I've talked briefly about The Lost Property Office by Emily Rand before, but we've revisited it this week as I popped it in Peapod's downstairs book basket near the trains he's been playing with and he's really taken to it. As luck would have it, I'd also just bought another Emily Rand book - All... Continue Reading →
I was lucky enough to request and receive a free copy of this from Bounce. All views and opinions are my own. The Girl Who Became a Tree by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate Milner Those of you who've been around the blog for a while will know I'm a sucker for a novel in... Continue Reading →
I requested and received a copy of this free from the publishers, in exchange for an honest review. All views are my own. A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Petr Horáček Polar bears playing on the ice, tigers hunting in the jungle, fireflies twinkling in the evening sky and nightingales singing... Continue Reading →
I'd seen and heard all sorts of good things about this on twitter before I received a copy from Bloomsbury for review (imagine my excitement at finding it was signed too!). However, as is so often the case, I'd heard how great it was but didn't actually know anything about it! Normally, I'd find out... Continue Reading →
As part of my quest to read more younger chapter books as well as 'MG', I requested a copy of this from Faber (who very kindly obliged - thank you!) and it's safe to say I'm thrilled I did as it's become one of my favourite books of the year. Picklewitch lives in a tree... Continue Reading →
Hubert Horatio: How to Raise Your Grown Ups I first read about Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent almost 15 years ago when the picture book above was released. I was (and still am) a huge Lauren Child fan - her books felt (and still feel) like something different: the illustrations, style and design; the vocabulary, language... Continue Reading →
As I may have mentioned (you know, just once or twice..) I'm finding it hard to find enough time to read, let alone review anything since Peapod made his entrance into the world. Last week, I saw this post from BookBairn and it gave me the idea of 'Mini Mondays' - can't promise I'll manage... Continue Reading →
When we were looking at which picture books we wanted out on the table in work this month, this one jumped out. "Pants!" the 4-year-old inner me cheered. Of course, we had no way of knowing at this point if it would actually be any good, but the illustrations looked promising (how can anyone resist... Continue Reading →
Meet all kinds of slippery, shimmery, powerful and surprising creatures from around the world in this first book of the ocean to share with young children. Already a big fan of Yuval Zommer's Big Books of Bugs and Beasts, I jumped at the chance to get hold of a copy of his newest book... Continue Reading →
I was already a massive fan of Jon Klassen's hat books when Triangle came out last year. I spied it on the trolley and had to have a look, and that as they say was that - I loved Triangle (I still do). It cracked me up. I made everyone I worked with read it... Continue Reading →
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