Lydia Monks – Library Mice

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FABULOUS FIVE: Lydia Monks presents her Top Five illustrated Fairy Tales

Today I am really chuffed to be welcoming Lydia Monks to Library Mice for the latest Fabulous Five feature. We have many books illustrated by Lydia in the house: Tess Plays Games , which was a favourite of my daughter’s as a toddler, all the books that she had illustrated for Julia Donaldson, and a favourite of …

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Babbit

Lydia Monks (Egmont) Babbit the blue rabbit lives with the Big One and the Little One, who can be a little scatty at looking after him. When he is kidnapped by the Witchy One during a lovely picnic, the girls don’t even notice at first. But when they do, it’s already too late! Naughty Witchy, …

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The Rhyming Rabbit

Julia Donaldson (text) & Lydia Monks (illustrations)(Macmillan Children’s Books) The Rhyming Rabbit might have a way with words, always so inspired that he can’t help blurt out a sonnet or limerick, but the other rabbits are certainly not seeing it that way. Especially when he always seems to be at his most creative at the most inconvenient times! Feeling rather unappreciated …

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Rapunzel Week (3): Falling for Rapunzel

Leah Wilcox (text) & Lydia Monks (illustrations)(Puffin) Once upon a bad hair day, a prince rode up Rapunzel’s way.“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, throw down your hair!”She thought he said, “Your underwear” If you are looking for a humorous take on the traditional fairy-tale, this one is definitely the one for you. Hard-of-hearing Rapunzel becomes increasingly confused when …