Today I am delighted to welcome Rob Biddulph for an new installment of Fabulous Five! Rob’s début picturebook Blown Away has just been released. It is the story of intrepid Penguin Blue who is taken on an unexpected journey when his kite catches the wind and blows them away. A lovely tale of friendship, seeking …
Salina Yoon (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) When Bear finds a lost stuffed toy bunny in the forest, he is determined to reunite it with its owner, worried that the bunny is lonely. But while he puts every effort into finding the bunny’s home, he gradually becomes more and more attached to this newfound friend. What will …
Fanny Britt (text) & Isabelle Arsenault (illustrations) translated from French by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou (Walker Books) Hélène has a tough time at school, secluded and taunted by her former friends about her weight. At home, her mother is exhausted and overworked. She finds comfort in reading Jane Eyre, identifying with the heroine’s hardships …
Kazuno Kohora (Macmillan Children’s Books) While everyone else is fast asleep, a very special library opens its doors to animals who come from all over town to visit it and read books there. Staffed by a little librarian and her three assistant owls, together they try to find the perfect read for each and every one of their …
Helen Docherty (text) & Thomas Docherty (illustrations) (Alison Green Books) In every house, in every bed, A bedtime book was being read … But suddenly the story books begin to disappear. There might just be a book thief on the loose! Eliza Browne is keen to solve the mystery and hatches a plan to catch …
Benji Davies (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) Noi and his father live in a house by the sea with their six cats. While Noi’s father is busy fishing, Noi is left to occupy himself at home, often wandering on the beach. After a great storm hits, Noi goes down to the shore, looking for what the angry sea …
Pre-teen (or tween) girls can be a difficult audience to cater for when it comes to books. They often feel too “grown-up” for whatever they have been reading in primary school (although sometimes in year 7, students will go back to books they enjoyed in junior school, as a form of comfort blanket) and though they would beg …
Recently I became part of the Nosy Crow Crew and thought this was a perfect opportunity to showcase some of their lovely picture books. Troll Swap Leigh Hodgkinson Timothy Limpet is a troll that does not much like troll things and behaviour. Tabitha Limpit is a little girl who definitely does not behave like one. …
