• The Whopper

    Emma Perry

    Rebecca Ashdown’s picture book, The Whopper, is a quirky and amusing tale with a humorous lesson to impart. Percy’s Grandma loves to knit. The problem is that Grandma’s knitting isn’t to everyone’s taste. So when Percy’s new psychedelic jumper gets mislaid thanks to a dog and some muddy puddles Percy tells a little lie to…

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  • The Cloudspotter

    Emma Perry

    The Cloudspotter from Tom McLaughlin is a delightfully wistful picture book about friendship and the wonderful past time of cloud spotting. After some lovely cloud themed endpapers the reader is introduced to Franklin, otherwise known as The Cloudspotter. He doesn’t have any friends, but in his mind that is perfectly ok thank you very much…

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  • Toby And The Ice Giants
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    Toby And The Ice Giants

    Emma Perry

    Toby and The Ice Giants is going to be an invaluable resource for learning about the Ice Age.

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  • One Hundred Bones

    Emma Perry

    One Hundred Bones from Yuval Zommer is a fun picture book about a dog who digs up plenty of bones … then finds a new home too! Scruff is different from all his other friends. Without a home to go to, he doesn’t lead quite the same pampered life as Percy the pug and Ada…

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  • Lovely Old Lion

    Lovely Old Lion

    Emma Perry

    Lovely Old Lion from Julia Jarman and Susan Varely is a beautiful picture book, with a kind heart. Jarman’s narrative imparts the story of Lenny the lion. His much revered and respected Grandpa is the ‘kind and clever’ King Lion. Unfortunately, Lenny starts to notice confusing changes in Grandpa’s behaviour. ‘King Lion kept getting muddled.…

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  • Never Tickle A Tiger

    Never Tickle A Tiger

    Emma Perry

    Never Tickle A Tiger is the latest picture book creation from Pamela Butchart and Marc Boutavant. Never Tickle A Tiger features Izzy, Izzy is a girl who simply can not stop, ‘shuffling and jiggling, squirming and twitching, wriggling and fiddling.’ Yep, this is a girl who just can’t sit still – she jiggles the jelly…

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  • Superhero Dad

    Superhero Dad

    Emma Perry

    Superhero Dad from Timothy Knapman & Joe Berger is a fun filled picture book which will make a perfect gift on Father’s Day. With the fabulous cut out feature on the front cover Superhero Dad is a bit of a winner from the start. Quite literally. Our little narrator is quite sure that his dad…

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  • Horace and Hattiepillar

    Emma Perry

    Horace and Hattiepillar is the incredibly cute follow up to Lucy Tapper & Steve Wilson’s award winning picture book, Hedgehugs. Horace and Hattiepillar make a lovely discovery underneath a leaf – a fabulous caterpillar. They watch with wonder and amazement as this curious creature munches on leaves, before making a soft silky cocoon. When something…

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  • Poppy Pickle

    Emma Perry

    Poppy Pickle by Emma Yarlett is a wonderfully fun picture book celebrating the imagination. Poppy Pickle’s background is very, very ordinary. From her house, to her parents, to her cats … all are very ordinary. However, there is something about Poppy that makes her far from ordinary, ‘Poppy Pickle was full to the brim with…

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  • The Big Monster Snoreybook

    Emma Perry

    The Big Monster Snoreybook by Leigh Hodgkinson is a rather noisy picture book, filled with monster snores and giggles galore. The Big Monster Snoreybook opens with a little lie … ‘Oh dear. I am sorry to say that you happen to be reading a very dull book.’ The narrator takes the reader past various monsters,…

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  • Get Out of My Bath!

    Emma Perry

    Get Out of My Bath! from Britta Teckentrup is a fun picture book which is really going to appeal to the youngest listeners. Combining bath time antics, interactivity and those lovely shiny pages it’s just perfect to delve into just before bed (& bath) time. Ellie is really enjoying her bath, complete with a glorious…

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  • Pom Pom Gets the Grumps

    Emma Perry

    Pom Pom Gets the Grumps, a delightful picture book created by Sophy Henn, highlights the trials and tribulations of a toddler’s life when absolutely nothing is quite right. Poor Pom Pom really is having one of those days. Truly. Absolutely nothing is going right. He can’t find his blanky, his breakfast juice has bits in…

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  • Hungry Roscoe

    Emma Perry

    Hungry Roscoe, a picture book created by David J. Plant, features a rather cheeky raccoon who is very, very hungry. Roscoe is so over ‘eating rotten junk’ from the bin in the park, it’s time to take action. Roscoe is quite envious of those animals in the zoo who receive a bountiful supply of lovely,…

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  • David Tazzyman

    David Tazzyman

    Emma Perry

    David Tazzyman illustrator of the brilliantly funny You Can’t Take an Elephant on a Bus has popped into My Book Corner. Here he shares his worst habits, some sneaky peeks behind the scenes of You Can’t Take an Elephant on a Bus, plus he reveals the title of his next book! Tell us about you in 25 words…

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  • You Can’t Take an Elephant on a Bus

    Emma Perry

    You Can’t Take an Elephant on a Bus is a fabulously fun picture book from Patricia Cleveland-Peck and David Tazzyman (Mr Gum series.) Rhyme, rhythm and plenty of giggles feature in this tale about where you really shouldn’t be seeing animals! From ‘tigers on trains’ to a ‘pig on a skateboard’ the narrative tells us…

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