A Really Super Hero is a fun filled picture book which oozes charm. Charlotte Lance’s rhyming text is sure to bring out a smile or two. With a four lined stanza rocking each page our little narrator is quite determined to be a hero, a super hero if you don’t mind. Especially now that ‘my…
Bea from Christine Sharp is delightful, imaginative and something a little bit special. Wonderful alliterative sentences and illustrations filled with texture and vibrancy, combine to present a captivating story featuring little Bea. Little Bea is a bird who likes to be, absolutely revels in being different. Just glance at that cheeky character on the front page –…
All Monkeys Love Bananas is a fun-filled, witty picture book from Sean Avery. Everybody knows that monkeys adore bananas – breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I mean, what else would they be eating? Imagine the shock waves that emerge when one young monkey ‘young Lou McGrew’ decides that, quite frankly, he’s really and truly had enough…
I Dare You Not to Yawn. No really! I do. When you open this book, turn the pages … you ARE going to yawn. At some point, at least once … before you reach the end! See that little guy on the front cover. He has a VERY important tip for his young readers –…
Two Little Bugs is a picture book with a difference; a beautiful storyline, and imaginatively crafted illustrations bring pure delight to its readers.
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…
Utilizing a fun, comic strip style narrative Raymond Brigg’s classic picture book, Father Christmas, is one that we reach for year after year. Father Christmas is portrayed by Briggs as an incredibly down to earth chap, if not just little bit grumpy. I mean, traipsing across the world in the cold and dark, with blizzards…
We’ve chosen Olivia Helps with Christmas for My Book Corner due to it’s ability to single handedly capture that intense excitement and anticipation felt on Christmas Eve. You know the sort – endless trips to the window to see if he has arrived … As preparations for the big day begin in earnest Olivia feels…
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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…