Tomorrow, from Nadine Kaadan, is a touching emphatic picture book about the effect of war on everyday lives. On childrens’ lives. On the opening double spread we learn that Yazan no longer goes to the park, or even to his friend. His friend only lives next door. Yazan’s fear and isolation is captured acutely on…
They’ve done it again! Patricia Cleveland-Peck and David Tazzyman‘s You Can’t Let An Elephant Drive A Digger is laugh out loud funny. With rollicking rhymes featuring all kinds of bizarre situations, this one had little listeners giggling. Lots. With fautless rhyme and rhythm – because there should be no other kind in picture books –…
Absolutely bowled over to welcome the one and only Candy Gourlay to MyBookCorner. Her latest books – Bone Talk and Is It A Mermaid? have just hit the shelves… and they’re VERY good. Growing up in the Philippines, Candy Gourlay wondered why all the books she ever loved only featured pink-skinned children who lived in…
If All The World Were… from Joseph Coelho and Allison Colpoys, is a wonderful, poetic picture book celebrating Grandads. Coelho’s narrative explores the touching connection between the little girl and her grandad through Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Colpoys stunning illustrations capture their imaginative play, their connection and their love. Grandad passes on his stories…
Loved To Bits, the picture book collaboration between Teresa Heapy and Katie Cleminson, is utterly gorgeous and charming in every way… much like Stripy Ted himself. Heapy’s story, with a wonderfully gentle rhyme which makes it sing beautifully, tells the story of the wonderful relationship between a small boy and his beloved bear – Stripy…
Frankie Banister and his parents run a hotel in Brighton which has been in the family for over 100 hundred years. All good so far. Except that Frankie’s family actively discourage many visitors… they even post terrible reviews of the hotel to ensure that people are not tempted to book. This is no ordinary hotel…
It’s A Wrap is the final installment in the Waiting For Callback trilogy – bittersweet moment for sure. So keen to find out what happens to these characters, but, ah! Is it really the end?!?! If you haven’t discovered Elektra, the creation of Perdita and Honor Cargill, here’s a quick – spoiler free – re-cap……
From much-loved author Vivian French and award-winning illustrator Catherine Rayner comes a charming new Nature Storybook about horses – Hello, Horse. Catherine Rayner, author and illustrator of picture books such as Abigail, has popped into My Book Corner to give us a wonderful insight into her process AND her sketchbook!! Tell us about you in 25…
We’ve been excitedly following Kate Wiseman’s route to publication here at My Book Corner, and so today we are delighted, along with the lovely Scott Evans aka The Reader Teacher, to be revealing the ACTUAL COVER of the second in her fabulously quirky Gangster School series – The Brotherhood of Brimstone. Drum roll please… The glorious…
Bad Nana is the unstoppable character taking centre stage in this fabulous new series of illustrated younger fiction from Sophy Henn. Get your lemon sherbets and sparkly pink turbans ready… Nana is here! Bad Nana: Older Not Wiser is neatly divided in to three chapters – three perfect bedtime reading chunks. Also the perfect length…
** For your chance to win 1 of 3 copies of Candy, head to our Twitter account to enter our latest giveaway ** Have you spotted Candy? Written by Lavie Tidhar, and illustrated by Mark Beech, it is set in a city where candy is a crime and biscuits have been banned, Nelle Faulkner…
Andy Shepherd has just launched her debut middle grade novel – the very exciting The Boy Who Grew Dragons – illustrated by Sarah Ogilvie. Now this is a very lovely middle grade novel – Tomas gets a little more than he bargained for when he takes the fruit from Grandad’s tree back to his bedroom. Cue…
Billy And The Beast is the latest picture book from Nadia Shireen (The Cow Who Fell To Earth) – it’s a stonkingly good one, with great humour emanating from both the narrative and the illustrations. Billy and The Beast is chock-a-block full of humourous touches that had my audiences giggling heaps when I read it…
Boy Underwater is the debut novel from Adam Baron. Featuring fabulous illustrations from Benji Davies, it has quickly become one of my favourite MG novels this year. Boy Underwater is a novel that truly gripped me – so many twists and turns that had my heart in my mouth. Baron’s narrative took me on quite…
Another deliciously funny and witty picture book from Morag Hood… I Am Bat had us giggling aplenty. Bat is quite the character. He has VERY set opinions when it comes to what he does, and does not like. He DOES like cherries. Very much. He will NOT be happy if anyone takes them. Any of…
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Ooh, this sounds fantastic!
Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
I often hope to find interviews with Margaret Wild who fascinates me and whose work I adore. Thoroughly enjoyed this…