You Can’t Take an Elephant on Holiday (Bloombury Children’s Books) is the latest instalment of Patricia Cleveland-Peck’s and David Tazzyman’s “You Can’t Take an Elephant … ” series, which has sold over 200,000 copies!Crazy scenarios of what might happen on a summer holiday are wonderfully depicted thanks to David Tazzyman’s zany artwork and Patricia Cleveland-Peck’s …
Shirley Hughes (Red Fox) The summer holidays are getting close (or might have even started for some), so what more delightful than to dive into a picturebook which oozes the simple pleasures of summer? Penguin Random House’s inspired decision to reissue f Lucy and Tom at the Seaside is much welcome, particularly as it coincides with the …
Illustration © Annalaura Cantone I am off on holiday so Library Mice will be dormant for a little while! In the meantime, you could always check out these posts:* The illustration is by Annalaura Cantone, one of my favourite Italian illustrators. You can find my review of her Mouldy Monsters here. * If it is …
Daren King (text) & David Roberts (illustrations)(Quercus) After scaring off the coinhabitants – the lives ones – of their house, our frightfully friendly ghosties are back in a new adventure. It’s winter and it is cold so they decide they fancy a holler-day by the sea, where apparently the weather is always nice. They seem …
Chris Riddell(Macmillan)Ottoline and her very hairy friend Mr Munroe are inseparable. That is until Ottoline is trying to decide on the destination of her next vacation and seems totally oblivious to Mr Munroe’s hints as to where he wants to go. So when he decides to set off on his own, Ottoline is distraught. Thankfully …
