The Dressing-up Dad from Maudie Smith and Paul Howard. As a little one you adore your parents. Absolutely adore them. Then that time emerges when their quirks become a little less adorable, a little more embarrassing… until you feel the need to hide them away. Safely. As a parent I’ve accepted, even relished this role,…
When I think back to my childhood, it’s like a slowmo rerun of the ‘Wonder Years’; barefoot brats pedalling through suburbia, spokey dokes clacking and Joe Cocker wailing in the background. Fast-forward a couple of years and I’m leafing through a Judy Blume while Roxette’s ‘Dressed for Success’ reverberates from my boombox. Then… High school.…
Children’s book publisher Nosy Crow, have teamed up with the British Museum to launch a new collection of books… this stunning one caught my eye. Origami, Poems and Pictures celebrates three Japanese art forms giving it more depth and breadth than your average activity book. The book contains instructions for folding 13 different origami models,…
You can see a lot of things from our very narrow veranda in Australia. The very narrow veranda runs along our very yellow house, which faces the cobalt Coral Sea. And when you sit on the very narrow veranda, it’s a bit like sitting in the aisle of a bus. So Mum and Dad bought…
At the time of writing this, it was very early on Tuesday 23rd May. I woke up, switched on the news and children were fleeing a concert in Manchester. Children. Parents were on the radio, desperate to find their missing kids. It was, and it still is, unbearably heart breaking. Someone, somewhere, once wrote: “As…
The Birthday Invitation, a delightful picture book from Lucy Rowland and Laura Hughes, takes its readers on a wonderful and unexpected journey. It all begins with a birthday invitation. Ella’s birthday party is tomorrow. She diligently writes her invitations for a special birthday tea, then heads off to deliver them. As she rushes through the…
My New Room is the latest picture book from Lisa Stickley (Handstand). Little Edith, who will obviously be bigger next year, moved… last Wednesday. Thankfully all her toys came with her. Each of her toys has a special new place, in Edith’s special new bedroom. But where? Little ones will enjoy the voice Stickley gives…
My Dad’s name’s Dave. He always goes by Dave. Not Dad. Just Dave. It suits him. Once, when Mum was high on Novocaine at the dentist, she called for her ‘Man of Steel’. That’s because Dave runs an Australian steel business. Dave… The Man of Steel. It has a certain ring to it. Making a…
Grumpy Frog is NOT grumpy, he’s quite insistent about this fact – even when questioned by a rather knowing narrator. But, this particular frog does like very particular things… the colour green, hopping, and winning. No other colour will do, no other activity will do (even when his friends ask him to do other things),…
So much for waking up to the sound of birdsong… It’s 05:30. I’ve woken to a sodden nappy on my face. Ben, our one year old, likes to clamber into the bed and lie not near us, not beside us, but on us. If we’re lucky he’ll offer to share his dummy. The kids wake…
Ever had that moment where you’ve lost something? Something really essential, and you just know it must be close by. Really close? Welcome to Morris Mole’s day in Mrs Morris, I’m Home! the latest picture book from Jarvis. Morris Mole has had a terribly long day, he’s feet ache and he just wants to get…
My mum’s a light touch doomsday-prepper. Not the kind who stores gallons of water and gas masks in the cellar (although if we had a cellar she most definitely would). She’s more the… err domestic kind. Prepared for “end of the world household situations”. Like when you run out of cling film. Da da da…
Every year I embark on an annual migration Down Under to reconnect with my wolf pack. But these days it’s a very different journey. My flight routine – which used to consist of me happily gorging on a Toblerone, wildly leafing through a National Enquirer, before settling in for a neck jarring 8-hour kip –…
This week, our spirited three-year-old Alice felt “just a bit sad”. Alice is curious, determined and effervescent… but almost never sad. She cried a little in Beauty and the Beast… popcorn hanging off her protruded bottom lip. She called her best friend James a “banana”… then felt so bad about it she trudged off on…
I Can Only Draw Worms, a picture book from Will Mabbitt, is filled with quirky humour and… worms! Who knew so much fun could be had with worms – thankfully the narrator of this book does. Which is just as well… because he/she can ONLY draw worms. Ooops. But. That’s ok, although they all do…
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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!