Peapod’s Book Advent Day 10

You can find out more about our Christmas Book Advent here. Last night we read... Little Robin Red Vest by Jan Fearnley This is one we received and reviewed last year, but I was very happy to get it back out again today and enjoyed it even more this time around. It's absolutely over-flowing with...

Peapod’s Book Advent Day 9

You can find out more about our Christmas Book Advent here. Last night, we read... How to Hide a Lion at Christmas by Helen Stephens I have to admit I have only flicked through the others in this series and not read them in full (we'll be rectifying this!), but I knew this had to...

Peapod’s Book Advent – Days 4 and 5

You can find out more about our Christmas Book Advent here. So, we've had a couple of 'non-starters' the last two nights. Day 4 saw story summarily refused - the book went off the bed and the light was pointed at vehemently until it was switched off. Day 5 we were out at the Christmas...

Peapod’s Book Advent Day 2

You can find out more about our Christmas Book Advent here. Last night, we read... Dream Snow by Eric Carle A hard-working farmer, who looks suspiciously like Father Christmas, dreams of snow then wakes to find everywhere covered in a blanket of it as he delivers presents to his five animals and decorates his tree....

Peapod’s Book Advent – Day 1

You can find out more about our Christmas Book Advent here. Last night, we read... Countdown to Christmas by Adam and Charlotte Guillain and Pippa Curnick Bear has a Christmas surprise planned for the other animals, and he's leading up to it by giving away a 'prize' each day. Some of the animals get sweets...

Peapod’s Picks – Book Advent

I do not even know how its suddenly December again already, I can't believe it's our second book advent with Peapod who seems both too small to be having his second Christmas and so much bigger and much more of a little boy this time around! Anyway... My plan is to post a short post...

Peapod’s Picks – Can Cat and Bird be Friends?

We chose and bought this ourselves. Opinions our own. Can Cat and Bird be Friends? by Coll Muir This was recommended to us by a friend who knows what HUGE Jon Klassen fans we are and thought we'd love this too. They were SO right and to all you other Klassen aficionados out there, you...

Peapod’s Picks 26/8/19

We were lucky enough to request and receive copies of these free from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and views are all my own. Peapod's Picks is a weekly round up of some of the books that Peapod* has read (often, but not always, for his bedtime stories) each week plus...

Peapod’s Picks – A Collection of Cobb

We were lucky enough to win this collection of books from the publishers. Opinions and views are all my own. We are brand new to Rebecca Cobb's books, so were thrilled to win this copy of her new book 'Hello Friend!' along with some of her other books. We loved all of them. The everyday...

Peapod’s Picks/#KLTR – Morag Hood

Peapod's Picks is a weekly round up of some of the books that Peapod* has read (often, but not always, for his bedtime stories) each week plus a review of at least one of them. *His social media alter ego, not his real name! This week it's also time for another #KLTR post, hosted by...