Hervé Tullet translated by Christopher Franceschelli (Chronicle Books) A yellow dot. An invitation to press on it. Then turn the page, see what happens: two yellow dots! Press again, ta-dah: three dots! What happens if you poke, blow on or even tip the book on its side? Press Here is a masterpiece of simplicity, bringing interactivity in picture books to …
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Stuck
Oliver Jeffers(HarperCollins Children’s Books) What do you do when your kite gets stuck up a tree? When plaid-shirt-clad Floyd finds himself in this situation, he decides to throw his shoe to try to dislodge it. When that doen’t work, he throws the other one, then a cat, a ladder and a variety of other items, each more …
Have You Ever Ever Ever?
Colin McNaughton (text) & Emma Chichester Clark (illustrations) (Walker Books) A little boy stands alone in a deserted playground, clearly unhappy. As we are witness to his conversation with the narrator it becomes obvious he is not familiar with many classical nursery rhyme characters. But in the distance it seems someone is flying down towards him. …
The Fabulous Flapdoodles
Chae Strathie (text) & Emily Golden (illustrations)(Scholastic) When the stars finally appear at the end of the day and gentle snores begin to be heard from bedroom windows, strange little creatures appear from the sky. Flying down on their magical broomstick, full of beans and ready to play, the Fabulous Flapdoodles look like they might …
Marshall Armstrong is New to Our School
David Mackintosh(HarperCollins Children’s Books) When Marshall Armstrong joins the school of our young narrator, it becomes clear fairly quickly that he is different. In fact, everything about him is slightly odd; Marshall is obviously rich, a little bit eccentric and prone to all sorts of medical issues. He is rather unique, but he just does not …
You Can’t Scare a Princess!
Gillian Rogerson (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations)(Scholastic) When King Cupcake is captured by a crew of the baddest, meanest pirates in the whole wide word, there is only one person fit to go and rescue him: his daughter, feisty and fearless Princess Spaghetti! Captain Waffle may think he is the boldest pirate to sail the seas, …
The Rhyming Rabbit
Julia Donaldson (text) & Lydia Monks (illustrations)(Macmillan Children’s Books) The Rhyming Rabbit might have a way with words, always so inspired that he can’t help blurt out a sonnet or limerick, but the other rabbits are certainly not seeing it that way. Especially when he always seems to be at his most creative at the most inconvenient times! Feeling rather unappreciated …
Knight Night
Owen Davey(Templar) When it is time for bed, little knights are just like ordinary little boys: this knight might be climbing mountains, fighting monsters and crossing crocodile-crowded rivers, but at the end of this treacherous adventure, he too must brush his teeth and eventually switch off the light. I had loved Owen Davey’s first book, Foxly’s Feast, which was published …