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 …
Caryl Hart (text) & Alex T Smith (illustration) (Hodder Children’s Books) Foxy Dubois is sick of having to fend for herself and her rather large, forever hungry, grumpy sidekick, Alphonso the Alligator, so she wants to get rich quick to feed both of them and hopefully escape the reptile’s claws and plate once and for …
I have not had time to dedicate half as much time to reviewing books as I would have liked this year, but here are a few more that I definitely want to mention before the year is out! The Paper DollsJulia Donaldson (text) & Rebecca Cobb (illustrations)(Macmillan Children’s Books) The Paper Dolls is the lyrical …
Alex T. Smith(Scholastic Children’s Books) Ella, the bespectacled ladybird, is forever cleaning up after her two nasty and ungrateful wasp stepsisters Belladonna and Ivy. One day, a famous artist named Pierre in need of inspiration decides to throw a ball in Paris on Valentine’s Day. When the invitation to the Grand Bug Ball lands on the door mat for the wasp sisters, they are sure …
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 …
Alex T. Smith(Hodder Children’s Books) Claude, the lovable beret-wearing dog, and his best friend Sir Bobblysock are back for another adventure, hurrah! Once more, as soon as his owners Mr and Mrs Shinyshoes are off to work, the duo are ready to go off on a new outing. They decide to go on their first ever holiday, and …
Alex T. Smith(Hodder Children’s Books) When Egg rolls up to the front door of Foxy DuBois’ house and is warmly welcomed by the charming vixen, he has no idea that there is a sinister ulterior motive to her perfect hostess behaviour. Egg is oblivious to all the clues around the house that make it pretty …
