Recently I became part of the Nosy Crow Crew and thought this was a perfect opportunity to showcase some of their lovely picture books. Troll Swap Leigh Hodgkinson Timothy Limpet is a troll that does not much like troll things and behaviour. Tabitha Limpit is a little girl who definitely does not behave like one. …
Anna McQuinn (text) & Rosalind Beardshaw (illustrations)(Alanna Books) Tuesday is Lulu’s favourite day because on Tuesdays, Lulu and her mummy go to the library. She puts the books she needs to return in her rucksack as well as her library card. When she gets there, she gives her books back, enjoys storytime with the other …
The two books I am reviewing today stood out amongst the huge offering of new Christmas books for their more unusual, and yet all the more important, Christmas message. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Helen Ward(Templar) Helen Ward’s retelling of the famous Aesop’s Fable is not strictly a Christmas story, but it is 1930s …
