Everyone, a picture book from Christopher Silas Neal, has an important message within its pages – that whether you are a boy or girl, young or old, no matter where you come from, we all have the same feelings. Everyone laughs and everyone cries. I like that the character in the book is a boy. All…
Almost Anything is the wonderfully warm and empowering new picture book from Sophy Henn. George, an adorable white rabbit, is feeling very short on confidence. He sits atop a tree stump watching his friends having lots of fun – from painting to skittles and dancing. But George won’t join in – because he fears that…
‘Happiness is carrot cake, goldfish, marmalade, and trees in Autumn.’ The Fox On The Swing – by Evelina Daciute & Ausra Kiudulaite – is a picture book that celebrates friendship and happiness, shouting about the later whilst swinging in the park! Happiness is orange! As Fox tells us, in this longer than normal picture book. Paul…
The duo are back, and this time Timothy Knapman and Joe Berger are saluting all the wonderful, superhero like antics of mums everywhere – Superhero Mum. My Book Corner adores this picture book for not being overly cutesy and cuddly, as our little narrator admires all the superhero qualities of her mum. Mum is portrayed…
COSTA Children’s Book Award-winner Katherine Rundell, two daring gorillas … and a sausage inspector are all shortlisted for the Children’s Book Award 2018 – chosen and voted for entirely by children. The Children’s Book Award 2018 shortlist has been announced. Among those shortlisted are this year’s COSTA Children’s Book Award winner Katherine Rundell and previously…
One year, at the town fair, my Mum got roped into buying encyclopaedias. Back then, encyclopaedia and Tupperware salesmen door-stepped you almost as often as the Avon lady – all now sadly lost to a bygone era. But with no computer in the house (err bit early for that) and four kids in school, Mum…
‘It’s funny because it has talking socks!’ was the cry that came from my 3 year old. Simon Sock –written by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, illustrated by Nick East – has quickly become a firm favourite in our house. Simon is a stripy and odd sock. Will he ever be part of a perfect…
Penguin in Love, text and illustrations by Salina Yoon, is a heart-wrenchingly beautiful picture book about a penguin searching for love in an icy wilderness. The simple, emotional and engaging first line grabbed me by the heart-strings: “One day, Penguin was looking for love.” With bold, cute illustrations by writer-illustrator Salina Yoon, it tells the story…
“That’s it Mum… YOU’RE OUT OF THE SHOW!” my four-year-old Alice hollered when I forgot to serve dinner on the pink rabbit plate. It’s her go-to-phrase when I apparently get this whole child rearing malarkey so terribly, terribly wrong. Like when I switched off Hey Duggee – mid episode – to do the school run. That day…
How the Sun Got to Coco’s House, by Bob Graham, is a beautiful tale of the sun’s journey throughout the day. The journey begins while Coco sleeps and ends with the sun barging ‘straight through Coco’s window!’. Luckily for Coco, ‘the sun had time on its hands’ and spends the whole day with her. Bob…
Little Red Reading Hood is a fun, fairy tale twist from Lucy Rowland and Ben Mantle. I love this rhyming version of Little Red, who spends her time with her head stuck in a book, ‘dreaming up stories and laughing out loud.’ But as tends to happen to many an ardent library user – she…
14th February 2018 marks the 7th International Book Giving Day. It’s a chance to get books into the hands of as many children as possible. The run up to the day itself has, this year, been an absolute whirlwind of bookish love. Children’s illustrator Elys Dolan designed the official poster for 2018. It is heart…
I love you, Stick Insect, by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros, caught my attention straight away… we didn’t have many pets when I was little, but we did have stick insects. In fact, we had hundreds of stick insects who at one point managed to escape. We were still finding them around the house months later! But that’s…
Here Come The Trolls! Written by Ron Butlin, illustrated by James Hutcheson Mischievous trolls are everywhere! Have you seen them? Are they hiding somewhere in your house? Check under your bed, look behind the curtains, you never know where a troll might be lurking. Oh no, the trolls are here? What shall we do? A…
As part of my MA Writing for Young People at Bath Spa, I chose to look at why we have comparatively few books in translation on our shelves and what they could add in broadening our reading horizons. So I’m always delighted to find a beautiful book in translation. One House for All is a…
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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…