Tuesday, 31 December 2013
ReadItMummiesandDaddies2013 - Our Weekly Theme Campaign. Was it a success?
A great year for books, without a doubt (once again thanks to Jonathan Emmett for designing our Campaign Logo)
2013 was a heck of a good year for children's books, and without a doubt a brilliant year for us here at ReadItDaddy for many reasons.
Our campaign to encourage mums and...
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
ReadItDaddy's Booky Advent Calendar - Christmas Eve - 24th December 2013: "Star Paws Christmas" by Macmillans Children's Books
Booky Advent Calendar Christmas Eve
Star Paws Christmas
Written by Macmillan Children's Books
It's Christmas Eve! I hope you're going to be all tucked up in bed nice and early tonight.
Our last Advent Calendar Entry (boo!) and there's always time for some sticker fun. The "Star Paws"...
Monday, 23 December 2013
ReadItDaddy's Booky Advent Calendar Day 23 - 23rd December 2013: "Baby's First Christmas" by Fisher Price (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Booky Advent Calendar Day 23
Baby's First Christmas
Written by Fisher Price
Published by HarperCollins Children's BooksWe're almost there. It's Christmas Eve-eve! 2 sleeps to go!
We still have a soft spot for this book, even though Charlotte out-grew it a few years ago. Baby's First...
Sunday, 22 December 2013
Booky Advent Calendar Day 22 - 22nd December 2013: "Angel's Great Escape" (iPad Interactive Story) by And So We Begin
Booky Advent Calendar Day 22
Angel's Great Escape
Written by Kirstie Rowson
Published by And So We Begin
Who is that rather beautiful angel? Well she's the shining star of a wonderful app that we enjoyed immensely last year, and is still available on the app store.
"Angel's Great...
Saturday, 21 December 2013
Booky Advent Calendar Day 21 - 21st December 2013: "Aliens Love Panta Claus by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort" (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
Booky Advent Calendar Day 21
Aliens Love Panta Claus
Written by Claire FreedmanIllustrated by Ben Cort
Published by Simon and Schuster
Children's Books
Those pant-loving aliens are back, and we can't get enough of their crazy adventures. Claire Freedman and Ben Cort have put out quite...
Friday, 20 December 2013
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children's Books)
Charlie Cook's Favourite Book
Written by Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Published by Macmillan Children's Books
We've made a point of trying to read as many of Julia Donaldson's books as possible, particularly when she teams up with Axel Scheffler for an entertaining...
Meet the Parents by Peter Bently and Sara Ogilvie (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
Meet the Parents
Written by Peter Bently
Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie
Published by Simon and Schuster Children's Books
It's a well known fact that parents are amazingly adaptive, creative, clever and sometimes quite lovely (we are, aren't we?) But it's not often that children see all...
ReadItDaddy's Top 50 Children's Books of the Year 2013
Once again it's been an absolutely stunningly good year for children's books and every week we've struggled with the dilemma of which to choose as our "Book of the Week".
Our Top 50 Children's Books of the Year aren't necessarily books that have been released in 2013, but are the books that we just couldn't put down, that were demanded again and again, and quite rightly ended each...
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 20th December 2013 - "Aunt Amelia" by Rebecca Cobb (Macmillan Children's Books)
Aunt Amelia
Written and Illustrated byRebecca Cobb
Published by Macmillan Children's Books
Our final book of the week this year (as we're taking a bit of a blog break over the festive season!) and you can accuse us of favouritism towards Rebecca Cobb if you like, but she's just SO...
Booky Advent Calendar Day 20 - 20th December 2013: "Fuzzy Christmas" by Kate Thomson and Barry Green (Top That! Publishing)
Booky Advent Calendar Day 20
Fuzzy Christmas
Written by Kate ThomsonIllustrated by Barry Green
Published by Top That! Publishing
We quite like children's books that double up as fun toys, and as huge fans of Fuzzy Felt we loved this christmassy version from Top That Publishing. "Fuzzy...
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Maisy, Charley and the Wobbly Tooth by Lucy Cousins (Walker Books)
Maisy, Charley and the Wobbly Tooth
Written and Illustrated by
Lucy Cousins
Published by Walker Books
We have lots of love and respect for Lucy Cousins. Her "Maisy" books are just utterly perfect for toddlers and tiddlers, and of course with recent 'tooth' happenings at home,...
Indie Pen-Dance Wednesday on a Thursday! "Stumble, Trip, Fall" by Robert Scully (Psst! Books)
Stumble Trip Fall
Written and Illustrated by
Robert Scully
Published by Psst! Books
Bears make brilliant characters in books, and just when we think we can't bear (ha ha) any more bear-based stories, a new one comes along and wins us over.
Though we're a little late with...
ReadItDaddy's Booky Advent Calendar Day 19 - 19th December 2013: "Roley Moley's Christmas" by E.J. Gill (J & J Gill Publishing)
Booky Advent Calendar Day 19
Roley Moley's Christmas
Written and Illustrated byE.J. Gill
Published by J & J Gill Publishing
Christmas is coming, and by now you're probably smugly sitting atop a huge pile of things ready to wrap having completed your christmas shopping early. What's...
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Ending the year as we began by looking at phonics...
Labels:
Early reading,
early years,
phonics
To an average child, it can often feel like this in your head when you are learning to read
Back in January phonics were a hot topic for us, as Charlotte began to experience the sharp end of early years introduction to phonics and decoding.
At times, it felt like we couldn't...
Killer Gorilla by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross (Andersen Children's Books)
Killer Gorilla
Written by Jeanne Willis
Illustrated by Tony Ross
Published by Andersen Press
Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross truly are a stellar pairing. Pretty much everything they've ever done in children's books has been utterly and completely devoured by Charlotte in the most favourable...
Booky Advent Calendar Day 18 - 18th December 2013: "Father Christmas (40th Anniversary Edition)" by Raymond (Bloomin') Briggs (Puffin Books)
Booky Advent Calendar Day 18
Father Christmas (40th Anniversary Edition)
Written and Illustrated byRaymond Briggs
Published by Puffin Books
Good bloomin' lord! Can you believe that "Father Christmas" is 40 years old? There must have been something rather special pumped into the water...
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam by Tracey Corderoy and Steven Lenton (Nosy Crow)
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam
Written by Tracey Corderoy
Illustrated by Steven Lenton
Published by Nosy Crow
We're always late to the Nosy Crow party but we get there in the end. I remember reading lots of positive stuff about Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam when it came out earlier...
Booky Advent Calendar Day 17 - 17th December 2013: "Winter's Tales" by Metaphrog (Metaphrog Publishing)
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Booky Advent Calendar,
Hans Christian Andersen,
Metaphrog,
Metaphrog Publishing,
Winter's Tales
Booky Advent Calendar Day 17
Winter's Tales
Written and Illustrated byMetaphrog
Published by Metaphrog
One of our happiest 'discoveries' of the year has been the utterly sublime work of Metaphrog. Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers are the genius team behind the fabulous award-winning Louis...
Monday, 16 December 2013
What Does the Fox Say? By Ylvis and Svein Nyhus (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
What does the Fox Say?
Written by Ylvis
Illustrated by Svein Nyhus
Published by Simon and Schuster Children's Books
I think we must live in an anti-meme bubble, because somehow "YouTube Internet Smash Sensation What Does The Fox Say?" completely passed us by. So we actually knew about...
Booky Advent Calendar Day 16 - 16th December 2013: "How Santa Really Works" by Alan Snow (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
Labels:
Alan Snow,
Booky Advent Calendar,
How Santa Really Works,
Simon and Schuster Children's Books
Booky Advent Calendar Day 16
How Santa Really WorksWritten and Illustrated byAlan Snow
Published by Simon and Schuster
With a name like Alan Snow, you'd expect the genius behind the "How (something) Really Works" books to come up with a festive corker of a subject. "How Santa Really...
Sunday, 15 December 2013
Booky Advent Calendar Day 15 - 15th December 2013 - "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Labels:
C.S Lewis,
HarperCollins Children's Books,
Pauline Baynes,
The Lion the witch and the wardrobe
Booky Advent Calendar Day 15
The Lion, The Witch and the WardrobeWritten by C.S LewisIllustrated by Pauline Baynes
Published by HarperCollins
I think this book reminds me of Christmas for two reasons. One: I remember first reading it during some of the worst snows of the 70s, when I...
Saturday, 14 December 2013
ReaditDaddy's Booky Advent Calendar Day 14 - 14th December 2013 - "The Unpleasant Tale of the Man-Eating Christmas Pudding" by Leyland Perree and Stuart McGhee (Ghostly Publishing)
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Ghostly Publishing,
Leyland Perree,
Stuart McGhee,
The Unpleasant Tale of the Man-Eating Christmas Pud
Booky Advent Calendar Day 14
The Unpleasant Tale of the Man-Eating Christmas PuddingWritten by Leyland PerreeIllustrated by Stuart McGhee
Published by Ghostly Publishing
My Welsh Grandma made a mean christmas pud. Every year she'd begin it around...january 1st, and she'd spend an entire...
Friday, 13 December 2013
The Three Horrid Pigs and the Big Friendly Wolf by Liz Pichon (Little Tiger Press)
The Three Horrid Pigs and the Big Friendly Wolf
Written and Illustrated byLiz Pichon
Published by Little Tiger Press
We love a good mixed-up fairy tale and though we've loaned this from the library before, we never managed to review it. Time to correct that as Liz Pichon's "The Three...
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 13th December 2013. "The Midnight Library" by Kazuno Kohara (Macmillan Children's Books)
The Midnight Library
Written and Illustrated by
Kazuno Kohara
Published by Macmillan Children's Books
As a child, I always secretly wished I could get locked in a library or a museum overnight. For some reason it didn't scare me, the thought of being all alone in a place that...
ReadItDaddy's Booky Advent Calendar Day 13 - 13th December 2013 - "Stick Man" by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Alison Green Books)
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Axel Scheffler,
Julia Donaldson,
Stick Man
Booky Advent Calendar Day 13
Stick ManWritten by Julia DonaldsonIllustrated by Axel Scheffler
Published by Alison Green Books
Every year we wait to see what the BBC are going to do for their big animated festive adventure. We've seen the Gruffalo, the Gruffalo's Child and Room on the...
Thursday, 12 December 2013
The Monster Diaries by Luciano Sarancino and Poly Bernatene (Meadowside Children's Books)
The Monster Diaries
Written by Luciano Sarancino
Illustrated by Poly Bernatene
Published by Meadowside Children's Books
Like a gorgeously illustrated love letter to all those fabulous Universal Studios monsters I loved to bits as a kid, we have truly enjoyed "The Monster Diaries". Laid...
John Patrick Norman McHennessy, the boy who was always late by John Burningham (Red Fox Picture Books)
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John Patrick Norman McHennessy the boy who was always late,
Red Fox Picture Books
John Patrick Norman McHennessy The Boy Who Was Always Late
Written and Illustrated byJohn Burningham
Published by Red Fox Picture Books
Apart from giving me a near heart-attack trying to fit the name of this book into my header template, I do love John Burningham's books. He has a way...
ReadItDaddy's Booky Advent Calendar Day 12 - 12th December 2013 - "Santa's Workshop Sticker Book" by Fiona Watt and Stella Baggott (Usborne Publishing)
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Fiona Watt,
Santa's Workshop Sticker Book,
Stella Baggott,
Usborne Publishing
Booky Advent Calendar Day 12
Santa's Workshop Sticker BookWritten by Fiona WattIllustrated by Stella Baggott
Published by Usborne
It's usually quite noisy and hectic at Christmas, but if there's one thing that guarantees a couple of blissful hours of silence, it's an Usborne sticker...
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Indie Pen-Dance Wednesday. Spotlight on Inkology and Dom Conlon's fabulous stories for children including "Tiny the Giant" and "Tommy Tickletail"
Tiny the Giant / Tommy Tickletail
Written by Dom Conlon
Illustrated by Nicola Anderson / Carl PughPublished by Inkology
We've followed Dom Conlon's writing for quite a while - a regular on our Twitter timeline, and part of a creative collective behind brilliant apps and stories for...
ReadItDaddy's Booky Advent Calendar Day 11 - 11th December 2013 - "When it Snows" by Richard Collingridge (David Fickling Books)
Booky Advent Calendar Day 11
When It SnowsWritten and Illustrated by Richard Collingridge
Published by David Fickling Books
Last Christmas, we thrilled to the delights and charms of this utterly wonderful book. This year we're happy to see it popping up in paperback form all over our...
Indie Pen-Dance Wednesday - Spotlight on "I Don't Like Vegetables" by Mrs C - Having trouble getting your little ones to eat their greens? Step right this way...!
I Don't Like Vegetables
Written by Mrs C!
Illustrated by Julia Jennings
Published by Pavilion Publishing
For our Indie slot this week we're looking at some corkers, and we'll kick off with a fabulous flavoursome tome by the wonderful Mrs C. She knows only too well how devoted children...
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