Ten Little Monsters, from Mike Brownlow and Simon Rickerty, is part of the fabulous Ten Little picture book series. A counting book with fun and rhyme – this one concentrates on counting backwards from ten. ‘Ten little monsters waken from their sleep, Blinking in the candlelight, in the castle deep, Going trick or treating, will…
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…
Bonkers about Beetroot is the debut picture book written by Cath Jones and illustrated by Chris Jevons. Every so often, a picture book comes along that feels really fresh and different from the others on the market, and ‘Bonkers about Beetroot’ is one of them! There are so many things to love about the book,…
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…
It’s a heart thumpingly brilliant moment when a shiny new tome from picture book extraordinaire Anthony Browne pops through the letter box…. and Hide And Seek is his 50th, yep 50th book. Wowzas! Browne is a marvellous story teller, Hide And Seek is no exception. The main characters, Poppy and Cy, are sad since their…
Today didn’t start well. In fact it started at 4.45am as 2-year-old Ben angrily pounded on the nursery door “LET. ME. OUT”. Excellent. Another 3 words in his repertoire and more evidence for the neighbours that we’re keeping the children hostage. It took 4 attempts to get 3-year-old Alice downstairs and a further 2 attempts…
Have You Seen My Giraffe? written by Michelle Robinson and illustrated by Claire Powell, is a fantastically fun picture book! We were so excited to read Have You Seen My Giraffe? in our household – giraffes being one of our favourite animals! My daughter was fascinated with the front cover and promptly went about popping the…
I Want To Be In A Scary Story is the latest collaboration between Sean Taylor and Jean Jullien (Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise). When a little monster asks the narrator to be in a scary story, we suppose that she wants to be the scary one. But no, the cute little craggy-toothed creature is transported…
A girl powered Walliams-esk, romping read! There is one phrase to describe The Matilda Effect by Ellie Irving and that’s ‘GIRL POWER’! Matilda is a young, enthusiastic inventor who is overshadowed by her male and somewhat useless counterparts. After losing to the ultra-untalented Thomas Thomas at Arnos Yarm’s School Science Competition AND learning her grandmother…
As a boisterous bambino, my brother Brett slotted neatly into the reluctant reader category. Mum loves to regale us with the story of how bouncing Brett would only ever sit through two picture books. And even then, he mostly did so while standing on his head. The first book was aptly entitled ‘Big Mouth’ (sorry…
I’m always fascinated to read about the oddball creative processes of great writers. …Victor Hugo wrote ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ entirely in the buff. Under tremendous deadline pressure, he placed himself under house arrest, stripped naked and coiled himself in a grey shawl. …Agatha Christie insisted that her architect make room for a big…
Elys Dolan is back, with her trade mark wit and attention to brilliantly witty details… in The Doughnut of Doom. At the moment my instagram feed is full of lovely, smug people lying on crystal clear waters atop all manner of water floats, in the delicious sunshine… and there are ALOT of huge pink doughnuts…
The latest anthology from Stripes, A Change Is Gonna Come, is a wonderfully eclectic mix of short stories, perfectly opened and closed with poetry from Musa Okwonga ‘The Elders on the Wall’ and Inua Ellams ‘Of Lizard Skin and Dust Storms’. Commissioned in response to a lack of diverse voices in UK publishing, A…
There’s a silly old bear of very little brain (but great wisdom) that goes by the name of Pooh. And at the ripe old age of 91, we get to cherish a new story starring his rumbly tummy and loyal friend Piglet. Giles Andreae, Picture book veteran and award-winning author of ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’, brings…
Kiki and Bobo’s Sunny Day, is an adorable lift-the-flaps story by the award-winning author, illustrator and animator, Yasmeen Ismail. In this seemingly simple trip to the seaside, Kiki can hardly wait to swim in the sea. Poor Bobo, however, looks about as excited as a teacher on the last day of the summer holidays… When…
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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…