When I first read Little Red Reading Hood by Lucy Rowland and Ben Mantle (Macmillan Children’s Books), I knew that it would be the perfect World Book Day book. Lucy Rowland has created a wonderful fractured version of Little Red Riding Hood, swapping Red’s basket full of goodies for an overdue library book, Grandma for a librarian, …
There is a new terror on the block and his name is Nibbles. The star of Emma Yarlett’s latest picturebook, Nibbles the Book Monster (Little Tiger Press) has a serious issue when it comes to nibbling anything he can get his hands on, with a particular penchant for books. So much so that he is nibbling …
You all know I am a bit partial to picturebooks about books and reading, whether they are metafictive or not, so here is a selection of new titles just in time for World Book Day! The Last Book Before Bedtime Nicola O’Byrne (Nosy Crow) Nicola O’Byrne’s third picturebook for Nosy Crow is another joyous …
