budding designers and engineers, this guide is written by an architect. Annette Roeder has selected buildings of distinction that are not all on the tourist trail. From Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation 'beehive' flats in Marseille and the recently repurposed Battersea Power Station to Micro Yuan'er, a diminutive children's library in Beijing and David Adjaye's 'Dirty House' in Shoreditch. A timely inclusion is Shigeru Ban's Shelter of Cardboard, easy-toassemble houses to create a more humane shelter for refugees. There is a timeline and biographical notes at the back.

WILDSMITH: INTO THE DARK FOREST

by Liz Flanagan

How To Make A Picture Book

by Elys Dolan WALKER BOOKS, £12.99

illustrated

by

Joe Todd-Stanton UCLAN PUBLISHING, £7.99

The author of the Dragon Daughter books has created the first of a new fantasy series. Rowan and her mother flee their city because of the threat of war. Forced into the Dark Forest, and meeting her Grandpa and his wolf Arto for the first time, Rowan also rescues a baby dragon – and then a whole clutch of them. Over the summer she discovers that she is a Wildsmith, which means she can talk to animals and also heal them. When danger threatens for the second time, it is her new friends she calls on for help.

Dr Elys Dolan is not only an award-winning illustrator, she also teaches an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art – so who better to inspire young author-illustrators? She approaches the 'how to' format with humour and the help of her chosen sidekick Bert, a worm of many questions. From choosing ideas and developing your characters to the 'storymaths' of plot and the fine art of colour, it covers a lot of ground in an inspiring way. The stepby-step format zooms in on place, story arc and resolution – even how to make your own book to put your story in.

Take A Bite

by Aleksandra and Daniel Mizielinski BIG PICTURE PRESS, £25

This large-format book is a feast for eyes and stomach, as readers work their way around the globe on a 26-country culinary tour. Fabulously detailed maps, timelines, text and illustrations answer burning questions, such as where corn and wheat came from, how to make Vietnamese pancakes, what happens at a Moroccan feast and the fine art of fermenting fish. There are lots of recipes – everything from injera flatbread to pierogi, salsa and chocotorta – and the author-illustrators have delivered a bellyful of fascinating facts to inspire young gourmets and food scientists alike.

UP!

by Rebecca Burgess HARPER COLLINS, £9.99

Part of the Harper360 programme, this debut graphic novel by Rebecca Burgess centres on Mia, trying to make her way through a world that doesn't understand her autistic self. While she wishes she could speak up, singing and songwriting is where she finds her true voice as Elle-Q! Assisted by her best friend Charlie, she has become a viral sensation, but no one knows Elle-Q!'s real identity, so should Mia blow her cover and enter the local talent show? Rebecca Burgess is herself autistic and her brilliantly drawn story with a heroine you can get behind also explodes a few stereotypes.

by Berlie Doherty

illustrated by Tamsin Rosewell UCLAN PUBLISHING, £7.99