If you are an adult reader of children’s literature, you will undoubtedly be used to snarky comments about why you are still reading “kids’ books”. I am not sure anyone has yet forgiven Martin Amis for his comments on writing children’s literature either: that having an audience in mind inevitably brings limitations and that “fiction is …
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Fluff and Billy Do Everything Together!
Nicola Killen(Egmont) Fluff and Billy the penguins do everything together. They are the best of friends, but Fluff is getting a bit annoyed that smaller penguin Billy is copying everything that he is doing. Eventually things turn a little bit sour and Fluff and Billy end up not talking to each other. But not talking makes …
Up and Down
Oliver Jeffers(HarperCollins Children’s Books) The boy and the penguin from Lost and Found return in this brand new adventure. The two are still the best of friends and love doing everything together. But there is something that Penguin feels he needs to learn by himself. He wants to learn to fly. As readers, young and old, …