Come and look at THIS! The Cat and the Rat and the Hat is a zingy, tongue-twisting, smile inducing picture book delight, from Em Lynas and Matt Hunt. Meet cat, who loves his mat. Then he meets rat, with a FABulous hat. Hmm cat likes the hat… oops! Add in a bat, and a cravat.…
Well, here’s a gorgeously fun and lively picture book – what a fabulous debut this is from Alice McKinley. Nine Lives Newton is a lovely comedy based around an unfortunate misunderstanding by Newton, an adorable dog, on the very first page. Newton has just found out that he has nine lives. Hooray! Oooo what can…
I’m not sure why, but there’s something special about stories featuring animals at Christmas time. Is it because they remind us of our own childhoods? Of solemnly arranging wooden sheep and cows around the Nativity crib? Or of the carols we looked forward to for much of the year? I always loved the reference to…
As a lover of cats and history, I was looking forward to reading Megan Rix’s Winston and the Marmalade Cat. My own marmalade cat, Horace, was interested too. He told me that he was especially keen to see how one of his brethren was portrayed in print. At least, I think that’s what he was…
The Cat Book from Silvia Borando is fun picture book designed to stimulate the imagination… and have some fun. With each turn of the page little ones are encouraged to interact with this book and take care of the cat. It all begins with a sleepy cat curled up in a ball – if you…
Counting With Tiny Cat is a delightfully fun picture book from Viviane Schwarz. Featuring that fabulous cat from the There Are Cats In This Book series, it showcases Schwarz’s fun visual humour and witty narrative. Tiny cat begins with ‘none’, then the number of red balls of wool increases. After four comes ‘even more’ –…
Rob Scotton combines his infamous character with Halloween creating another fun picture book in the Splat series. Splat needs to come up with a Halloween costume for school. A chance encounter with a creepy crawly on his pumpkin provides Splat with just the inspiration he was looking for. However whilst everyone else’s costumes look suitable…
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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…