Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Day of the Diesels (Blu Ray / DVD)
Labels:
Blu Ray,
Day of the Diesels,
Diesel 10,
DVD,
HiT Entertainment,
Percy,
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
ReadItDaddy temporarily switches over to WatchItWithDaddy for a moment or two. Thanks to the good folks at HiT Entertainment, we've been given a preview copy of Thomas the Tank Engine's latest movie - Day of the Diesels - to review.
Charlotte has been a fan of...
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Zog
Labels:
Alison Green Books,
Axel Scheffler,
Julia Donaldson,
Zog
Now this book is an oddity. Charlotte usually heartily approves of just about anything that the sublime team of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler turn out. But this book? Barely registered on the Charlotte Richter Scale - so what's wrong with it?
Zog is a young...
Friday, 19 August 2011
Can you see Sassoon?
Labels:
Can you see Sassoon,
Little Tiger Press,
Sam Usher
If your children are a bit too young for the "Where's Wally?" books, then "Can you see Sassoon?" might make a nice little substitute. Sassoon is a slinky, sneaky snake who likes to hide in pictures. In each panel he's sneakily tucked away amongst ordinary everyday objects,...
Kimberley's Scary Day
Wolves are often cast as the 'bad guys' in children's stories, but foxes aren't far off the mark either. Sneaky, charming (in their own way) and often with a rumbling tummy, Kimberley's Scary Day shows what happens when a trusting (and rather silly) Guinea Pig named Kimberley...
Who's in the loo?
There's a stage* that most toddlers / preschoolers reach where the funniest jokes in the world revolve around pooing and weeing. If your children have arrived at this stage, then here's a book that will have them rolling around on the floor giggling like lunatics.
"Who's...
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Suddenly...!
Back home at Maybe Towers, we've got a bit of a problem. A pig, by the name of Merlin, a happy little fellow, is in constant demand by Charlotte. The big problem is that Merlin (the Happy Pig) exists only in my imagination and Charlotte often shouts "Read Merlin!" at inopportune moments....
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure!
Labels:
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs,
Giles Andreae,
Missing Treasure,
Puffin Books,
Russel Ayto
Produce a kid's book with pirates in it and you're on to a sure fire winner. Produce a kid's book that has pirate DINOSAURS in it and it can't fail, surely?
Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs is the sequel to the original Captain Flinn book. In it, a busy and inquisitive...
The Perfect Prince
Life's not easy when you're a Princess. The constant pressure of your parents trying to marry you off to Princes who are too fat, too skinny, too boring or too smelly. Definitely takes the shine off an otherwise perfect life.
Princess Isabella decides that this isn't...
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Mine's bigger than yours!
If there's one thing that makes me angrier than anything else as a parent, it's bullying. Even at preschool age, you can see the seeds of bullying growing in certain kids, who push the boundaries of what's acceptable behaviour, becoming pretty nasty little characters.
This...
Aaaarrggh! Spider!
Labels:
Aargh Spider,
Egmont Books,
Lydia Monks
After a fantastic reading on the Cbeebies Lunchtime Hour by the gangly Andy, we knew we had to seek out Lydia Monks' "Aaaarrgghh! Spider!" for ourselves.
Having previously enjoyed the very similar "Eeek! Mouse!", we enjoyed this book for the same reasons. Great fun and...
Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Professor Puffendorf's Secret Potions (revisited)
We originally reviewed "Professor Puffendorf's Secret Potions" back in October last year. Like a lot of our local library's books, Charlotte often picks the same books out of the stacks again and again, and this book is no exception.
Since the original review, Charlotte...
Tati's Hotel - Magic Muddle
In the second of an occasional look at kid-friendly games and apps, ReadItDaddy was fortunate enough to be sent a promo of Tati's Hotel - Magic Muddle. This kid-friendly app once again assumes that you, as a trusting parent, don't mind your youngster pawing your favourite...
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