Superhero Dad Timothy Knapman (text) & Joe Berger (illustrations) (Nosy Crow) Special relationships between dads and sons is celebrated in this beautifully designed picture book. What is particularly heartwarming about this title is that the Dad is just an ‘ordinary’ dad, but is there really such a thing, in a child’s eye? No, of course, …
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PICTURE BOOK CAROUSEL: Story-loving Bears
Bears Don’t Read! Emma Chichester Clark (HarperCollins Children’s Books) The story of George the Bear who discovers there is more to life than doing usual bear things after finding a book in the forest, this a wonderful tale of how life-changing learning to read can be. Teamed with Emma Chichester Clark’s glorious artwork, which adorned with …
Picture Book Carousel: Halloween Reads
Penguin and Pumpkin Salina Yoon (Bloomsbury Children’s Books) Salina Yoon’s books are just perfect for toddlers , thanks to their bold and bright artwork and simple text. This latest title in no exception; Penguin and Pumpkin is a gentle tale of celebrating Autumn and one of its most prominent Halloween features: pumpkins. As you can …
PICTURE BOOK CAROUSEL: Dogs, dogs, dogs!
Smelly Louie Catherine Rayner (Macmillan Children’s Books) Louie smells, and it is definitely not of roses. But he loves his smell, and after he is given a bath by his well-meaning family, he is adamant that I will find his smell again, so off he goes on a journey fill of pong and adventure. Rayner’s …
PICTURE BOOK CAROUSEL: Christmas
The Christmas Show Rebecca Patterson (Macmillan Children’s Books) Patterson captures the chaotic nature of nursery and infant school nativity plays perfectly in this hilarious picture book. While young readers will rejoice in recognizing the familiar setting of the classroom and school activities, parents and other adults will enjoy this brilliantly observed tale on a different …
PICTURE BOOK CAROUSEL: Being Wild
Two picture books published in the last couple of months are all about conforming versus being oneself, and both, in very different ways, use being “wild” as a vehicle to express this. But they both approach the subjects from opposite sides which makes them particularly interesting together. Wild Emily Hughes (Flying Eye Books) Wild …
PICTURE BOOK CAROUSEL: Reading Rocks picture books
This summer publisher Little Tiger Press brings to life some of its new picture book titles with a new campaign called Reading Rocks. Watch out for competitions, videos (check out their Youtube channel) and live events nationwide. Celebrations kicked off with a blog tour, and here is a summary in case you missed it: Abigail‘s author-illustrator …
PICTURE BOOK CAROUSEL: some more gems from 2012
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 …
PICTURE BOOK CAROUSEL: Hannah Cumming
I have only recently discovered Hannah Cumming’s picture books. At first it is the artwork that attracted me to them. Her style is child-friendly and soft, but with a lovely dreamy quality to it. Once I started reading her books however, I discovered thoughtful, warm and evocative tales, which often a moral without ever being preachy, and …