With a title like this, how could this not be an instant hit? Two siblings I know jumped at the chance to read it and I had to literally wrestle it off them in order to write this review. Jo Simmon’s premise is simple, but genius. A younger boy, fed up of being tormented by…
King Carl and the Wish – At last! The funfair has come to town. There are so many exciting games to play, which will King Carl play first? A surprise is waiting for him at the hoop stand where he meets a wizard who grants him a wish. If you were given a wish, what…
The Missing Masterpiece is the fourth picture book adventure for Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam, two dogs who transferred their affections from burglary to baking long ago – but crime still seems to follow them wherever they go! This time they’re off to… ‘Paris! So – ooh la la – smart, with cafés and cheese…
Attack of the Zombees is such a fun nature-based, comic book/chapter book mash-up! Book two in Tony De Saulles Bee Boy series sees Melvin Meadly (aka a boy with weird special powers that enable him to turn into a bee and become Bee Boy!) investigate a batch of sinister honey making school children sick. Behind the…
They’ve done it again! Patricia Cleveland-Peck and David Tazzyman‘s You Can’t Let An Elephant Drive A Digger is laugh out loud funny. With rollicking rhymes featuring all kinds of bizarre situations, this one had little listeners giggling. Lots. With fautless rhyme and rhythm – because there should be no other kind in picture books –…
Frankie Banister and his parents run a hotel in Brighton which has been in the family for over 100 hundred years. All good so far. Except that Frankie’s family actively discourage many visitors… they even post terrible reviews of the hotel to ensure that people are not tempted to book. This is no ordinary hotel…
How on Earth could such a tiny, unassuming fish like little Steve be so scary? Well, this fun, frolic of a picture book shows you how! In a neat, punchy prose style that hooks you (see what I did there?) straight in, we get to know ickle Steve. And, over the course of the first…
It’s A Wrap is the final installment in the Waiting For Callback trilogy – bittersweet moment for sure. So keen to find out what happens to these characters, but, ah! Is it really the end?!?! If you haven’t discovered Elektra, the creation of Perdita and Honor Cargill, here’s a quick – spoiler free – re-cap……
You ever have those weeks where you suffer from “failure to thrive”? This week I made custard so thick we could have repointed the patio with it. I served it in a square bowl with blueberry eyes and a cocoa mouth. It made Ben cry. Then there was the play date where our visitors tried…
We’ve been excitedly following Kate Wiseman’s route to publication here at My Book Corner, and so today we are delighted, along with the lovely Scott Evans aka The Reader Teacher, to be revealing the ACTUAL COVER of the second in her fabulously quirky Gangster School series – The Brotherhood of Brimstone. Drum roll please… The glorious…
Bad Nana is the unstoppable character taking centre stage in this fabulous new series of illustrated younger fiction from Sophy Henn. Get your lemon sherbets and sparkly pink turbans ready… Nana is here! Bad Nana: Older Not Wiser is neatly divided in to three chapters – three perfect bedtime reading chunks. Also the perfect length…
Billy And The Beast is the latest picture book from Nadia Shireen (The Cow Who Fell To Earth) – it’s a stonkingly good one, with great humour emanating from both the narrative and the illustrations. Billy and The Beast is chock-a-block full of humourous touches that had my audiences giggling heaps when I read it…
Another deliciously funny and witty picture book from Morag Hood… I Am Bat had us giggling aplenty. Bat is quite the character. He has VERY set opinions when it comes to what he does, and does not like. He DOES like cherries. Very much. He will NOT be happy if anyone takes them. Any of…
Woohoo! It’s the next installment of Noah’s adventures. Simon James Green‘s debut novel, Noah Can’t Even, had us giggling in all the right places. Such a joy to delve back in to the life of Noah once again. Green takes us further in to the life of Noah – in this second novel we seem…
I’m a HUGE fan of Morag Hood. I adore her ability to tell an engrossing story with a wonderfully low word count – she gets straight to the heart of her characters, their story and delves right in. And then of course are her illustrations – gloriously bold and full of humour. The result is…
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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…