These two brilliant non fiction titles will give your budding baker or formula 1 fan a hands-on reason to get creative. With its step-by-step guide to building your own moving racing car with items you can easily find in the home, How To Build A Racing Car by author and “maker” Fran Scott and illustrator…
Dawn Treacher is a children’s book author, illustrator and plush artist based in North Yorkshire. She has a love for anything whimsical and ten years ago began creating creatures in socks under the name, Treacher Creatures. Over the years she’s embraced all manner of materials to make creatures and has specialised in re-creating children’s book characters for…
Hello, my name is Tita! I am a children’s writer and illustrator from Brazil and I am really happy to be writing for the prestigious My Book Corner. For my first review I chose a wonderful wordless picture book by Alice Hoogstad. The book starts at the endpapers, where all we can see is an…
The Bird Within Me written and illustrated by Sara Lundberg, translated by BJ Epstein, is an exquisitely told story about following your dreams. About finding that fire in your belly, that determination and self-belief. Always. Based on the paintings, letters and diaries of the Swedish artist Berta Hansson, Lundberg has created a heartfelt story. She…
‘May we all remember every day that we have the right to be happy and to explore wildely.’ Chuck out the soppy Princess must be rescued by a prince type bedtime tales, and delve into Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls from Elena Favili and Francesca Cavallo breaks the mold. Empowering, truly…
It is totally a thing. Colouring books are not just for kids. Official. It’s the new kind of therapy that many are turning to. Such a useful way to fill snippets of time, whilst providing the mind with time and space to pause and relax. These are my top ten recommendations for adult colouring books…
The moment a BIG Kids Magazine lands on the door mat is always a big moment, and not just due to the heavy thud it makes, (this is one substantial magazine!) The arrival of Issue 10:Humans, was no exception. BIG’s unique stance is to feature the work of both children and artists side by side.…
“draw on the pages, mess up the maps, colour in edges and write on the backs” … and so begins Issue Two in the BIG adventure, a substantial magazine aimed at sparking creativity, engagement and curiosity amongst its readers. Taking the theme of Treasure Maps as its focus, BIG reached out to all artists –…
Since his appointment, Chris Riddell, the UKs new children’s laureate, has wasted no time in shining a beautiful bright light on the pleasure and benefits gained from … daily doodling. With Chris encouraging us all, big and small, to doodle away the arrival of M. J. Bronstein’s beautiful book, PhotoPlay!, filled with invitations to doodle,…
Open that wonderful die-cut cover and delve into the wonderfully thick pages that hold the key to Sozi’s imagination. Her Idea, created by Rilla Alexander, is for those who have ideas, oh so many ideas flying around – dreams, passions – yet struggle to bring them to life, to make them real. This is for…
Exciting, fresh and fun quite aptly describe Jo Empson’s debut picture book, Rabbityness. Rabbit likes doing quite ordinary things. Empson’s series of short sentences prefixed with ‘Rabbit liked …’ lead the reader through the first few pages. They are filled with the black rabbit set against green hues, and plenty of white space. This leads…
Dog Loves Drawing, the follow up to the award winning Dog Loves Books, is a clever little picture book which delights young readers immensely. Dog’s adoration for books is firmly established, however, when he receives a parcel containing a book with NO words and NO pictures … he is more than a little confused. This…
Peter H. Reynolds has a knack for not only celebrating, but going all out to encourage creativity and self expression in young readers and artists. This creative element makes his picture books a joy to read, share and absorb. Beginning with The Dot, then Ish, Sky Colour completes this confidence boosting trilogy. Marisol loves painting,…
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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!