Well, what a cheeky little book we have here! Anyone who’s been around babies knows that they are resourceful little critters, and more often that not, cleverer than us silly grown-ups give them credit for! Take Frank for example, the (infant) criminal mastermind in Baby’s First Bank Heist by debut author Jim Whalley and illustrator…
Giraffe Problems, from Jory John and Lane Smith, is a funny and uplifting story that explores a very important and memorable message about self-esteem, body positivity and acceptance. The story follows Edward the giraffe who has a problem — a long neck problem. It’s too long, too narrow, too high and simply — just too…
Ali Pye’s Rosie is My Best Friend (Simon & Schuster) is such a special story about a very special friendship between a little girl and her dog. The book takes us through a day in the life of this duo, from waking up very early to play, to snuggling up together in bed at night.…
Superkitty, from Hannah Whitty and Paula Bowles, is their picture book about believing in your own abilities. Showing that no matter your size, you can do anything that other people can do, like becoming a superhero! The story begins with Kitty who is fed up of answering the phones at the Sensational Superhero Agency and…
A book about 100 dogs, you say? Yes please! I knew I’d love this the moment I set eyes on it and I wasn’t disappointed. Michael Whaite’s 100 Dogs (Puffin) is definitely NOT a stuffy list of kennel club breeds, but a rhyming romp through the wonderful, weird and sometimes naughty world of dogs. I’m…
Aalfred & Aalbert – written and illustrated by Morag Hood, published by Two Hoots Books. Aalfred and Aalbert are two aardvarks that are destined never to meet. One of them sleeps all day and the other sleeps all night. Nothing, it seems, can change that. Except a plan, some string and well placed broccoli, perhaps?…
Rachel Bright and Jim Field have done it again! And by ‘it’ – I mean produce a beautiful picture book! The Way Home for Wolf has to be my favourite (so far!). The story is about a determined wolf cub, Wilf, who likes to try everything on his own. But when the wolves have to…
Tropical Terry, written and illustrated by Jarvis, is a story about friendship, self-esteem, acceptance and learning to love who you are. Terry is a plain blue fish that lives in Coral Reef City, the home of the most dazzling shoals of tropical fish in the ocean. Terry lives with his best friends, Cilla the crab…
Cicada is the stunning new picture book from the master of storytelling, Shaun Tan. He takes us on an emotional journey, and then, right there in those final pages BAM! he takes us on a twist that was so unexpected and so delightful. Pure genius. Cicada is the most loyal of employees. He works hard,…
Hodge Podge Lodge (a rubbish story) is anything but! (although rubbish is the focus of the story). This is a charming tale highlighting the problems of litter and consuming too many things. The Pigwigs are a family who make a great deal of mess. But they never consider where their rubbish actually goes… Unfortunately for…
My soon-to-be 5 year old son absolutely adores maps. Maps and youtube are the 2 things that will hold his attention for longer than 5 minutes. He has a scarily accurate sense of direction too and a brilliant brain for remembering road names and how to get to places, he’s my real-life SatNav, it’s ace.…
Benji Davies has returned to his beautiful, cosy and warm-hearted storm whale world again, with this delightful follow-up called The Storm Whale in Winter. Once again, we’re in the company of Noi, his fisherman dad, their six cats (spotting all the cats on each of the picture book’s spreads is great fun as they’re always…
Fear of the dark is a fairly common theme to be found in picture books, but rarely is it addressed so magically and so well as in Marie Voigt’s The Light in the Night. Our main character, a little girl called Betty, isn’t the one afraid of night-time darkness. In fact she loves it: ‘with…
Lantana Publishing have really launched into the publishing world with some absolutely stunning, thoughtful picture books. It’s always a great post day when one of their publications arrives (You’re Snug With Me, Tomorrow, ). The latest arrival, Sing To The Moon from Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl & Sandra van Doorn, didn’t fail to disappoint. ‘If I had one…
From the creator who gave us Pool, comes another glorious wordless picture book. Welcome to JiHyeon Lee’s Door. Now this story begins with the endpapers at the very beginning. Don’t ever forget those, particularly in the case of this book. Or, you won’t know how that all important key appears. When our narrator is shown…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
His books are a great way help kids read while soaking up important Science concepts without even knowing it. Ironically,…
Ooh, this sounds fantastic!