Today I am absolutely delighted to support the blog tour celebrating the release of Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates by Mark Bradley (Hodder Children’s Books), a new graphic novel series about two adorable best friends. Bumble and Snug are Bugpops, little monsters with big feelings. When they decide to go on a picnic, …
Though Julia Donaldson is most famous for her picture books, she has also written quite a few titles for early readers (you can find a list on her website here).This autumn, she has teamed up with the wonderful Hannah Shaw to write the first two titles of a brand new series for newly independent readers, …
Here is some information to complement the handful of reviews from this week: * Reflections on Early Readers is a post I wrote last year for the I Can Read festival hosted by Zoe over at Playing By the Book. * For children still needing quite short reads, you could look at: Fairy Tale Twists from Orchard are quite fun and easy …
Anna Branford, with artwork by Sam Wilson(Walker Books) Violet is a little girl with her own take on life; her theory is that when you are having a brilliant idea, you find something small and special on the floor. If you keep that little something special, it will help you hold on to that brilliant …
Jennifer Gray & Amanda Swift, with artwork by Sarah Horne(Quercus) Fuzzy and Coco the guinea-pigs live a rather uneventful together since their respective owners have got married. Coco likes to spend her time pampering herself, while Fuzzy spends his time cooking and is desperate to become a chef. When Fuzzy discovers that celebrity chef Scarlet Cleaver’s ad in the …
Tracey Corderoy, with artwork by Hannah Whitty(Scholastic) It’s Riley the Mouse’s birthday today. He can’t wait for his party and have lots of fun with best friends Starla the Badger and Horatio the Hedgehog. But things don’t quite go to plan when a misunderstanding about a toy boat ends up with Riley and Horatio falling …
Odin Redbeard, with artwork by Sarah Horne(Nosy Crow) Vulgar wants to be a Viking, a real Viking, because, unfortunately, his people seem to have renounced their old ways and become a rather boring bunch. Vulgar reminisces fondly upon their history of rampage and pillaging. Vulgar has great hopes to learn more about it on History Day, but …
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 …
