Tuesday, 30 April 2013
New Doctor Dog coming from the utterly awesome Babette Cole. Doctor Dog - Health and Fitness Unleashed!
"A Dose of Doctor Dog" book cover. Never go out without your sunblock!
Babette Cole's Doctor Dog books are amongst Charlotte's all time favourite books. We've often wondered whether we'd get to find out what happened next to the Gumboyles and their very talented medical pooch.
Wonder...
The Hueys in "It Wasn't Me!" by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Oh dear. Here we go again. Remember I told you how disappointed Charlotte was with Oliver Jeffers' previous "Hueys" book "The New Jumper"? I tried, I implored, I begged and I pleaded but no amount of reading and re-reading could get her to love it.
Here we are with...
Come to School Too, Blue Kangaroo by Emma Chichester-Clark (HarperCollins Children's Books)
We love following the exploits of her wonderful dog Plum on The Plumdog Blog (if you haven't discovered it yet, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!) so any new books from Emma Chichester-Clark are always cause for celebration.
We're relative newbs and green around the gills...
Monday, 29 April 2013
Meggie Moon by Elizabeth Baguley and Gregoire Mabire (Little Tiger Press)
We'd heard lots of praise being heaped on this book before we finally spotted it in the library stacks, so we had to check it out.
It's very easy to see why it's such a big hit, what a lovely book! Meggie Moon tells the story of two scruffy little kickabout boys (you...
Illustrators! Artists! Design a logo for the FCBG Festival of Children's Literature!
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Federation of Children's Book Groups,
Festival of Children's Literature,
Illustration Competition
Calling all illustrators!
On Saturday November 9th 2013 the Federation of Children’s Book Groups will be holding a one day Festival of Children’s Literature at the Birmingham Conservatoire. Confirmed authors and illustrators include Michael Morpurgo, Emma Chichester Clark, James...
#ReadItMD13 - "Brilliant Bookshops" week - Celebrate your local independent booksellers!
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Brilliant Bookshops,
Hedgehog Bookshop,
Indie Locals,
Mostly Books,
The Abingdon Bookstore
Hedgehog Books, Penrith - An aladdin's cave of booky goodness!
For this week's #ReadItMD13 theme week we thought we'd take a look at beautiful bookshops! There are many reasons why we champion them in a climate where quite often they're overlooked and struggling to stay afloat (amongst...
Friday, 26 April 2013
Big Top Benn by David McKee (Tate Publishing Ltd)
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After our circus-themed book of the week, let's stay with circuses for the moment with a look at Big Top Benn.
David McKee's timeless bowler-hatted hero has been around for well over 40 years now - and this book was first published when Mr Benn was the preferred teatime...
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week, Week Ending 26th April 2013 - "Bubble and Squeak" by James Mayhew and Clara Vulliamy (Orchard Books)
Roll up, roll up! Enjoy the thrills and spills of the circus in this utterly fantastic book from James Mayhew and Clara Vulliamy. Plop on your top hat, shrug on your red coat and tails and shout from the very top of the Big Top itself - "Bubble and Squeak" are here!
Bubble...
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Pigs Might Fly (The Further Adventures of the Three Little Pigs) by Jonathan Emmett and Steve Cox (Puffin Books)
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Steve Cox,
The Further Adventures of the Three Little Pigs
We all know the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs but what exactly did those little fellows get up to once they'd vanquished the big bad wolf?
In Jonathan Emmett and Steve Cox's excellent little book we find out what happens when the pigs enter the great 'Pie in the...
Into the Forest by Anthony Browne (Walker Books)
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Anthony Browne,
Into the Forest,
Walker Books
Not everyone likes it when Anthony Browne's books stray away from the cuddly and colourful "Willy" and "Gorilla" style books into darker territory. One of the most disturbing children's books in Browne's back catalogue, "The Tunnel" is echoed here in "Into the Forest"...
Ballet Kitty - Ballet Class by Bernette Forde and Sam Williams (Boxer Books)
Time to go en pointe with Ballet Kitty as she joins her best friends Princess Pussycat and Ginger Tom for their very first ballet class.
Kitty and Princess deck themselves out in their best ballet outfits, but poor Ginger Tom doesn't have anything special to wear. He...
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Welly Walks by Hannah Ensor (Stickman Communications / Whizz Kidz)
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Welly Walks,
Whizz Kidz
The lovely Hannah Ensor got in touch with ReadItDaddy to tell us all about her fantastic children's books and has very kindly sent us one to take a look at.
"Welly Walks" is the simple but celebratory story of two young children who enjoy a day out, having fun splashing...
Spotlight on Caroline Lawrence's "The Roman Mysteries" with "The Sewer Demon" by Caroline Lawrence and Helen Forte (Orion Children's Books)
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Caroline Lawrence,
Helen Forte,
Orion Children's Books,
The Roman Mysteries,
The Sewer Demon
Charlotte loves history! At risk of sounding like one of those horribly pushy parents who will try and convince you that their tiny toddler is well versed in the machinations of ancient Mesopotamia, or is fully knowledgeable about Ancient Greece, Charlotte really does...
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Celebrate World Book Night with a trio of top notch Top That! Publishing goodies for your Tablet
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Free Apps,
Top That Publishing,
World Book Night
It's World Book Night and to celebrate, our fabulous friends over at Top That! Publishing have released a trio of fabulous apps for your iPad from the 23rd to the 24th April. The details are below:
The Jumblies app – Download for FREE
Full of fantastical nonsense, interactive...
I Love My Daddy by Giles Andreae and Emma Dodd (Orchard Books)
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I Love My Daddy,
Orchard Books
It's still a little early for Father's Day yet (in the UK it's on Sunday June 16th Folks, but various territories have it on different days). Nevertheless, it's never too early to celebrate dads (and mums) so here's a charming little book from two giants in children's...
Dinosaur Farm by Frann Preston Gannon (Pavilion Children's Books)
You would not BELIEVE how much there is to do on Dinosaur Farm. In Fran Preston Gannon's rather nifty little book we get to share the day with Farmer Jack on his Dinosaur Farm, and learn about all the things that need to be done to help grow and nurture happy healthy dinosaurs.
Farmer...
Jack's Amazing Shadow by Tom Percival (Pavilion Children's Books)
Lately on the blog we've noticed we're seeing a heck of a lot of 'friend' books. Books that deal with friendship and what happens when friends fall out, but realise they can't really do without each other. Off the top of my head I can think of at least five, so any new...
Monday, 22 April 2013
#HappyBirthdayBertie - Bertie's Top Ten Trumps!
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Dirty Bertie,
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We wanted to do something creative to celebrate Dirty Bertie's 10th birthday (or should that be "Bert-day"). In honour of the latest Dirty Bertie picture book "Pooh, is that you Bertie?" by David Roberts, we've compiled a list of "Bertie's Top 10 Trumps" - or ways to effectively focus...
#happybirthdaydirtybertie "Dirty Bertie Early Readers" by Alan Macdonald and David Roberts (Little Tiger Press)
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It's "Happy Birthday Dirty Bertie" day on ReadItDaddy today, and along with the children's picture books there's a range of early chapter readers featuring the boy with a billion dirty habits, Dirty Bertie himself.
The range now comprises 100 books covering a wide range...
#happybirthdaydirtybertie "Pooh, is that you Bertie?" by David Roberts (Little Tiger Press)
We're celebrating 10 years of David Roberts' stinky little lad Dirty Bertie on ReadItDaddy today. So what did Bertie get up to next after his previous dog-licking plant-watering antics?
How can we put it delicately? Trouser trumps? Bottom fluffs? Tummy squeaks?
Whatever...
#happybirthdaydirtybertie Dirty Bertie by David Roberts (Little Tiger Press)
We're celebrating 10 years of Dirty Bertie with lots and lots of Bertie goodness today on the blog, starting with a review of the book that started it all and introduced us to the little monster himself!
David Roberts' Bertie has a whole raft of gross habits. He loves...
#ReadItMD13 - This week's theme week, "Book TV!"
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#ReadItMD13,
Book TV,
Bookaboo,
Driver Dan's Story Train,
ITV Signed Stories,
Jackanory,
The Book Tower
Far more desirable than a Sony Bravia 52" HD Telly surely?
For this week's theme, I must admit to having a huge gap in my knowledge so I'm hoping lots of you lovely folk will be able to help me plug the gaps. You see, on average we watch probably about 2-4 hours of TV a week at home...
Friday, 19 April 2013
The Witch's Assistant by Patrick Coombes (New Generation Publishing)
Here's a rather charming little book featuring a slightly inept (but ultimately heroic) little bat who is The Witch's Assistant.
Franklin the Bat helps out around Templeton Towers, a creaky towering building protected by a fire breathing dragon, and home to several witches...
ReadItDaddy's Book(s) of the Week - Cozy Classics (Les Miserables, Pride and Prejudice and Moby Dick) Adapted by Jack and Holman Wang (Simply Read Books)
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Herman Melville,
Holman Wang,
Jack Wang,
Jane Austen,
Les Miserables,
Moby Dick,
Pride and Prejudice,
Simply Read Books,
Victor Hugo
How on earth can you possibly distil some of the world's best loved classics down to a tiny board book containing a handful of pages? HOW? It's impossible surely! Yet the Cozy Classics range has done exactly that, with plans to add more to their rather impressive line-up.
We...
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Through the Magic Mirror by Anthony Browne (Walker Books)
Anthony Browne's love letters to all things surreal and Magritte-shaped are always well received by us. Charlotte loves them because she can spend hours picking out all the hidden details in each sumptuously illustrated spread. I love them because I studied Rene Magritte's...
Lovabye Dragon by Barbara Joosse and Randy Cecil (Walker Books)
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Lovabye Dragon,
Randy Cecil,
Walker Books
More dragons! We demand more dragons! Charlotte loves them and whenever we spy a dragon-based book at the library, it inevitably ends up in our pile.
This is something rather special though. Lovabye Dragon by Barbara Joosse and Randy Cecil celebrates friendship and caring...
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