Trixie, the star of James Brown’s new picture book Jingle Spells, is no ordinary witch. While all the other witches are spending Halloween ‘gobbling gloop-filled gobstoppers’, she’s busy wishing that an entirely different holiday would come around… Christmas! Her friends don’t understand her love for all things Christmassy but, determined to convince them how magical…
A novel filled with atmosphere and charm, Fisher’s The Clockwork Crow will leave you spellbound. A charming middle-grade novel, perfect for snuggling up with during Winter!
Katherine Rundell (The Wolf Wilder, Rooftoppers) and Emily Sutton’s (Lots) One Christmas Wish is heart thumpingly beautiful, tender and uplifting. It is THE book to gift on Christmas Eve. Without a doubt. ‘It was Christmas Eve, and Theodore was fighting a cardboard box.’ …and so the story begins. Theo is alone, apart from a snoring babysitter.…
Red And Lulu is a jaw-dropping beautiful picture book. It truly is. Matt Tavares has carefully created a Christmas picture book with stays away from over the top schmaltz and sentimentality, but still manages to nudge the heart strings oh so gently. Red and Lulu are two gorgeous birds who have found the most gorgeous…
It’s another fabulously funny caper from Tom McLaughlin, thanks to his Accidental series. The Accidental Father Christmas is a great novel which doesn’t fail to hit the festive funny bone. Ben is a curious kid. Does Father Christmas really, really exist? Ben has sent him plenty of letters over the years, all nicely written, asking for…
Ten Little Elves, from the team that created Ten Little Monsters, is a thoroughly enjoyable festive treat for little listeners. The reindeer are ill. And. It’s Christmas Eve. Oooops. Ten intrepid little elves set out on a mission of epic proportions to locate the much needed cough drops. Can they save the day? Those who know this…
WARNING: AN ELVES ONLY PICTURE BOOK REVIEW Let’s talk about stocking fillers. I’m always a bit flummoxed when online stocking filler searches offer up bulky, bank-busting suggestions. Although wonderful, a helicopter, a personalised football and an engraved child’s bracelet (with birthstone!!!) are not, to my mind, stocking fillers. Traditionally, Christmas stockings were stuffed with small…
The Princess and the Christmas Rescue by Caryl Hart and Sarah Warburton is a clever and engaging rhyming adventure with a Christmas twist. Princess Eliza is not allowed out, so she stays in the castle alone, inventing things. Her parents disapprove and suggest she makes friends and stops getting so messy. Bored and lonely she…
The Twelve Days of Christmas from Alison Ritchie and Marisa Morea is joyful dog-themed Christmas fun in a neat picture book format. The jaunty rhyme and rhythm made this great fun to read out loud. With each turn of the page, the appropriate number of dogs get up to festive themed mischief as they prepare…
I’ve been in a terrible temper these last few weeks. Angrily stirring my brandy sodden Christmas cake mix, irritably stringing up twinkly lights and cantankerously clicking through my Amazon orders. Bah Humbug! I’ve had a lot to juggle and instead of doing what I usually do and popping on a bit of Roxette and dancing…
Oliver Elephant is a delightful rhyming Christmas read from writer Lou Peacock and illustrator Helen Stephens. The story is set in a gigantic department store where Mummy and Noah and Evie-May Brown arrive with a very long list, to do the Christmas Shopping. The first spread’s snowy scene, bright decorations and bustling street gets us…
The 1st of December can’t come quick enough for me. Each year. As soon as we are in to December, up goes our tree. Mince pies, a Christmas movie and tree decorating; baubles spill out over the floor as we put it together – then slump exhausted into the chairs to admire our creation. A…
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…
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow launches with a dim, dark start. Poor Morrigan has been labelled as a cursed child. Everything is her fault. Everything. Her family dislike her – such bad luck to have a cursed child. The apparent bleakness of tone is punctuated by some great touches of humour from Jessica Townsend. Morrigan…
There was high excitement in my house when we realised we were going to get a sneak preview of Sue Hendra and Paul Linnets’ new Supertato picture book: Evil Pea Rules! My youngest (now 6) has been a fan of the heroic spud since he swapped his World Book Day voucher for the first Supertato book…
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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…