When I first thought of starting the Fabulous Five feature, I had a few illustrators in mind already, and Sarah McIntyre was one of them. We have read and loved all of Sarah’s books. We first discovered her with Morris the Mankiest Monster, then realised that we already knew her through Vern & Lettuce in the DFC! We …
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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, …
When Titus Took the Train
Anne Cottringer (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations)(Oxford University Press) Titus is going on a train journey all by himself, all the way to “very far way” where his Uncle Henry will be meeting him off the train. But what looks like it might be a long tedious journey turns out be a rather exciting adventure when Titus is …
Vern & Lettuce
Sarah McIntyre(David Fickling Books) If you read this blog, you’ll know we are fans of Sarah’s work (see here and here). She is a fantastic illustrator of picture books, with a really dynamic, colourful and unusual style. But it is after we discovered Sarah with Morris the Mankiest Monster that we realised that actually, we …
Bath Festival of Children’s Literature (2)
This second week-end at Bath KidsLitFest was indeed very exciting! Sarah McIntyreYay, we finally met Sarah! I had really been looking forward to this and so had my children. everybody loves Sarah’s work in my house! This event focused on You Can’t Eat a Princess! one of the only “pink” books (along with “Dogs Don’t Do Ballet”), …
You Can’t Eat a Princess!
Gillian Rogerson (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations) (Scholastic) It is Princess Spaghetti’s’ birthday party and all is set and ready to go: the giant chocolate cake, the chocolate milkshake, the chocolate spread sandwiches (notice a theme here?). But where is her father, King Cupcake? He has been kidnapped by aliens! Nobody seems to want to …
Morris the Mankiest Monster
Giles Andreae (text) & Sarah McIntyre (illustrations)(David Fickling Books) Meet Morris: He feeds off the snotty green bogiesThat lurk up his big hairy noseAnd sometimes he nibbles the poisonous mouldWhich he scrapes off the ends of his toes Revolting isn’t it? This book claims to be the most revolting book of the year, and it’s …