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You Can’t Scare a Princess!

Gillian Rogerson (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations)(Scholastic) When King Cupcake is captured by a crew of the baddest, meanest pirates in the whole wide word, there is only one person fit to go and rescue him: his daughter, feisty and fearless Princess Spaghetti! Captain Waffle may think he is the boldest pirate to sail the seas, …

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When Titus Took the Train

Anne Cottringer (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations)(Oxford University Press) Titus is going on a train journey all by himself, all the way to “very far way” where his Uncle Henry will be meeting him off the train. But what looks like it might be a long tedious journey turns out be a rather exciting adventure when Titus is …

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Vern & Lettuce

Sarah McIntyre(David Fickling Books) If you read this blog, you’ll know we are fans of Sarah’s work (see here and here). She is a fantastic illustrator of picture books, with a really dynamic, colourful and unusual style. But it is after we discovered Sarah with Morris the Mankiest Monster that we realised that actually, we …

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Bath Festival of Children’s Literature (2)

This second week-end at Bath KidsLitFest was indeed very exciting! Sarah McIntyreYay, we finally met Sarah! I had really been looking forward to this and so had my children. everybody loves Sarah’s work in my house! This event focused on You Can’t Eat a Princess! one of the only “pink” books (along with “Dogs Don’t Do Ballet”), …

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You Can’t Eat a Princess!

Gillian Rogerson (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations) (Scholastic) It is Princess Spaghetti’s’ birthday party and all is set and ready to go: the giant chocolate cake, the chocolate milkshake, the chocolate spread sandwiches (notice a theme here?). But where is her father, King Cupcake?  He has been kidnapped by aliens! Nobody seems to want to …

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