Hosted by ‘Taking on a World of Words’, every Wednesday we ask and answer the 3 W’s: I've missed the last few weeks - newborns are time consuming! - and I'm definitely not getting through books at my usual rate (goodbye evening read before bed!) but I'm just about surfacing again! Posts and reviews are... Continue Reading →
Hosted by ‘Taking on a World of Words’, every Wednesday, we ask and answer the 3 W’s: What are you currently reading? I need to start timing these WWW Wednesday posts better! Just like last week, I finished my current book - Storm-Wake by Lucy Christopher - in bed with a coffee this morning (there... Continue Reading →
Well, what can I say about this book that hasn't already been said? This series is an absolute treasure trove of fun and, like so many little ones I meet in work, I can't get enough of it! While this is technically a review of Oi Cat (thank you Hachette for my review copy), it... Continue Reading →
Who does this lost egg belong to? Can our little egg find its way back to the right parents before it hatches? While the story is a familiar one (lost baby - looking for parents - finds lots of others but not their own because of x/y/z - reunited for a happy ending), this is... Continue Reading →
When a polar bear arrives unexpectedly in the woods, the other animals fear and avoid him, suspecting him to be dangerous - and his odd habit of collecting leaves only adds to their distrust. Then one day, they watch as he attempts to fly over the water with wings made of colourful leaves... trying to... Continue Reading →
'Between Tick and Tock' is the new book from Louise Greig and Ashling Lindsay. They first collaborated on'The Night Box', which was one of my favourite picture books in this year's Waterstones Children's Book Prize Illustrated Books Shortlist (what a mouthful!), so when I saw they had another book due out and - even better!... Continue Reading →
This is another one of those books I've been excited about for ages! I finally bought it this week and I think it's my favourite in Bethan Woollvin's wonderful fairy tale series so far. "The good witch Willow only uses good magic, and NEVER gets angry. But Hansel and Gretel test her patience to its... 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 →
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