Alex T Smith (Scholastic Children’s Books) Alex T Smith takes the fractured fairy tale genre to a whole new level of ingenuity with this brilliantly executed version of Little Red Riding Hood. When Little Red sets off to visit her poorly auntie Rosie, she meets many friendly animals, until the Lion appears on her path. He …
Emily Mackenzie (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) Ralfy is a rabbit like no other. While his friends dream of tender lettuce and crunchy carrots, he can only think about books. Books, books, books. He just can’t get enough of them. Unfortunately his obsession is out of control and has led him to turn to crime: he has …
Faye Hanson (Templar) Do you remember being told to stop daydreaming when you were a child? Do you remember being told to pay more attention to things around you, to stop staring at the window, to stop having your head in the clouds? The little boy in this story love to use his imagination, much to …
Today I am thrilled to be welcoming Elli Woollard to Library Mice for the latest Fabulous Five feature. Her début book, Woozy the Wizard: a Spell to Get Well, is the first in a series illustrated by Al Muphy and published by Faber & Faber. In his first adventure Woozy is trying to help the villagers of …
Bénédicte Guettier (Gecko Press) Je m’habille et … je te croque, translated from the French by Pénélope Todd Guettier was a big presence in my children’s early experiences with books and it is a pleasure to see her translated into English. Inspired by the French comptine (song/nursery rhyme) Promenons-nous dans les bois (you will plenty of renditions of …
Eric Hill (Frederick Warne) Eric Hill’s much-loved Where’s Spot? is fast approaching its 35 years and has lost none of its charm and appeal. Are there any toddlers out there who have not been delighted by this mischievous little dog’s best ever hide-and-seek hideaway and his mother’s resulting quest to find him? There are few books …
Today the blog tour for Holly Webb’s latest book A Tiger Tale stops here, at Library Mice. As i, I thought it would be interesting to look into the process of illustrating fiction a little more and therefore I am delighted to welcome award-winning illustrator and firm Library Mice favourite, Catherine Rayner, for a Q …
Library Mice is playing to host to the final stop of the Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor blog tour and I am delighted to offer readers an exclusive extract of the book as well as an opportunity to win the book and other goodies! Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor Jon Scieszka (text) & …
