Black Dog by Levi Pinfold is a beautiful picture book about fear, about over coming fear. It’s also a picture book with a wonderfully large, feel good dose of old fashioned charm emanating from those delightful illustrations. It all begins when Mr Hope spies ‘a black dog the size of a tiger’ outside his house. The…
Charlotte Lance claims to be ‘the mother of two boys who refuse to change out of their super hero costumes’, and I just LOVE that!! In her ‘spare’ time she has written a gorgeous new picture book entitled A Really Super Hero. Absolutely delighted that she has stopped by at My Book Corner to answer…
A Really Super Hero is a fun filled picture book which oozes charm. Charlotte Lance’s rhyming text is sure to bring out a smile or two. With a four lined stanza rocking each page our little narrator is quite determined to be a hero, a super hero if you don’t mind. Especially now that ‘my…
Never Too Little to Love is an adorable little book with many endearing qualities. That vibrant red cover, adorned with shiny gold hearts, opens to reveal the dilemma facing Tiny Too-Little. Tiny Too-Little is a cute little mouse, but the ‘somebody’ he is in love with is ‘right up there’. That’s a really long way…
Do you know a little person who just LOVES to feed the ducks at the pond? Then this one is a must read. Just Ducks is a creative picture book from Nicola Davies which elegantly combines fiction and non-fiction, neatly integrating some wonderfully valuable duck-ish titbits. What a great way to learn. The lyrical tone…
Bea from Christine Sharp is delightful, imaginative and something a little bit special. Wonderful alliterative sentences and illustrations filled with texture and vibrancy, combine to present a captivating story featuring little Bea. Little Bea is a bird who likes to be, absolutely revels in being different. Just glance at that cheeky character on the front page –…
All Monkeys Love Bananas is a fun-filled, witty picture book from Sean Avery. Everybody knows that monkeys adore bananas – breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I mean, what else would they be eating? Imagine the shock waves that emerge when one young monkey ‘young Lou McGrew’ decides that, quite frankly, he’s really and truly had enough…
I Dare You Not to Yawn. No really! I do. When you open this book, turn the pages … you ARE going to yawn. At some point, at least once … before you reach the end! See that little guy on the front cover. He has a VERY important tip for his young readers –…
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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!