Monday, 31 August 2015
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton (Walker Books)
Labels:
Board Book,
Chris Haughton,
Hardback,
Shh we Have a Plan,
Walker Books
We're fashionably late to the party for this one but we couldn't resist reviewing Chris Haughton's perfect slice of comedic mayhem. Here's "Shh! We Have a Plan...
The World Famous Cheese Shop Break-In by Sean Taylor and Hannah Shaw (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
Labels:
Frances Lincoln Children's Books,
Hannah Shaw,
Hardback,
Picture Book,
Sean Taylor,
The World famous Cheese Shop Break-In
Crazy about cheddar? Falling over yourself for Feta? Ga-ga about gorgonzola? You can bet we'll be (cheese)wheeling out more cheesetastic puns for our review of "The World Famous Cheese Shop Break-I...
Friday, 28 August 2015
Take a look at a fantastic Early Readers range coming soon from Maverick Publishing
Labels:
A Scarf and a Half,
Hocus Pocus Diplodocus,
Maverick Early Readers,
Preposterous Rhinoceros,
The Black and White Club,
Yuck said the Yak
Some of Maverick Publishing's greatest picture books will soon be available in a new format perfect for early readers cutting their teeth with stories and picture books and reading them on their own.
Maverick's new Early Readers range comes in a series of banded colours by ability...
ReaditDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 28th August 2015 - "The Official Astronauts Handbook" by Louie Stowell and Roger Simo with foreword by Tim Peake (Usborne Books)
Labels:
Book of the Week 2015,
Hardback,
Louie Stowell,
Non Fiction,
Roger Simo,
Science,
Space,
The Official Astronaut's Handbook,
Tim Peake,
Usborne Publishing
Our second book of the week is something we've been hopping up and down in anticipation of seeing and here it is! The amazing "The Usborne Official Astronaut's Handbook" by Louie Stowell, Roger Simo and Tim Peak...
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 28th August 2015 - "Corpse Talk Season 2" by Adam Murphy and Lisa Murphy(David Fickling Books / The Phoenix Comic)
Labels:
Adam Murphy,
Book of the Week 2015,
Comics,
Corpse Talk Season 2,
David Fickling Books,
Dead Famous,
Lisa Murphy,
Paperback,
The Phoenix Comic
It's the most outrageous talk show on the planet and our Book of the Week this week. Give a big hand to Adam Murphy and the glorious undeadyness of "Corpse Talk Season ...
Thursday, 27 August 2015
The Mouse who Reached the Sky by Petr Horacek (Walker Books)
Labels:
Animals,
Friends,
Marble,
Mouse,
Petr Horacek,
The Mouse Who Reached the Sky,
Walker Books
There's a lot to be said for being small. Being able to hide in tiny spaces, or scurry under people's feet largely unnoticed is wonderful for little mouse. But what if you need to reach up hig...
Molly Maybe's Monsters: The Dappity Doofer by Kristina Stephenson (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
Labels:
Kristina Stephenson,
Molly Maybe's Monsters - The Dappity Doofer,
Paperback,
Picture Book,
Simon and Schuster Children's Books
A fantastic new mighty girl character with a brilliant doggy sidekick, happy launch day to "Molly Maybe's Monsters: The Dappity Doofer" by Kristina Stephenson. Let's meet Miss Mayb...
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book Roundup - August 2015 - "Monsters, Penguins, Bobbly Socks, Wild Woods, Dorks and Stone Circles"
Labels:
Alex T. Smith,
August chapter book roundup 2015,
Claude Lights Camera Action,
Dork Diaries Drama Queen,
Hodder Children's Books,
Jim Field,
Jorg Muhle,
Pushkin Press,
Simon and Schuster,
Steve Cole,
Ulrich Hub
"Stop Those Monsters!" by Steve Cole, illustrated by Jim Field (Simon and Schuster)
A monstrously good day to you. We're basking in the middle of a heatwave as we type (though by the time you read this, we'll probably be languishing in the middle of our rainy season!) Yes it's the...
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Celebrating 60 years of fun with the legendary and iconic Miffy!
Labels:
60th Anniversary,
Bunny,
Dick Bruna,
Miffy,
Rabbit
Miffy at the Seaside by Dick Bruna (Egmont Publishing)
Can you believe this diminutive bunny is 60 years old? Neither can we! To celebrate Dick Bruna's timeless classic series of fantastic stories for tinies, we've been revisiting a few of the Miffy books.
Charlotte claims she's...
A rare ReadItDaddy Jolly Booky Outing to London for the awesome Walker Books Summer Blog Party
Charlotte cramming in some reading on the journey
Thanks to work and school, it's not always easy to trek into London to book events, but now and again the planets align, the wind is in our favour and we are lucky enough to be invited along to an awesome event that we just can't pass...
Grrrrr! by Rob Biddulph (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Bears are probably the most endearing and enduring characters in children's books - So is there room for one more bear book? Of course there is! Let's meet Rob Biddulph's fantastic bear decathlete in "Grrrrr...
How To Look After Your Puppy (Pet Cadet Series) by Helen Piers and Kate Sutton (Wide Eyed Editions)
Labels:
Hardback,
Helen Piers,
How to Look After your Puppy (Pet Cadet Series),
Kate Sutton,
Non Fiction,
Picture Book,
Wide Eyed Editions
Wide Eyed Editions new "Pet Cadet" series is a fantastic new range of books helping children look after their pets....
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
No! By David McPhail (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
Labels:
David McPhail,
Frances Lincoln Children's Books,
No
Originally released in 2009, and presented in a timely paperback reprint, David McPhail's stunning and almost wordless "No!" is a truly fantastic bo...
Captain Pugwash by John Ryan (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
Labels:
Captain Pugwash,
Children's Picture Book,
Frances Lincoln Children's Books,
John Ryan,
Paperback,
Reprint
The grandaddy of all children's pirate books, John Ryan's timeless classic "Captain Pugwash" is coming in a new reprint series from Frances Lincoln Books....
Monday, 24 August 2015
Nimona (Book 1) By Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeens)
Labels:
Comic,
Graphic Novel,
HarperTeens,
Nimona,
Noelle Stevenson,
Paperback
Noelle Stevenson's exquisite eye for kick-ass comic heroines has never been sharper nor more funny than in this first collected edition of "Nimona". So who is this plucky gal with the dragon wings? We'll introduce you after the jump....
Brain Twisters - The Science of Thinking and Feeling by Clive Gifford and Professor Anil Seth (Ivy Press)
Labels:
Brain Twisters,
Clive Gifford,
Hardback,
Ivy Press,
Non Fiction,
Professor Anil Seth,
Science,
The Science of Thinking and Feeling
How does your brain work? How does your brain control your body and relay information from your eyes and ears? A fascinating look at the science of thinking and feeling in "Brain Twister...
Rama and the Demon King by Jessica Souhami (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
Labels:
Frances Lincoln Children's Books,
Jessica Souhami,
Paperback,
Picture Book,
Rama and the Demon King
A fantastic version of a traditional Indian legend, meet Rama and Sita and the nefarious many-headed demon king....
Friday, 21 August 2015
ReaditDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 21st August 2015 - "Jill and Dragon" by Lesley Barnes (Tate Publishing)
Labels:
Book of the Week 2015,
Hardback,
Jill and Dragon,
Lesley Barnes,
Picture Book,
Tate Publishing
Our second book of the week may not be out until the 1st September but we just could not wait to share it with you. Take a plucky girl, add a dragon and join in for high adventure in "Jill and Dragon" by Lesley Barne...
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 21st August 2015 - "The Princess and the Pony" by Kate Beaton (Walker Books)
Labels:
Book of the Week 2015,
Hardback,
Kate Beaton,
Picture Book,
The Princess and the Pony,
Walker Books
Our first Book of the Week winner may have a deceptively 'girly' title but it's definitely going to surprise you with every single turn of the page (and make you laugh a lot too!) - Here's "The Princess and the Pony" by Kate Beat...
Thursday, 20 August 2015
Yay for reprints - bringing classic picture books back for a whole new audience is all good - A ReadItDaddy Editorial
"The Giant Jam Sandwich" by John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway
The idea for this week's ReadItDaddy editorial sprang from rediscovering a book from my childhood that I'd long since forgotten. I'm sure many of you lovely book folk will identify with that warm glowy-tummy feeling that...
Apple Pigs by Ruth Gary Orbach (National Trust / Pavilion Books)
Did you know that National Apple Day is coming up very soon? Celebrate a fruitful bounty with this timeless classic, reprinted for a whole new generation of apple scoffers to enjoy....
Alfie Outdoors by Shirley Hughes (Bodley Head)
Labels:
Alfie Outdoors,
Bodley Head,
Hardback,
Living Legend,
Picture Book,
Shirley Hughes
Alfie, the awesome little fellah created by Shirley Hughes, gets out into the garden for his latest story. Join us as we get grubby in the vegetable patc...
Wednesday, 19 August 2015
The Butterfly Garden by Laura Weston (Big Picture Press)
Labels:
Big Picture Press,
Board Book,
Hardback,
Laura Weston,
lift the flap book,
Templar Publishing,
The Butterfly Garden
Butterflies are beautiful, and one of the most pleasurable experiences we've had recently was lying out in the middle of a wild grassy meadow watching the butterflies flit around....
Let's Go Outside / How Many Legs by Katja Spitzer (Flying Eye Books)
A new range of tiddly tiny books from Flying Eye for your tiddly tiny teenies? Sounds too good to miss, so let's have a closer look at "Let's Go Outside" and "How Many Legs?" by Katja Spitzer.....
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
The Only Pupil in The School by Liu Hsukung, Translated by Xinlin Wang (Balestier Press)
Labels:
Balestier Press,
Liu Hsukung,
Paperback,
Picture Book,
The Only Pupil In the School,
Xinlin Wang
New publisher Balestier Press aims to bring the best of Taiwanese children's book talent to a whole new audience and we've been taking a look at one of the first books they've released, the utterly idyllic "The Only Pupil in the School" by Liu Hsukung....
Monday, 17 August 2015
The ReadItDaddy Interview - A chat with Beatrice Alemagna, Author and Illustrator of the wondrous "The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty" (Thames and Hudson)
Labels:
Beatrice Alemagna,
ReadItDaddy Interviews,
Thames and Hudson,
The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty
We're very lucky to have a guest on the blog today to celebrate the launch of her new book. Beatrice Alemagna has come up with an exciting and truly gorgeous tale of a young girl's quest to find something extra special (and extra squishy) for her mum's birthday present. So without...
Friday, 14 August 2015
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 14th August 2015 - "The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty" by Beatrice Alemagna (Thames and Hudson)
Labels:
Beatrice Alemagna,
Book of the Week 2015,
Thames and Hudson,
The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty
Beautiful, stunning and full of lovely little touches, our Book of the Week this week is "The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty".....
Thursday, 13 August 2015
Children's Non-Fiction Books - the best year yet? A ReadItDaddy Editorial
Is this the best year yet for children's non-fiction books? We really believe so and the year's far from over yet. Pop in for another random wombling about books in this week's editorial....
Whatever Happened to my Sister? by Simona Ciraolo (Flying Eye Books)
A glorious and heart-warming book that looks at sibling relationships in a lovely way. So whatever DID happen to your siste...
Wednesday, 12 August 2015
Terry Perkins and his Upside Down Frown by Felix Massie (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
What's the world like viewed upside down? Let's ask this poor frowny chap.....
Happy Blog Birthday to us! 5 years old!
Labels:
5th Birthday,
Happy Blog Birthday,
ReadItDaddy
HAPPY BLOG BIRTHDAY TO US! It's been 5 years since ReadItDaddy started, way way back in the mists of time with our first ever review:
"No Roses for Harry" by Margaret Bloy Graham and Gene Zion (Red Fox)
Originally my wife's idea, the blog sort of sprang out of a need to try and track...
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Christmas Paper Play by Lydia Crook (Ivy Press)
Labels:
Activity Book,
Christmas,
Christmas Paper Play,
Ivy Press,
Lydia Crook,
Softcover
The sun is out, the sky is blue, there's not a cloud to spoil the view so what better time to break our "Christmas Reviews 2015" duck with a fabulous paper-making activity book from a legend in crafting...
The Me Me Mes - Angry Me by Annabelle Nielson and Astro (Fat Fox Books)
Labels:
Angry Me,
Annabelle Nielson,
Astro,
Fat Fox Books,
the Me Me Mes
Fat Fox's new range of stories tackling the tricky subject of emotions kicks off with "The Me Me Mes - Angry Me".....
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