Bertie and Small and the fast bike ride, Vanessa Cabban (1999)

An illustrated book aimed at children under five or first readers

Walker Books 0744561604 Octo 20pp £8.99

A sweet story of adventure on a tricycle, with a toy rabbit and a dashound for company. It is nicely drawn and is the kind of story that, if it caught a child’s imagination, might be read over and over again.