Over the years I’ve developed a bit of an obsession with verse novels, you can read all about how it started over here. Following the above article, I received some intriguing suggestions re where to look next… hence my discovery of Marilyn Hilton’s beautifully written Full Cicada Moon, published in 2017. Mimi Yoshiko Oliver has…
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…
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…
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…
Dr Dominic Walliman & Ben Newman are back again with their very knowledgeable character, Professor Astro Cat. Serving as a wonderful beginner’s guide to space, Professor Astro Cat’s Solar System whisks its readers off on an exciting tour. Each double page spread is dedicated to a different element from the sun, to mercury to asteroids and…
Cakes in Space is the latest chapter book from the talented duo Philip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre, and it sure is a rollicking good space adventure. Unique, quirky and immense fun this one had us on the edge of our seats. Astra is off to space. Yep! She and her family are part of a…
Goodnight Spaceman is a delightful picture book from Michelle Robinson and Nick East. Well known for the Goodnight Tractor, Goodnight Pirate series… their latest collaboration is inspired by astronaut Tim Peake’s space mission. It even features a letter from Tim himself … and guess where the book launch took place? In space itself, by Tim Peake.…
Aerodynamics of Biscuits is biscuit filled, pirate-mice swash buckling adventure which takes readers to the moon … and back again. Clare Helen Walsh and Sophia Touliatou have created a fun picture book which will make you see biscuits (and brie!) quite differently. When young Oliver sneaks down in the middle of the night to snaffle…
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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…