Thursday, 30 April 2015
Ten children's picture book story types and tropes that need a well earned, and very long 'rest'
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bears,
editorial,
gender bias,
rant,
Ten children's picture book story types that need a well earned rest
"This book is sending me to...zzzzzzzzzzzz"
Poor Charlotte. As she gets older, she's becoming a past master in perfecting that withering look that children give you when presented with more maths homework, more spinach (or other food that is 'good for you') or - rather alarmingly...
50 Things you should know about the Second World War by Professor Ian Beckett and Professor Richard Overy (QED Publishing)
50 Things you should know about the Second World War
Consultants: Professor Ian Beckett and Professor Richard OveryEdited and Illustrated by The QED Team
Published by QED Publishing
QED's history range has always been fantastic, and with the latest "50 things" series, you can explore...
The Perfect Job for an Elephant by Jodie Parachini and Caroline Pedler (QED Publishing)
The Perfect Job for an Elephant
Written by Jodie Parachini
Illustrated by Caroline Pedler
Published by QED Publishing
Our second look at QED's new Storytime Range offers up a puzzling quandary for tiny tiddlers. "What job would be best for a busy and energetic little elephant?" That's...
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Come along to a wonderful scribbly event in Bristol on Friday - "A Scribble of Illustrators" with some of the most amazing illustrative talent working in children's literature!
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A Scribble of Illustrators,
Bristol,
CentreSpace Gallery,
Jo Empson,
Joe Berger,
Steven Lenton
"A Scribble of Illustrators" (Click image above for the full details!)
From 1st to 6th May (this friday onwards, in fact!) Bristol will be all of a buzz, as some of the most awesome and amazing illustrative talent in the business gather together at the CentreSpace Gallery for "A Scribble...
Tom's Sunflower (The Copper Tree Series) by Hilary Robinson and Mandy Stanley (Strauss House Productions)
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Hilary Robinson,
Mandy Stanley,
Strauss House Productions,
The Copper Tree Series,
Tom's Sunflower
Tom's Sunflower (The Copper Tree Series)
Written by Hilary Robinson
Illustrated by Mandy Stanley
Published by Strauss House Productions
The Copper Tree Series of children's books by Hilary Robinson and Mandy Stanley help children deal with concerns and issues that can affect their...
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Hungry Roscoe by David Plant (Flying Eye Books)
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David Plant,
Flying Eye Books,
Hungry Roscoe
Hungry Roscoe
Written and Illustrated byDavid Plant
Published by Flying Eye Books
A cheeky but smart Racoon is the star of this hilarious picture book from Flying Eye. In "Hungry Roscoe" by talented fellah David Plant, Roscoe the Racoon is absolutely STARVING and the pickings in the...
Monday, 27 April 2015
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book and Early Readers Roundup - April 2015
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A ReadItDaddy early readers roundup,
April 2015,
Archie Green and the Magician's Secret,
Chicken Mission,
Prankenstein vs Yankenstein,
The Twits,
True Face
"The Twits" by Roald Dahl, illustrated by Quentin Blake (Puffin Books)
As April slides away from us, we're rounding up another month of brilliant chapter and early reader books for your delectation. Starting things off with a right pair of twits. Yep, Roald Dahl's "The Twits" to be...
Friday, 24 April 2015
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 24th April 2015 - "The Giant of Jum" by Elli Woollard and Benji Davies (Macmillan Children's Books)
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Benji Davies,
Book of the Week 2015,
Elli Woollard,
Macmillan Children's Books,
The Giant of Jum
The Giant of Jum
Written by Elli Woollard
Illustrated by Benji Davies
Published by Macmillan Children's Books
Oh my, there are just SO MANY great books around at the moment that our poor old "Book of the Week" slot is straining under the pressure. We're doubling up our Book of the...
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 24th April 2015 - "Fuzz McFlops" by Eva Furnari with translation by Alison Entrekin (Pushkin Children's Books)
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Eva Furnari,
Fuzz McFlops,
Pushkin Children's Books
Fuzz McFlops
Written and Illustrated byEva Furnari
Published by Pushkin Children's Books
We're always on the look out for books that break the mould, do something different, dish up a tasty reading experience for your young ones that feels like nothing you've ever seen before.
"Fuzz...
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Why Marvel and DC just don't "get" kids (particularly girls) - A ReadItDaddy Editorial
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dc comics,
kids comics,
marvel comics
DC's new initiative to bring in more revenue from 6-12 year old girl comic and superhero move fans...It's like Lego Friends for Supes. Bleurrrrrrghhh!
We love comics. You know we love comics. So by rights, we should be doubly excited by the news that DC has launched a new initiative...
Wildlife Jack - I Want to Fly! by Ed Kellie (National Trust Books / Pavilion)
Wildlife Jack - I Want to Fly!
Written and Illustrated byEd Kellie
Published by National Trust Books / Pavilion
We've been National Trust members as a family collective for a number of years now, and we spend part of nearly every weekend at National Trust properties in and around our...
Where will I go? (When I grow Up) by Richard Sinclair and Jon Lycett-Smith (Digital Leaf)
Where will I go? (When I grow up)
Written by Richard Sinclair
Illustrated by Jon Lycett-Smith
Published by Digital Leaf
A pocket-sized story book that sends us soaring on a voyage of imagination and discovery? How could we possibly resist. Arriving on our doorstep accompanied by an...
Wednesday, 22 April 2015
When Dad Showed Me the Universe by Ulf Stark and Eva Eriksson (Gecko Press)
When Dad Showed me the Universe
Written by Ulf Stark
Illustrated by Eva Eriksson
Published by Gecko Press
We are always stargazing. We're lucky enough that on a cold dark night when the sky is clear, we can see quite a lot of the stars without too much light pollution (amazing considering...
Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Come to Discover for a brilliant Bear Hunt spectacular from October 2015
Image Credit (C) Helen Oxenbury
Michael Rosen’s Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake and Bad Things at Discover
Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury's classic children's book "We're going on a Bear Hunt" is coming to our favourite book and story venue, Discover Story from the 16th October 2015...
50 things you should know about the First World War by Jim Eldridge (QED Publishing)
50 Things you should know about the First World War
Written and Illustrated byJim Eldridge
Published by QED Publishing
We're catching up with an amazing book about the First World War, first published in 2014 - the centenary year of the conflict - and packed to the gills with facts...
Monday, 20 April 2015
100 Great Children's Picture Books by Martin Salisbury (Laurence King Publishing)
100 Great Children's Picture BooksWritten by Martin Salisbury
Illustrated by Various
Published by Laurence King Publishing
This is a truly fascinating picture book resource that perhaps should've been called "100 Great Children's Picture Books you have never seen before, but will be...
3D Bubble Writer - a Crazy Craft Book by Linda Scott (Laurence King Publishing)
3D Bubble Writer - A Crazy Craft Book
Written and Illustrated byLinda Scott
Published by Laurence King Publishing
This fantastic and inspirational craft book arrived just in the nick of time to stop us from going completely insane with boredom over the long (3 week long!) Easter Holidays....
Friday, 17 April 2015
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 17th April 2015 - "The Hog, The Shrew and the Hullabaloo by Julia Copus and Eunyoung Seo (Faber and Faber)
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Book of the Week 2015,
Eunyoung Seo,
Faber and Faber,
Julia Copus,
The Hog,
The Shrew and the Hullabaloo (A Harry and Lil Story)
The Hog, The Shrew and the Hullabaloo
Written by Julia Copus
Illustrated by Eunyoung Seo
Published by Faber and Faber
We loved "The Hog in the Fog" very much indeed - in fact if you peek inside the cover of this, the second book in the "Harry and Lil" series, you'll see a recommendation...
Thursday, 16 April 2015
You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus by Patricia Cleveland Peck and David Tazzyman (Bloomsbury Publishing)
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Bloomsbury Publishing,
David Tazzyman,
Patricia Cleveland,
You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus
You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus
Written by Patricia Cleveland-Peck
Illustrated by David Tazzyman
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing
Have you ever tried to sneak a zoo animal onto public transport? No, neither have we but in "You Can't Take an Elephant on the Bus" we find out that...
Wednesday, 15 April 2015
Beautiful Beasts by Camilla de le Bédoyère (QED Publishing)
Beautiful Beasts
Written and Illustrated byCamilla de le Bédoyère (Author)
Published by QED Publishing
There seems to be a huge surge in the publication of fantastic non-fiction books about animals. In the last year or so we've seen some brilliant books concentrating on species we...
Two truly beautiful books for your tinies from Wide Eyed Editions - "Colours" and "One Thousand Things"
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1000 Things,
Colours,
Wide Eyed Editions
"Colours" by Aino-Maija Mesola (Wide Eyed Editions)
By now you've probably spotted that we're falling completely in love with Wide Eyed Edition's fantastic range of gorgeous books but don't let your tiniest of tinies miss out as there's plenty in the range for them too.
Starting...
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Zen and the Art of Self-Publishing Children's Stories Part 2 - "Where am I going wrong?"
Self publishing children's books. John Bull Printing Set Not Required
Regular blog followers of yore will recall that we used to spend a lot of time and effort championing the cause of Self-Published authors and illustrators. Our good old 'Indie Pen-Dance Wednesday' might've been...
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