Friday, 29 March 2013
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week, Week Ending Friday 29th March 2013 - "Red Butterfly" by Deborah Noyes and Sophie Blackall (Candlewick Press)
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Our book of the week this week is something spectacular and unusual, and a book that made Charlotte's eyes pop out with delight as soon as she saw the luxurious and beautiful illustrations on the cover.
"Red Butterfly" tells the story of how a lone Princess smuggled the...
Thursday, 28 March 2013
I Heart Bedtime by Clara Vulliamy (HarperCollins Children's Books)
(Check out the Twitter hashtag #iheartbedtime for more brill reviews!)
There have been lots of happy discoveries since we first started blogging about books way back in 2010 but some authors and illustrators somehow manage to escape our notice, purely by accident. I can't...
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates (Red Fox Picture Books)
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So this is the book that started Dog's wonderful journey of discovery across three very succesful books. We were very lucky to spot this at our local library so grabbed it with both hands.
We did things in a slightly higgledy-piggledy order (first reading "Dog Loves Drawing"...
#ReadItMD13 - "Children's Poetry Week" - Day 3 with Joshua Seigal, Children's Poet and Performer
Joshua Seigal, Children's Poet and Performer getting the audience involved!
Once again we're delighted to guest a post for #ReadItMD13 Children's Poetry Week, this time by children's poet and performer Joshua Seigal. He's out and about this week visiting schools and the poem below...
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Lion and Mouse by Catalina Echeverri (Jonathan Cape Ltd)
We love it when books fizz with energy, and Catalina Echeverri's debut for Jonathan Cape, "Lion and Mouse" does exactly that.
Taking a fairly well known story and adding a few twists and turns here and there, Catalina has produced a rather beautiful book underpinned with...
Dog Loves Counting by Louise Yates (Jonathan Cape Ltd)
Ahhh Dog, one of our favourite Children's Book Characters, is back once again to delve into a subject that I personally shy away from. Numbers. But children love numbers as much as dog, so in Louise Yates' latest 'Dog' book, the inquisitive little fellah embarks on a journey...
#ReadItMD13 - "Children's Poetry Week" - Colin West, author of "The Big Book of Nonsense"
Colin West, Author of "The Big Book of Nonsense (Vol 1-3)" with two awesome poetry books
We've giggled at his brilliant "Big Book of Nonsense" in its shiny new electronic form on iPad, and we've been entertained by his tweets. Ladies and gentlemen, for Children's Poetry Week we're...
Monday, 25 March 2013
Springboard Stories Issue 4 - "Space!"
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Springboard Stories Issue 4 - "Space" - We are space nerds and we love this!
When you hear the wonderful folk behind Springboard Stories casually mentioning on twitter that their core aim is to make each issue just that teensy weensy little bit better than the last, you'd better...
The ReadItDaddy Interview - Clara Vulliamy, author and illustrator of the latest Martha and the Bunny Brothers book "I Heart Bedtime"
Martha Hearts Bedtime!
It's launch week for Clara Vulliamy's latest (and we think greatest!) "Martha and the Bunny Brothers" book "I Heart Bedtime". We are very fortunate to have Clara guesting on our blog, answering some of our trickiest questions and we really appreciate her taking...
#ReadItMD13 - Elli Woollard on poetry vs really bad rhyming
Best rhyme ever!
When Rhyme is a Crime "Shut that book! I’ve not got time To read your bloody awful rhyme" There are too many picture books written in rhyme. There, I’ve said it. A strange thing to say, you might think, coming from someone who writes almost exclusively in verse....
Want to win a fantastic copy of "I Heart Bedtime" by Clara Vulliamy? Tweet us something Bunny and Funny!
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I Heart Bedtime by Clara Vulliamy. We heart it a lot too!
Thanks to the lovely folk over at HarperCollins Children's Books (and also thanks to the lovely Clara herself) we've got a very special prize competition for you to win Clara's latest (and most brilliant) Martha and the Bunny...
#ReaditMD13 - This week's theme "Children's Poetry"
C from Edward Lear's "The Letters of the Alphabet" (1880)
This week we're diving headlong into a fairly tricky subject. Children's Poetry is often (quite wrongly) overlooked because parents often assume that just because a book rhymes, it's poetry.
No no no no NO! A thousand times...
Friday, 22 March 2013
The ReadItDaddy Interview - Emma Yarlett, Author and Illustrator of our Book of the Week this week - "Sidney, Stella and the Moon" (Templar Publishing)
Emma Yarlett and her debut children's book "Sidney, Stella and the Moon" (Templar)
It's a real treat to be able to interview lovely booky folk during the course of our weekly blogging antics, and this week we're extremely lucky to be able to welcome Emma Yarlett, Author and Illustrator...
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week ending 22nd March 2013: "Sidney, Stella and the Moon" by Emma Yarlett (Templar Publishing)
Ah the moon, the effect it has on our popular culture is phenomenal. Paul Simon once wrote "If you wanna write a song, write a song about the moon" but it also works for children's books too.
We're extremely lucky that the lovely Emma Yarlett has taken time out of her...
#ReadItMD13 - "Brilliant Book Bloggers" Day Five Part 2 - Catherine at StorySnug
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Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell - A StorySnug Favourite!
Phew! We've just got time to squeeze in one more entry before bedtime - so here's Day 5 Part 2's entry from Catherine at Story Snug.
ReadItDaddy: Tell us your blog's name / who you are
http://storysnug.com / Catherine
ReadItDaddy:...
#ReadItMD13 - "Brilliant Book Bloggers" Day 5 Part 1
Child-Led Chaos, showing us how it should be done when it comes to book blogging!
We had such an enthusiastic response to our call for Book Bloggers to join in with our #readitmd13 theme week but how could we possibly resist featuring someone from our home town? Of course we couldn't,...
Thursday, 21 March 2013
The Phoenix Comic kicks off Oxford's first family-friendly Comics Festival on 4th May 2013. Updated Post!
The Phoenix Comic Festival - Coming to the Story Museum, Oxford!
It's so exciting, it's a wonder my underpants haven't exploded. News reaches us courtesy of the super-fabulous Jabberworks (Sarah McIntyre) that The Phoenix Comic and The Story Museum Oxford have teamed up to kick off...
#readitmd13 - "Brilliant Book Bloggers" Day 4 - Carmen at Rhino Reads
"I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie" - So do we, lovely Rhino, so do we!
Day Four of this week's #ReadItMD Campaign theme of "Brilliant Book Bloggers" and we have a genuine book fairy with us to share her experiences in book blogging. Over to you, Carmen Haselup at Rhino Reads!
ReadItDaddy:...
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
View the new Book Trailer for Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen's epic "The Dark" - a ReadItDaddy Book of the Week!
Book trailers always fill us with a hint of fear. How can you distil a brilliant book down into a short video clip?
The answer, as you'll see from the trailer above for Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen's brilliant "The Dark" is "with consummate ease". Love this to pieces!
You can see why it became a "ReadItDaddy Book of the Week" by reading our review. The Dark, by Lemony Snicket...
#ReaditMD13 - "Brilliant Book Bloggers" Day 3 - Melanie at "The Library Mice"
Mice love books - and tea!
Welcome to Day 3 of our Book Blogging theme for #ReadItMD13 and we're very honoured to feature a blog that sets exceptionally high standards. Step forward Library Mice!
ReadItDaddy: Tell us your blog's name / who you are
Mélanie @ Library Mice...
Easter Eggstras - "Dr Duck" by Steve Smallman and Hannah George (Little Tiger Press)
Like a streak of yellow, Dr Duck races in to save the day! Once again we're steering you towards books not eggs this Easter and here's a duck on a mission. You've wowed at Doctor Dog, You've had a thermometer jabbed up your nose by Doctor Ted so here's Dr Duck, the...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
#ReadItMD13 Theme Week "Brilliant Book Bloggers" - Day 2: Loll Kirby at Storyseekers.co.uk
Story Seekers at work!
Day Two of this week's #ReadItMD Campaign theme of "Brilliant Book Bloggers" and we're lucky enough to hear from Loll Kirby at the brilliant StorySeekers.
Take it away, Loll!
ReadItDaddy: Tell us your blog's name and who you are
I'm Loll Kirby and my blog...
Easter Eggstras - "Stop That Egg" by Helen Poole (Little Tiger Press)
Here's another review to steer you towards your local bookshop rather than your local confectioner when it comes to finding the perfect Easter present for your little ones.
How about this fantastic (and rather noisy) book from Helen Poole.
"Stop That Egg" is a great...
Monday, 18 March 2013
Fancy something utterly brilliant to hang on your wall? How about Captain Claw's Submarine?
The Treasure of Captain Claw Cover
We've been utterly wowed by the work of Steve Cox over the last couple of days, and you can now grab yourself a slice of his fantastic artwork to stick on your wall.
If you hop through to Steve's Illustration Site on Big Cartel, you can get a massive...
#ReadItMD13 Theme Week - "Brilliant Book Bloggers!" Day 1: Leyla at "This Day I Love"
Oh we've got a treat in store for you this week. A seriously talented bunch of lovely booky folk have kindly offered to join in with this week's #ReadItMD Campaign theme of "Brilliant Book Bloggers" - Six who have set the bar incredibly high for us newbies to follow.
So without...
#ReaditMD13 - "Brilliant Book Bloggers Week"
Hooray! Our theme this week is "Brilliant Book Bloggers" and as part of our #ReadItMummiesAndDaddies2013 theme weeks I've invited Six (count them SIX!) of the best bloggers in the business to take part.
Being the wonderful folk they are, they've all accepted so you're in for a treat...
Easter Eggstras - "Duck says Don't" by Alison Ritchie and Hannah George (Little Tiger Press)
As part of our run-up to Easter we are looking at books that make a far far better present than chocolate (though mums might not agree with me here!).
Nevertheless, ducky antics are on the schedule in this fantastic book from Alison Ritchie and Hannah George, "Duck Says...
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