Fear of the dark is a fairly common theme to be found in picture books, but rarely is it addressed so magically and so well as in Marie Voigt’s The Light in the Night. Our main character, a little girl called Betty, isn’t the one afraid of night-time darkness. In fact she loves it: ‘with…
You’re Safe With Me from Chitra Soundar and Poonam Mistry is the most beautifully illustrated, warm tale that we’ve come across in a long time. “When the moon rose high and the stars twinkled it was bedtime for baby animals.” …and so begins Soundar’s story. However all is not well when the night grows dark…
Lemony Snicket AND Jon Klassen. Together. In one glorious book. Heaven! Without the tiniest flicker of being patronising Snicket and Klassen deftly tackle a common childhood fear – the dark. Snicket immediately personifies dark, it is something all around. It hides in that cupboard under the stairs during the daytime, but comes out at night.…
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…
Into The Forest by Anthony Browne is a cleverly crafted picture book designed to approach many natural childhood fears
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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…