The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children’s Books, £5.99)One day Henry discovers by mistake that books are actually rather tasty to munch on. He eats a word, then a sentence, then a page, then a whole book. Soon he is devouring heaps of books: Moby ...

the rich ginger colours of our hero, the scenes are often basic on a white background, allowing Inkpen’s humour and a child’s imagination to do the rest. 44Where’s Spot?by Eric Hill Frederick Warne, £7.99 (first published 1980)One of the great