A few weeks ago I was asked to review a gorgeous little book, The Dragonsitter written by Josh Lacey and illustrated by Garry Parsons for Armadillo Magazine. You can find my review here. The Dragonsitter is the perfect kind of little book for newly independent readers and it made me think a bit more about what books …
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Me, the Queen and Christopher
Giles Andreae (text) & Tony Ross (illustrations)(Orchard Books) When Freya is invited to meet the Queen and have tea at Buckingham Palace, she buys a pretty new dress and practises her curtsey, but nothing can quite prepare her for the discovery of what really happens behind the scenes at the palace, as she discovers that Queen lives a …
Katie in London: Jubilee Edition
James Mayhew (Orchard Books) Katie is visiting London with her grandma and little brother Jack. Everything feels very big and a little scary for Katie, and Grandma needs a little break from walking, they are all glad for the rest in Trafalgar Square. Like most children, Katie and Jack go straight to the majestic bronze lions and climb …
BLOG TOUR: The Goblin and The Girl
Neil Irani (text) & Park Yun (illustrations) (Maverick Books) Every morning a little girl looks in the mirror and sees a goblin staring back at her. Shy and frightened of what people might think of her, she hides under a large hat and never interacts with any one. But one dark rainy day, everything changes when her …
The Scar
Charlotte Moundlic (text) & Olivier Tallec (illustrations)translated from the French(Walker Books) When his mother dies of what appears to have been a long illness, a little boy is left alone with his grief-stricken father, and struggling to make sense of the void that his mother’s passing has left behind. He closes the windows so the …
Claude at the Circus
Alex T. Smith(Hodder Children’s Books) Claude and his best friend Sir Bobblysock are back for a third adventure, hurrah, and of course Claude once again manages to put himself into precarious situations. A perfectly innocent stroll in the park is disturbed with a encounter with some joggers, a frowned-upon nap in the bushes, an unfortunate episode on the golf …
Puss & Boots
Ayano Imai(Minedition) When a gifted shoemaker finds himself out of work, his trusted companion the cat takes upon himself to save his master’s business. So the shoemaker does what the cat requests by making him the most beautiful pair of red boots before he takes to the road. Because the cat has a plan, and it …
HANSEL & GRETEL WEEK (5): Hänsel and Gretel
Brothers Grimm (text) & Sybille Schenker (illustrations)translated from German by Martin West(Minedition) If the Hansel and Gretel Week has allowed me to indulge in my love for fairy tale retellings, it has also allowed me to discover a brand new and unbelievably talented illustrator and her astonishing book: Sybille Schenker’s Hansel and Gretel is first and …
HANSEL & GRETEL WEEK (4): Hansel and Gretel
Anthony Browne(Walker Books) If the other versions of Hansel and Gretel I have presented so far very much had a sense of place, this adaptation by previous Children’s Laureate Anthony Browne conveys a very strong sense of time. First published in 1981, this book depicts rather bleak elements of society at the time: the unemployment, the poverty, possibly …
HANSEL & GRETEL WEEK (3): Hansel & Gretel: a Pop-Up
Louise Rowe(Tango Books) This pop-up version of Hansel and Gretel is so visually stunning that you will find yourself studying the pop-up scenes, taking in the intricate paper engineering and astounding attention to detail and totally forgetting about the text at first. The book only has six pop-up scenes and Louise Rowe has carefully chosen which parts of the story …