If you are already familiar with French illustrator Hervé Tullet’s books, you will not only instantly recognize his bold style, but also know that he loves to promote fun and creativity with books. His latest two offerings are no exception! My Stencil Kit (Thames and Hudson) combines a large art pad style book with …
activity books
Do you want to be a fashion designer?
I have a budding fashion designer at home, and she loves any sort of activity book to do with clothes and fashion. So she was chuffed to find out that Thames & Hudson were publishing two very stylish fashion activity books, one on designing clothes, one on sewing them the latter created and designed by Louise …
FOCUS ON: Keeping children busy during the summer
Here are a handful of books that might help keep children busy (and parents sane) over the summer. Magical Mix-Ups: Pets and Parties Activity Storybook Marnie Edwards (text) & Leigh Hodgkinson (Nosy Crow) We have never hidden the fact that were big fans of both the Mega Mash-Up and Magical Mix-Ups in the Library …
All Around the World
Géraldine Cosneau“Panoramas du monde”(Tate Publishing)This wonderful wide format picture book is in fact an activity book. It contains eight fold-out panoramic scenes of different landscapes (The African Savannah, The Sahara Desert, The Countryside, The North American Forest, The Amazon Rainforest, The Tropical Sea, The Australian Outback, and The Arctic) and over four hundred reusable stickers (“gommettes” in French, very popular …
Books that encourage boys’ creativity
My boy is quite creative. He loves drawing, likes writing stories. But he also needs a lot of encouragement, as he can be a bit reluctant too. With the summer holidays just starting, I hunted down a few titles which I knew he would really enjoy. Mega Mash-up: Aliens vs Mad Scientists under the OceanNikalas …