Monday, 31 December 2012
2012 - That was the year that was - Part 4 (October, November, December) ReadItDaddy takes a retrospective look back at a year in Children's Books
As ReaditDaddy weathered the rain and storms of October, we said a sad goodbye to Helen Nicoll, one half of the extremely talented team behind the Meg and Mog books. I loved these when I was a kid, and these were some of the earliest books we checked out from the library for Charlotte...
Sunday, 30 December 2012
2012 - That was the year that was - Part 3 (July, August, September) ReadItDaddy takes a retrospective look back at a year in Children's Books
The summer sort of half materialised but was soon dampened down by rain, rain, and more rain. Thankfully we had more than enough books to keep us entertained. We also started taking a look at storytelling apps and the rise (and rise) of e-books, discovering Julia Dweck and Patricia Saco's...
Saturday, 29 December 2012
2012 - That was the year that was - Part 2 (April, May, June) ReadItDaddy takes a retrospective look back at a year in Children's Books
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By April we were wondering when the nice weather was going to start. Thankfully you don't need a baking hot day to enjoy books so we snuggled down to take a look at 16 corkingly good reads.
We re-reviewed Helen Cooper's utterly essential "The Bear Under the Stairs" - a book which...
Friday, 28 December 2012
2012 - That was the year that was - Part 1 (January, February, March) ReadItDaddy takes a retrospective look back at a year in Children's Books
Way back in January 2012 we decided to ramp things up a notch here at ReadItDaddy and start covering more books. This is always an ambitious thing to try and do, particularly during a year which has seen our blissful days off with Charlotte replaced by her first few months at school....
Friday, 21 December 2012
ReaditDaddy's Book of the Week - "No Bot - the Robot With No Bottom" by Sue Hendra (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
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No-Bot the Robot With No Bottom,
Simon and Schuster Children's Books,
Sue Hendra
As soon as we saw Sue Hendra's latest book, we knew we'd love it. Sue's books are always cute in spades, hilariously funny and have the sort of characters that stick in the mind (we've loved Normal the Snail with the Funny Shell and Keith the Cat with the Magic Hat). How...
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
There Were Dinosaurs Everywhere by Howard Temperley and Michael Kline (KWS Publishing Ltd)
We're on the penultimate review of the year before we shut up shop for Christmas (there's one more book of the week coming on Friday and our scheduled 'Round up of 2012' articles will be dropping into place automatically on the 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st of December - watch...
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
The Adventurers by Rachel Elliott and Valeria Docampo (Meadowside Children's Books)
A child's imagination is a wonderful thing. Listening to Charlotte when she has a bit of 'Me time' and plays on her own is quite fantastic, now she's at the age where she doesn't need us to guide her playtimes or activities.
Rachel Elliott's story 'The Adventurers' gives...
The Dragon Who Couldn't Do Dragony Things by Anni Axworthy (Zero to Ten Publishing)
We're no strangers to Anni Axworthy's cute little dragon fellow, having read this and 'Little Dragon and the Haunted House' in completely the wrong order. So here's the very first time we meet the dragon who - well as the title says - can't quite do dragony things.
Fire...
The YoYome Christmas Box from http://www.yoyome.co.uk
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Christmas Box,
christmas origami,
crayons,
doodle pads,
word search,
YoYo Me
A few days ago we took a look at yoyome.co.uk, a company that sells funky little stationery packs, activity sheets, invitations and a whole host of other neat things for little ones (and slightly bigger ones) to enjoy over the festive season. YoYome very kindly sent us...
Monday, 17 December 2012
What's life like on Planet Rom? Let's go and take a peek!
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Eye-popping, startling and so very very different. That's pretty much what we thought of Amber Vittoria's new children's book "Welcome To Planet Rom" which Amber emailed us about earlier in the week.
Amber, a graphic artist with a mind-blowing website and portfolio, has come up with...
Mr Hookumbacker and the Yella Yella Yum Tree available for free download
Neat tongue-twisting tale Mr Hookumbacker and the Yella Yella Yum Tree is a self-published E-Book from Richard Silverton. With a fantasy twist in the tale, and engaging characters, the book can now be obtained via Richard's blog for Mr Hookumbacker.
Mr HookumBacker Free...
The Phlunk by Lou Rhodes and Tori Elliott (Strata Books)
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When 'The Phlunk' dropped through our letterbox, courtesy of the lovely Tori Elliott and Strata Books, we were a bit befuddled. Here - on the surface at least - is a book that's a real tough win for an adult, but seems to have that certain something that appeals to a child.
I'll...
Jack's Mega Machines - The Dinosaur Digger by Alison Ritchie and Mike Byrne (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
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When ace mechanic Jack gets something to repair in his magic workshop, great adventures happen! We've already thrilled to the intergalactic thrills and spills of a superb race in "Jack's Mega Machines - The Rocket Racing Car" (which nabbed a well deserved Book of the Week...
Friday, 14 December 2012
The Grump by Sarah Garson (Andersen Children's Books)
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Sarah Garson,
The Grump
Just who is 'The Grump'? Who is this slothful messy character who leaves a trail of destruction in their wake, consumes anything palatable from the fridge, messes up the bathroom and snores loudly under the duvet while everyone else in the house is up and around?
I'm...
Spookyrumpus by Tony Mitton and Guy Parker-Rees (Orchard Books)
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Orchard Books,
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C's appetite for spooky stories is insatiable and once again I'm being constantly badgered to come up with spookier and spookier stories of our made-up character "Merlin the Happy Pig".
Thankfully I can temper trying to work out how to make stories spooky but not scary...
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Frank N Stan by M.P. Robertson (Francis Lincoln Children's Books)
For someone brought up loving gothic horror novels, and the classic MGM monster movies, I've always had a soft spot for the story of Frankenstein. Mary Shelley's peerless novel is riffed on so beautifully here in a children's picture book with a difference.
Young Frank...
Thursday, 13 December 2012
The Hueys in "The New Jumper" by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Oh dear. Oh dearie dear. When we finally spotted "The Hueys in the New Jumper" at our local library, we got quite excited. The chance to dip into a new Oliver Jeffers book, something really unique looking and different - and something with a great message that 'different...
Spotlight on YoYome - a fantastic range of children's activity products and other goodies
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Activity sheets,
Aimee,
doodle pads,
Lou,
stationery,
workbooks,
YoYo Me
My lovely other half The Strolling Mum alerted me to a rather cool little company who produce an innovative and colourful range of children's activity products. YoYo me caught our eye thanks to their learning and activity sheets / doodle pads but a quick dip into their fantastic...
Alphasaurs and other Prehistoric Types by Sharon Werner and Sarah Nelson Forss (Blue Apple Books)
Charlotte LOVES a good dinosaur book, and this is a very good dinosaur book but with a twist. It's also a very good alphabet learning book where each gigantic and ferocious dinosaur is beautifully illustrated using the letter it begins with, concrete poetry style.
Packed...
The Princess and the Peas and Carrots by Harriet Ziefert and Travis Foster (Blue Apple Books)
Sharing a house with a Princess isn't easy. We know this only too well at ReadItDaddy Towers as our own little Princess, Charlotte (she tells us quite forcefully she's a princess but we haven't tried the 'pea' test yet).
Princess Rosebud (or Rosebud as she's known most...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Homer the Library Cat by Reeve Lindbergh and Anne Wilsdorf (Walker Books)
Libraries rock! Cats rock! Put them together and you've got a lovely snuggly little tale of a cat who loves peace and quiet. He lives with a very quiet lady, in a very quiet house, in a very quiet part of town.
Purely by accident, the snoozy Homer finds himself propelled...
Dina's Tea Time (storybook app) by Julia Dweck and Patricia Saco (KiteReaders)
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Julia Dweck,
KiteReaders,
Patricia Saco
We've previously taken a look at Julia Dweck and Patricia Saco's sublime dip into the art world with "Henny Hops into Art - The Hare with the Pearl Earring". Julia kindly offered to let us take another look at her storytelling app range with 'Dina's Tea Time', again illustrated...
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
The Rascally Cake by Jeanne Willis and Korky Paul (Picture Puffin)
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Korky Paul,
Picture Puffin,
The Rascally Cake
More locally generated genius, this time in the form of Korky Paul's superbly detailed illustrations. Coupled with Jeanne Willis' supreme talent for funny (and quite ghastly) rhymes, "The Rascally Cake" was a bit of a 'find' in our local library (we thought we'd seen just...
The Totally Terrifying Three by Hiawyn Oram and David Melling (Hodder Children's Books)
We're fast becoming fans of local boy David Melling's work. He's an absolute gentleman on Twitter, and here working with Hiawyn Oram, he has produced some lovely mythical creatures and beautifully coloured ink drawings for "The Totally Terrifying Three".
Three mythical...
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