Charlotte Guillain (text) & Sam Usher (artwork)(Wellbeck Publishing) Charlotte Guillain’s gentle rhymes and Sam Usher’s signature stunning watercolours come together beautifully in this tale about an oak who bears witness to the changes of the area around it and the impact of population and progress has on the local flora and fauna. Touching on historical …
Tomi Ungerer(Phaidon) On the day before Christmas Eve, Casimir, Isidor, Felix and Ferdinand Mellop all get the same brilliant idea: to surprise the family with a beautiful Christmas tree. Left with four trees, the brothers must find new homes for them, which turns out not to be so straight-forward. But the brothers are a resourceful bunch …
Oliver Jeffers(HarperCollins Children’s Books) What do you do when your kite gets stuck up a tree? When plaid-shirt-clad Floyd finds himself in this situation, he decides to throw his shoe to try to dislodge it. When that doen’t work, he throws the other one, then a cat, a ladder and a variety of other items, each more …
Ruth Green (Tate Publishing) Sid the snail is feeling rather tired and grumpy and is desperate for some peace and quiet. But wherever he goes, he seems to bump into some rather noisy neighbours: from chirping sparrows to buzzing bees, each seems noisier than the last. After many attempts at finding a place to rest, …
