Scott Evans, aptly known as The Reader Teacher, has put together an incredibly comprehensive guide, full of practical advice and solutions, to help teachers and adults encourage young learners to develop a love of reading. In his introduction, Scott describes reading as being ‘the most important thing we can teach in our schools’ and goes…
Milo has an idea for a story but he doesn’t know to start. He asks all his family for help and one by one they encourage him to create his own fantastic tale. Wolves, monsters, sticky fingers and sharp-toothed tigers all play a part in his brilliant new adventure. Do you have an idea for…
Hugest, warmest welcome to Frances Tosdevin whose book – The Bear and Her Book – illustrated by Sophia O’Connor, is hitting the shelves. The Bear and Her Book is utterly delightful. Thoughtful, warm and wonderfully mesmerising – it’s filled with joy. An absolute treat. I’m jumping up and down with excitement to be inviting Frances…
To be fair, I never even thought about tractors… until I read this book! I Love Tractors, from Davina Bell and Jenny Løvlie, is much more than the love of tractors itself. It is really about a little boy who enjoys learning everything about his favourite subject. So he is always in search for books…
Well it’s just the strangest thing. I was heading into the kids’ room for the morning tidy up. I had to tiptoe through the usual obstacle course of rumpled pyjamas and Lego pieces just daring my unslippered foot to make contact. But my heart skipped a beat as I spied. . . footprints. Actually, they…
Come and take a peek at Rashmi Sirdespande’s very first picture book to hit the shelves. She’s teamed up with the talented Diane Ewen to produce a glorious romp, with a T-Rex of course, through the power of books. Just remember, Never Show a T-Rex a Book! But. What would happen if you DID show…
We’ve all been under house arrest for just so long. We’ve built Lego towers as tall as the ceiling and kicked footballs so hard our shoes flew off (maybe that’s just me). We’ve sweated our way through Joe Wicks’ workouts in our slippers. We’ve tried our darnedest to make it fun. But we’re. . .…
Creating I Don’t Like Books. Never. Ever. The End. with Sharon Davey has been the hugest privilege. It really has. I’m so chuffed that Sharon has popped over to MyBookCorner today to give a really intriguing insight into picture book creation, from an illustrator’s perspective – the very first post in our brand new series…
Emma Perry is an author in her own right. Her debut picture book – with illustrator Sharon Davey – is about to hit the shelves, published by David Fickling. It’s called I DON’T LIKE BOOKS. NEVER. EVER. THE END. and I hear it’s pretty special.
What an unusual story this ‘lets-find-a-story’ story is! Translated from the original Spanish, this book is a whirlwind of ideas and jokes for children who are ready for a few more words in their picture books. Each page is a busy mix of story text, illustrations, signposts, and chat. Yes chat – the pictures all…
Award-winning book creator Sarah McIntyre’s Grumpycorn picture book simply begs you to read it with its brilliantly bold and superbly sparkly cover featuring the star of the show – a rainbow-maned Unicorn wearing a rather fetching, purple sweater…and a scowl. And no wonder he’s such a Grumpycorn! Unicorn wants to write the most fabulous story…
The Paper & Hearts Society, the debut Young Adult novel from Lucy Powrie, is a huge hug in book form – perfect for book lovers and introverts everywhere. Meet Tabby, she’s staying with her Gran over the summer holidays. She loves that, but this summer is different – at the end of it she’ll be…
Everyone has their favourite book, correct? The one that pulls you into the story, the one whose characters you think about long after the final pages have been read. Now imagine. Just imagine for a minute if you could literally wander into their world? Welcome to Tilly and the Bookwanderers, made for book lovers everywhere! Now, before…
I’m a HUGE fan of Morag Hood. I adore her ability to tell an engrossing story with a wonderfully low word count – she gets straight to the heart of her characters, their story and delves right in. And then of course are her illustrations – gloriously bold and full of humour. The result is…
Little Red Reading Hood is a fun, fairy tale twist from Lucy Rowland and Ben Mantle. I love this rhyming version of Little Red, who spends her time with her head stuck in a book, ‘dreaming up stories and laughing out loud.’ But as tends to happen to many an ardent library user – she…
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Ooh, this sounds fantastic!
Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
I often hope to find interviews with Margaret Wild who fascinates me and whose work I adore. Thoroughly enjoyed this…