Jetpack Jelly by Alice Hemming, illustrated by Emma Randall – white book band. The Space Place cafe is full of wibbly wobbly jelly. Spacey Stacey’s jelly is so popular she’s not sure she can deliver it all in time for her trip to Picnic Planet. Her robot friend, Timble, has a plan! He has created a…
A book about 100 dogs, you say? Yes please! I knew I’d love this the moment I set eyes on it and I wasn’t disappointed. Michael Whaite’s 100 Dogs (Puffin) is definitely NOT a stuffy list of kennel club breeds, but a rhyming romp through the wonderful, weird and sometimes naughty world of dogs. I’m…
The Oojamaflip by Lou Treleaven, illustrated by Julia Patton – turquoise book band. Professor McQuark loves to invent! As she wrestles with her self-making bed, she comes up with another fantastic idea – the Oojamaflip. Determined to succeed, she enters her new invention into the Science Fair. The day of the fair arrives and she…
Aalfred & Aalbert – written and illustrated by Morag Hood, published by Two Hoots Books. Aalfred and Aalbert are two aardvarks that are destined never to meet. One of them sleeps all day and the other sleeps all night. Nothing, it seems, can change that. Except a plan, some string and well placed broccoli, perhaps?…
Tropical Terry, written and illustrated by Jarvis, is a story about friendship, self-esteem, acceptance and learning to love who you are. Terry is a plain blue fish that lives in Coral Reef City, the home of the most dazzling shoals of tropical fish in the ocean. Terry lives with his best friends, Cilla the crab…
Hodge Podge Lodge (a rubbish story) is anything but! (although rubbish is the focus of the story). This is a charming tale highlighting the problems of litter and consuming too many things. The Pigwigs are a family who make a great deal of mess. But they never consider where their rubbish actually goes… Unfortunately for…
Show of hands please. Who made a New Year’s Resolution to spend less time on social media? Yep, just as I thought… basically everyone. Now hands up if after deleting the Facebook app you snuck back on. Go on, be honest, it was just a peek right? And then you had to “check” Twitter, while…
This interactive, press-and-play picture books for younger children is probably one of the most important books to be published in the past 10 years. Farts in the Wild takes a highly educational approach to teaching children how to recognise many different animals’ distinct farts (a different one for each page). The book depicts common fart-inducing…
There are few things more frustrating than losing something. Last week, my light-fingered three-year-old moved my Fitbit. Being three, our conversation about where he’d put it was… taxing. “Ben, have you seen Mummy’s Fitbit?” “Yes Ben seen it.” “Did you touch Mummy’s Fitbit?” “Yes Ben put it away.” * My eye may or may not…
Yes! It’s the second in the series of this fabulous trilogy. Loved The Boy Who Grew Dragons, couldn’t wait to see where Andy Shepherd had taken Tomas on his dragon journey. Let’s set the scene – Tomas and his Grandad spend time together in the garden. It’s their time, sorting the plants and chatting as…
A Very Corgi Christmas, from Sam Hay and Loretta Schauer, is a fun adventure, set in the Royal Palace. As the Palace bustles with Christmas excitement, the older corgis look on with reserve and dismay, they “were not amused.” Except for Bella, she LOVES Christmas. But when Bella is told that she is getting in the way and…
The Albie books by Caryl Hart and Ed Eaves are always packed full of fun and bold, beautiful illustrations. This new Albie adventure, How To Ride A Polar Bear (the 8th in the series) is no exception. This time Albie is off to the “fusty and dusty” museum and is not thrilled about it. But from the…
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…
Hugest, warmest welcome to children’s author, Claire Barker. I adored her latest novel, Picklewitch and Jack. So I’m delighted that she’s popped into My Book Corner today, to answer our questions. Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I am a children’s author living in wild Devon. I write magical, funny fantasy books for…
I send my three-year-old son to bed with a dolly in a pink dress. I tell my five-year-old daughter that girls can be astronauts. We’re a girl power, gender-neutral sort of household. And yet, my daughter wanted to throw the school race, so that one of the boys could win. Why? Because she loves him,…
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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…