Established independent publisher Pavilion Books is growing its picturebook list this autumn and I am delighted to be part of a blog tour to highlight some of their titles and to welcome Rosie Wellesley to Library Mice. Rosie leads a triple life as illustrator, author and doctor. She was born in London but grew up in Morocco, Pakistan …
There is plenty on the bookshop shelves for those looking for a special storytime book to share with dads for Father’s Day, but here is a selection of backlist titles which feature fathers and their daughters which I particularly love: The Princess and the Peas by Caryl Hart & Sarah Warbuton (Nosy Crow) At the heart …
Peter Bently (text) & Sarah Ogilvie (illustrations) (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) Sometimes it just feels like parents are only here to nag, nag, nag. But actually if you start to think about it, parents can be quite useful: they mend broken things, they are always around to wipe your hands on, you can sit …
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. …
Here is a list (not necessarily comprehensive, please add suggestions in the comments) of picturebooks about books, reading, libraries and metareading: Peter Bently & Deborah Melmon ~ Bunny Loves to Read (review) Peter Bently & Laura Ellen Anderson ~ Princess Sleepyhead and the Night-Night Bear (review) Jane Blatt & Sarah Massini ~ Books Always Everywhere (review) …
I’ll happily admit that I go on about Bookstart a lot. I talked about it a little bit here, when the government first announced they were cutting the funding to Booktrust’s bookgifting schemes.Bookstart is 20 years old this year, having been first established in 1992, though it did not become a national scheme until roughly 2000. You can …
Al MacCuish (text), Luciano Lozano (illustrations) & Jim Bletsas (design)(Thames & Hudson) Young Charlie Foxtrot is in a bit of a pickle. You see, he has a tendency to daydream at school and so it comes as a bit of a shock when he realises he has to learn his alphabet. “The Alphabet-a-whattie” wonders Charlie? …
Tracey Corduroy (text) & Joe Berger (illustrations)(Nosy Crow) What if your granny was a little bit “out there”? What if people stared at her in the street when you are out shopping with her? What if your friends found her really cool, while you just found her just a little bit embarrassing? And what if …
