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Thursday, 31 December 2015

ReaditDaddy's Book of the Year 2015 Winners - A year in book blogging.

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Once again it's been a fantastic year for children's books and we've really struggled to pick our Book of the Year winners for 2015. Before we announce them, we're going to tease you a bit by showing you just how many books made it into our "Book of the Week" slot this year. We had...
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Wednesday, 30 December 2015

So who published more "Book of the Week" Winners than anyone else in 2015? A ReaditDaddy Roundup

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Digging into our end of year stats is always a fun way of looking back on the year. Before we announce our Book of the Year winners tomorrow I thought it'd be fun to nominate a "Publisher of the Year" award too. So who has managed to nail more "Book of the Week" slots than anyone else this year? Let's have a look at the runners up in reverse order. Each nabbing at least 1 book of...
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Thursday, 24 December 2015

Booky Advent Calendar Day 24 - "A Year in My Life: Be Creative Every Day" by Lucy Menzies and Tilly (Ivy Press)

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There's just one sleep to go until the big day and there's still plenty of time to go out and grab a fantastic activity book that's designed to chronicle your fab new year in a really cool and innovative way. "A Year in my Life: Be Creative Every Day" features 365 awesome creativity...
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Wednesday, 23 December 2015

Booky Advent Calendar Day 23 - "The Best Christmas Present Ever!" by Ben Mantle (Macmillan Children's Books)

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Only two sleeps to go! Are you getting excited yet? Here's a thoroughly lovely and original little christmas tale from Ben Mantle. "The Best Christmas Present Ever...
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Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Booky Advent Calendar Day 22 - "Christmas Paper Play" and "Paper Play" by Lydia Crook (Ivy Press)

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 Nothing says "Christmas" like a fantastic set of 'makes' and these two fantastic books should inspire you to get out your colouring pencils, scissors and glue sticks and get cracking with some truly brilliant "Paper Play"....
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Monday, 21 December 2015

Booky Advent Calendar Day 21 - "Angel's Great Escape: A Christmas Story (EBook)" by Kirstie Rowson and Kristina Litten (iBooks)

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For Day 21 of our Advent Calendar, we're taking a rare look at an eBook, and a rather magical story. Let's take a look at "Angel's Great Escape" by Kirstie Rowson and Kristina Litten....
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Friday, 18 December 2015

ReadItDaddy's Festive Book of the Week - Week Ending 18th December 2015 - "Stick Man" by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler (Scholastic / Alison Green)

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Yes yes, I know we've reviewed "Stick Man" many, many , MANY times before in our Booky Advent Calendars but he's about to make the leap from book to screen for the BBC's fabulous festive animated feature this yea...
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Thursday, 17 December 2015

Booky Advent Calendar Day 17 - ReadItDaddy's FESTIVE Chapter Book Roundup - December 2015 with funny families, horrid henries, bands of blood, headless horseman, cuddly animal stories, leopards AND elves!

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With only a few sleeps left until Christmas Day (SQUEE!) it's time for another dig into our Chapter Book sack. We might not have QUITE as many festive tales of Christmas cheer to bring you as we'd hoped but there's a stack of brilliant books to brighten up your wishlist to Santa. So...
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Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Booky Advent Calendar Day 16: "Katie's London Christmas" by James Mayhew (Orchard Books)

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Some books make you feel like you can hear the distant tinkling of sleigh bells even before you've opened up the festive snowy covers to reveal the warming story inside. James Mayhew's always-brilliant "Katie" series of stories offers up a sumptuous festive feast in the capital in...
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Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Booky Advent Calendar Day 15 - "One Snowy Rescue" by M Christina Butler and Tina Macnaughton (Little Tiger Press)

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More cute and cuddly (well, if you CAN cuddle a Hedgehog!) animal adventures from Little Tiger Press as Little Hedgehog is back for a new adventure in the snow....
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Monday, 14 December 2015

Tree Matters by Gita Wolf, V Geetha and Gangu Bai (Tara Books)

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One of the most attractive books we've seen in a long time, the marvellous "Tree Matters" carries an important message of how vital our plant life is to us and the animals we share a planet with. Let's dive in and take a closer loo...
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Booky Advent Calendar Day 14 - "The Magical Snow Garden" by Tracey Corderoy and Jane Chapman (Little Tiger Press)

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Little Tiger Press have thoroughly got you covered when it comes to brilliant picture books for your teeny tinies. Our Day 14 Advent Calendar book is "The Magical Snow Garden" by Tracey Corderoy and Jane Chapman....
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Friday, 11 December 2015

ReadItDaddy's Festive Book of the Week - Week Ending 11th December 2015 - "Santa Baby" by Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Ada Grey (Bloomsbury Children's Books)

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Our book of the week and our 11th Booky Advent Calendar entry is a wonderful and original yuletide tale. Meet "Santa Baby" by Smriti Prasadam-Halls and Ada Grey....
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Thursday, 10 December 2015

"My Fashion Label: Design Your Own Collection" by Wendy Ward and Robyn Neild (Ivy Press)

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We've seen quite a few fashion design books for children but this one really is something quite special. Let's tread the catwalks with "My Fashion Label: Design your Own collection" by Wendy Ward and Robyn Neild....
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Booky Advent Calendar Day 10: "Waiting for Santa" by Steve Metzger and Alison Edgson (Little Tiger Press)

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A plucky crew of animal pals come up with a brilliant idea - they're going to stay up in the snowy woods and wait for the big man himself. "Waiting for Santa" by Steve Metzger and Alison Edgson....
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Wednesday, 9 December 2015

8 Ways to Draw an Elephant by Paola Ferrarotti (Tara Books)

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We love art activity books and we particularly love any book that can introduce us to new art styles or ways of drawing and colouring - and of course books that feature our favourite animals.....
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Booky Advent Calendar Day 9 - "Is it Christmas Yet?" by Jane Chapman (Little Tiger Press)

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Before December even arrives, the cry goes up at ReadItDaddy Towers as Charlotte's thoughts turn to making a list, checking it twice, trying to work out whether she's been naughty or nice..."Is It Christmas Yet...
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Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Get ready for Star Wars mania with two timely spacey releases from Usborne Publishing.

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It's only a matter of weeks before Star Wars Episode VII hits cinemas, and as the world has already gone ape crazy over Star Wars stuff, let's take a look at a couple of space-faring crackers from Usborne. First up is a book full of the most incredible spaceships, robots and laser...
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Booky Advent Calendar Day 8 - "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens and Quentin Blake (Pavilion Children's Books)

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Is there a more Christmassy book than this? For Day 10 on our Booky Advent Calendar here's a festive classic reprinted lovingly in a new hardback edition....
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Monday, 7 December 2015

Four wonderful and shiny new books coming from Andersen Press in 2016. Bunnies, Wolves, Socks, Feet and Imaginary Friends!

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I know, I know! Christmas isn't even out of the way yet but we're already looking forward to another bumper book year in 2016. Four new titles coming up in January and February 2016 have arrived at ReadItDaddy Towers and we can't wait to tell you about them! First, a re-issue of...
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Booky Advent Calendar Day 7 - "Penguin's Big Adventure" by Salina Yoon (Bloomsbury Publishing)

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Salina's pint-sized Penguin pal is back in an all new snowy adventure. Let's find out what penguin has been up t...
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Friday, 4 December 2015

ReadItDaddy's Advent Book of the Week - Week Ending 4th December 2015 - "Home Alone - The Classic Illustrated Storybook" by John Hughes and Kim Smith (Quirk Books)

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One of THE essential yuletide movies ever made gets a picture book outing. Step inside for our first Advent Book of the Week (ya filthy animals), it's "Home Alone - The Classic Illustrated Storybook" by John Hughes and Kim Smith (Quirk Books)....
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Thursday, 3 December 2015

"Artwork is Work - Why do people still fail to grasp this?" A ReadItDaddy Editorial.

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Our last Editorial of the year, and it's on a subject that really has (quite rightly) been in the spotlight for most of 2015, mostly thanks to a fantastic campaign by Sarah McIntyre (Pictures Mean Business) to ensure that artists get equal billing on picture book covers and other printed...
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Booky Advent Calendar Day 3: "Norman the Slug who Saved Christmas" by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)

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Norman the Slug is back and this time he's just the mollusc to lend a helping...er...feeler in "Norman the Slug who Saved Christmas"....
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Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Booky Advent Calendar Day 2: "Tales from Christmas Wood" by Suzy Senior and James Newman Gray (Lion Hudson)

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Opening Door 2 of our Booky Advent Calendar, we find a delectable selection of gorgeous seasonal stories with a cute cast of wonderful animals. Let's take a look at "Tales from Christmas Wood"....
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Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Welcome to our Booky Advent Calendar 2015. Let's get christmassy with not one, not two but THREE versions of "The Night Before Christmas" by Clement C. Moore (Top That / Little Tiger / Abrams Young Readers)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at December 01, 2015 Labels: , , , , , , , , ,
There aren't many bedtime reads to go until Christmas so thank you once again for joining us with our Booky Advent Calendar for the month of December. Each day we'll be delving into seasonal, snowy and christmassy books to bring you the very best new books as well as some well loved...
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