Today is the last stop of the blog tour for Poppy’s Place: the Home-Made Cat Café, the first books in a new series written by Katrina Charman and illustrated by Lucy Truman and published by Stripes. The rest of the tour included a review from Readitdaddy, Katrina Charman’s Five Last Reads over on Serendipity Reviews, …
illustrated fiction
GUEST POST: Polly Faber talks “Mango & Bambang: The Not-a-Pig”
To say that many of us have been expecting this collaboration with much trepidation would be an understatement. The Twitter-sphere, for all its vastness, can often feel like a close-knit family, a family of kindred spirits and like-minded people. Polly Faber and Clara Vulliamy are very much part of my (and a few others’, of course!) …
Foxy Tales: The Cunning Plan
Caryl Hart (text) & Alex T Smith (illustration) (Hodder Children’s Books) Foxy Dubois is sick of having to fend for herself and her rather large, forever hungry, grumpy sidekick, Alphonso the Alligator, so she wants to get rich quick to feed both of them and hopefully escape the reptile’s claws and plate once and for …
The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig
Emer Stamp (Scholastic Children’s Books) Pig love living on his farm with his best friend duck, despite the presence of the Evil Chickens. He loves Farmer who keeps feeding him lots and lots of slops, and keeps calling him his favourite pet name “Roast Pig”. Pig has no idea what is afoot, until Duck breaks the …
Oliver and the Seawigs
Philip Reeve (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations) (Oxford University Press) After many years of exploring the world, Oliver’s parents have decided to settle down in the seaside town of St Porrock’s, much to ten year old Oliver’s delight and relief, as he has grown quite fed up of the explorers’ lifestyle. But even then Oliver’s parents yearn to …
Dixie O’Day In the Fast Lane
Shirley Hughes (text) & Clara Vulliamy (illustrations) (Bodley Head) Dixie loves his car and takes good care of it. He loves taking it for a spin with his friend Percy so naturally when the All Day Race is announced, they immediately decide to take part, hoping it is going to be a fun adventure. But …