We've previously covered quite a few of the Mog books here on ReadItDaddy and it's quite sad to know that Judith Kerr's 'Mog' books came to an end back in 2003 with this book, "Goodbye Mog". It deals with one of the stickiest subjects a parent (or indeed a pet owner)...

Hello, we're back from sunny Lanzarote (where the average daytime temperature crept up to 30 degrees, and we seem to have brought some of the sunshine back with us! Hooray!) and one of the first things we did was to troop down to the local library to replenish our stock...

Easter is coming and as I mentioned in my previous post, there are better ways to celebrate Easter than scoffing chocolate eggs and hot crossed buns even if you're not into the religious side of things. So with that in mind, here's a top ten list of books with an easter theme to entertain...

Ask any child what's happening a week on Sunday and they'll probably blink a couple of times and shrug their shoulders. Mention "Easter" and their reaction will be entirely different. To most children, easter means one thing - Chocolate, and lots of it.  So here's a few...

Boing! What does the world's bounciest stuntman do on his days off? Trains and practices of course, but when a little over-enthusiastic exercise goes wrong, The Great Elastic Marvel (five times world trampolining champion) has to rely on his flexible limbs and quick wits...

Mike the Knight is a new CBeebies TV series currently airing and becoming extremely popular in a relatively short space of time. Simon and Schuster recently contacted us to let us take a look at their upcoming range of official Mike the Knight books and the first of these...

It seems incredible to think that Winnie the Witch, the timeless children's classic is a mere whippersnapper. 25 years ago, the perfect combination of Valerie Thomas' quirky stories, and Korky Paul's sublime scratchy ink and colour work came together to give children...

The "Frog" books by Max Velthuijs are nice, simple and fun books featuring engaging animal characters, simple illustrations and always have a happy ending. So when Frog feels lost, lonely and forlorn when all his friends seem busy and preoccupied, you know things...

I don't know about you, but when I read whimsical books written in rhyme to Charlotte, it's almost impossible NOT to adopt a sort of 'sing-song' voice. Case in point: Down the Back of the Chair by Margaret Mahy and Polly Dunbar. It bounces along, telling the tale of woe...