“My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!” Smaug Good grief, there really is no shortage of mean ol’ dragons in literature – as anyone who’s ever read The Hobbit, Harry Potter or A Song…
The Snow Lion from Jim Helmore and Richard Jones, is a stunningly beautiful picture book which deals tenderly with moving house and making new friends. The opening double page spread depicts Caro and her family travelling to their new home. Through the darkness of the page, illuminated only by the moon, illustrator Richard Jones immediately…
You Choose In Space is the exciting follow up to the hugely successfully You Choose picture book which fired up imaginations everywhere. Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt have done it again, encouraging little readers to zoom into space… with exciting results. Let’s begin with those imaginative endpapers – chock-a-block full of wonderful phrases, hinting at the…
‘Words have power. Dun Dun Darrrr.’ Kate Jane Neal’s latest picture book, Words And Your Heart, rings true. So true. It celebrates the wonderful power of the right words, said to the right person, at the right time. Neal does this through simple charm, pitched perfectly for little listeners. The result is a beautiful picture…
“Even something very small can make a BIG difference” The theme of Poppy and the Blooms, the latest picture book by Fiona Woodcock, will appeal to little children who so often feel powerless in a grown up world. Four flower friends prove that with some determination and teamwork you can make a difference, whatever your…
Malala Yousafzai’s story of courage and determination in the face of adversity, has crossed the world several times over. And as Malala herself steps into Oxford University to begin her degree, her picture book – Malala’s Magic Pencil – enables her story to reach a new generation. Malala imbues her story with imagination. Her over…
When I was seven, I sat in the window of the music store and had my very first piano lesson. And the very first thing my teacher asked me was if I was ready to learn Italian, “because Italian is the language of music”. Just like that, fireworks fizzed and exploded in my head. Even…
I have a wonderful 3 year old daughter with the curliest hair, so Claire Freedman and Jane Massey’s Florence Frizzball was a perfect read for our family! This is an ideal picture book for pre-schoolers with simple, fun rhyming text. It is a book that all children can identify with, as there aren’t many children…
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…
If you had to think about it, you could probably make a neat list of problems-kids-have that are resolved in picture books. But here’s a problem that might not be top of that list: just how do you feel good about yourself when your older sibling is utterly, frustratingly, maddeningly perfect? This is our narrator’s…
You Can Never Run Out Of Love is a picture book written by Helen Docherty and illustrated by Ali Pye. You Can Never Run Out Of Love is such a warm and uplifting picture book, with a beautiful heart warming message. It’s a lovely book to share with little ones. I enjoyed sharing it with…
Whenever I pick up a delicious new Book Island title, I know for certain that I’m going to discover a story told in a wonderfully unique and captivating manner. So often we read picture books where it is the young protagonist who learns a lesson during the course of the story – learning to share,…
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…
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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…