Right about now, the world could use a good hero story… something to rescue us from all the chaos and lift our spirits. Luckily, heroes never go out of style and this most unlikely champ, from Florence Parry Heide’s How To Be A Hero, is sure to put a smile on your face. True of…
It’s My Pond is a delightful picture book from Claire Garralon, translated from its original French by Sarah Ardizzone. Garralon’s narrative is filled with charm and wit as we witness a team of ducks negotiate how to share the lovely blue pond. When it’s just yellow duck – ‘It’s my pond!’ – all is right…
Let’s face it… The beard trend might just be here to stay. Facial fuzz has been the fad of choice for the 2010s. The hipsters’ version of 30s’ slicked back hair, the 50s’ high waisted trousers and the 80s’ sweater around the neck. So I guess a picture book about a beard was bound to…
Sir Dancelot is probably not a bedtime story. At least not the way we read it. Don’t get comfortable. Get your boogie shoes on. Stick the cassette in the deck, because… ‘You should be dancing!’ And it goes a little something like this… Sir Dancealot gets all the fearsome beasties to ‘Beat It’ when he ‘Jumps…
I Don’t Want Curly Hair, is the first picture book Laura Ellen Anderson has both written and illustrated – you may recognise her style from the hugely popular Witch Wars series. I Don’t Want Curly Hair is brimming with energy and fun, opening with the larger than life lines… ‘NO! I do NOT want this…
This Is Banjo Patterson is the latest picture book collaboration between Tania McCartney and Christina Booth. If you are looking for a wonderful way to weave great poetry into your little listeners’ lives – this book is just the one. Tania McCartney’s narrative gently guides us through the tale of the famous poet – Banjo…
There’s A Pig Up My Nose!, created by John Dougherty and Laura Hughes, is a wonderfully funny picture book. Poor Natalie was lying in her bed, fast asleep, when a pig trotted into the house, up the stairs and straight into… Natalie’s nose. Quite incredibly her Dad doesn’t believe her when she tells him what…
Edie is the wonderfully fun picture book from author/illustrator Sophy Henn. ‘Hello! My name is Edie. I am EVER so helpful.’ No really, she is… honest! This is a giggle inducing picture book about the most endearing character, Edie – who is keen as mustard to help absolutely everyone in her family. She helps her…
Fred, Sid, Belle and Bill, are Four Silly Skeletons who love to dance. Music gets their bones moving and a-shaking. But when they choose to ignore their dear, sweet Aunty June’s warning, the loveable lot boogie, skip and hop straight down a ‘GREAT BIG DROP!’ With it’s rhythmic and rhyming text, you can’t help but…
The Famishing Vanishing Mahoosive Mammoth is a great rollicking rhyming picture book from Hollie Hughes and Leigh Hodgkinson. When a mahoosive mammoth wakes up one morning so hungry that he thinks he might vanish – his little friend Bug resolves to help him out. A banana, a tree and a lovely lunch are all given,…
Where Bear? is a delightful picture book for little ones, from the superbly talented Sophy Henn, (Pom Pom Gets The Grumps.) It’s all very well owning a cute little bear cub, but one day that bear is going to grow … and grow … until it really is time to find somewhere more suitable to…
It’s that time of year… every step fraught with muddy puddle danger. Park the car in the wrong spot… and suddenly you’re armpit deep in a boghole! And the kids seem to have a sixth sense for seeking out puddles, like little sludge-seeking missiles. No doubt thanks to a certain Pig who shall not be…
I didn’t think I’d turn into my Mum. But I’ve turned into my Mum. With ALL the same catchphrases… *Toddler pokes tongue*… “The wind’ll change and you’ll be stuck like that!”… *Toddler’s 1cm from the tellie*… “Don’t sit so close you’ll ruin your eyes”. And the Mum-equivalent of the red detonation button…. “YOU’VE GOT UNTIL…
Thank Goodness For Bob, a picture book from Matthew Morgan and Gabriel Alborozo, is a gem of a book which is wonderful for little worriers. ‘Max worried. A lot.’ Poor Max worries about a huge myriad of things – the dark, nobody likes / people like him too much, being kidnapped by aliens. Morgan’s delicate…
Be A Friend is the latest picture book from Salina Yoon, and it’s just wonderful. ‘Dennis was an ordinary boy … who expressed himself in EXTRAORDINARY ways.’ With a beautiful opening, we learn that Dennis loves mime. All the time. During show and tell, during break time… Dennis mimes, because that makes him comfortable. But…
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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!