Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Mog and the Vee Ee Tee
Labels:
Collins Picture Books,
Judith Kerr,
Mog and the Vet
Keeping with the cat theme this week, Mog is an energetic, athletic little moggy but when she hurts her paw, her owners decide to take her to the dreaded "Vee Ee Tee".
In this delightful addition to the Mog series, children find out what happens when their beloved pet becomes...
Six Dinner Sid
Labels:
Hodder Children's Books,
Inga Moore,
Six Dinner Sid
Anyone who has ever owned a cat must suspect that at times, their beloved Tiddles or Tiger is known by a series of aliases and probably cadges meals from a number of neighbours. This is the story of Six Dinner Sid, known obviously for his knack of wheedling food out of the various...
Baker Cat
Labels:
Baker Cat,
Picture Corgi,
Posy Simmons
Baker Cat is an odd little tale. Far from being cute and cuddly for the major part of the story, poor Baker Cat works in a Bakery (naturally) for a pair of mean and nasty characters who could've been ripped straight out of a Roald Dahl book. The Baker and his Wife work their poor moggy...
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Happy Birthday Winnie!
Happy Birthday Winnie!
Written by Valerie Thomas
Illustrated by Korky Paul
Amazon Link: £3.55
Published by Oxford University Press
Finding a Winnie the Witch book we haven't read before at the local library is always a treat as they seem to be hotly fought over by toddlers there.This...
The Big Bad Mole is Coming
The Big Bad Mole is Coming
Written by Martin Waddell
Illustrated by John Bendall Brunello
Amazon Link: Various used prices
Published by Walker Books
The big bad mole is coming! Quick hide! Quite who the big bad mole is, or why he's so menacing is never really made clear in Martin...
The Shark in the Dark
The Shark in the Dark
Written by Peter Bently
Illustrated by Ben Cort
Amazon Link: £3.87
Published by Macmillan's Children's Books
Not to be confused with "Shark in the Dark" by Nick Sharratt, Peter Bently's book features a big fat bully of a shark who spends all day trawling the oceans...
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Delicious! A Pumpkin Soup Story
Labels:
Delicious,
Helen Cooper,
Picture Corgi,
Pumpkin Soup
Delicious! A Pumpkin Soup Story
Written and Illustrated by Helen Cooper
Amazon Link: £4.49
Published by Picture Corgi
Helen Cooper's Pumpkin Soup books are charming and delightful. In "Delicious", the tale picks up with Duck, Cat and Squirrel finding that their well-farmed Pumpkin patch...
Monday, 13 December 2010
The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog
The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog
Written by Sue Eves
Illustrated by Ailie Busby
Amazon Link: £5.39
Published by Andersen Children's Books
What happens when a quiet lady with a noisy dog meets a noisy lady with a quiet dog? This charming tale is a fun book of opposites...
Thursday, 9 December 2010
The Dog who could Dig
The Dog who could Dig
Written by Jonathan Long
Illustrated by Korky Paul
Amazon Link: £4.38
Published by Oxford University Press
Another Korky-Paul-illustrated book that explains some of the doggy cameos in Winnie the Witch books. Here's Jonathan Long's tale of a dog who...
Pizza Kittens
Pizza Kittens
Written and Illustrated by Charlotte Voake
Amazon Link: £9.89
Published by Walker Books
Mealtimes are chaos when you've got children. No matter how hard you try to make the perfect meal that everyone will enjoy, and have everyone sitting at the table without fidgeting...
Monday, 6 December 2010
A boy wants a Dinosaur
A Boy Wants a Dinosaur
Written by Hiawyn Oram
Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura
Amazon Link: £1.29
Published by Red Fox Picture Books
When I was a kid, we used to go to the Natural History Museum in London a lot. A short tube-train ride was all it took to be among those massive...
Friday, 3 December 2010
Olivia forms a band
Olivia forms a band
Written and Illustrated by Ian Falconer
Amazon Link: £7.14 (hardback)
Published by Simon and Schuster
Olivia the pig is the slightly more annoying antithesis to Peppa Pig and anyone who's seen the Channel 5 show based on Ian Falconer's rather cool books...
Fifi and the Flowertots: Jelly Good Fun!
Labels:
Channel 5,
Fifi and the Flowertots,
Fiver,
Jelly Good Fun,
Milkshake,
TV Tie in
Fifi and the Flowertots: Jelly Good Fun
TV Tie-in
Amazon Link: £3.99
Published by HarperCollins Children's Books
Whether you like Fifi and the Flowertots or not, the TV programme seems to be insanely popular with toddlers. I find it all a bit sugary and sweet but there are a...
Love, Splat
Love, Splat
Written and Illustrated by Rob Scotton
Amazon Link: £4.99
Published by HarperCollins Children's Books
We last saw Splat having a nervous first day at school in "Splat the Cat", now he's experiencing the first pangs of a schoolboy crush in "Love, Splat" - the sweet...
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Tatty Ratty
Labels:
Corgi Children's Books,
Helen Cooper,
Tatty Ratty
Tatty Ratty
Written and Illustrated by Helen Cooper
Amazon Link: £4.39
Published by Corgi Children's Books
The imaginative flights of fancy of a child are the subject of Helen (Pumpkin Soup, The Baby Who Wouldn't Go To Bed) Cooper's book Tatty Ratty. When a little girl loses her favourite...
Splat the Cat
Splat the Cat
Written and Illustrated by Rob Scotton
Amazon Link: £4.25
Published by HarperCollins Children's Books
Who remembers their first day at school? Most adults probably won't but if you've got preschool kids who are a little worried about their first day...
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