Petr Horáček’s latest picturebook, The Greedy Goat (Walker Books), is a cautionary tale bursting with his signature vibrant colours. Goat is bored of eating grass and decides to give other snacks a try: the dog’s food and the cat’s milk, the pig’s potatoes, and even, rather zealously, the farmer’s pants. But over-eating is never a …
Petr Horáček
FABULOUS FIVE: Petr Horáček presents five favourite picture books
Today I am delighted to welcome Petr Horáček, author/illustrator of wonderful picture books such as Puffin Peter and Elephant to Library Mice for a brand new Fabulous Five feature. His two latest books, Honk Honk! Baa Baa! and Time for Bed were published last week by Walker Books (see my review here) Czech-born author and illustrator …
Two beautiful board books from Petr Horáček
Walker books has just published two beautiful board books from acclaimed author/illustrator Petr Horáček as part of their baby-friendly series Baby Walker: Flip-Flap Fun. Horáček has had great success with board books before and as he explains on Playing by the Book, they require a different kind of skill to writing “regular” picture books (you can read the fascinating …