Friday, 29 April 2016
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 29th April 2016 - "Dear Greenpeace" (25th Anniversary Edition) by Simon James (Walker Books)
Our Second Book of the Week is a brilliant classic clad in new 25th Anniversary clothes. Welcome back "Dear Greenpeace"....
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 29th April 2016 - "The Forest Feast for Kids" by Erin Gleeson (Abrams Books)
Our first Book of the Week this week is a bit of a departure for us!...
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Boogie on down to the Barnes Children's Literature Festival on the 14th and 15th May for a corking lineup of awesome family friendly events, authors and illustrators!
Yummy! It's litfest season again and in idyllic surroundings at Barnes Pond down in that there leafy south west London on 14th and 15th May, you can find a truly stunning lineup of events, workshops, craft sessions and of course a stellar line up of authors and illustrators.
The...
Sex Education for middle grade age groups - A veritable minefield! - A ReadItDaddy Editorial
Labels:
Michael Emberley,
Middle Grade,
Robie H. Harris,
Sex Education
Oh god. I think I've been dreading this time in Charlotte's life but both my wife and I knew it would arrive sooner or later.
Sex education. The mere mention of it is enough to make most folk run screaming into the hills at the best of times, but what happens when your child is in...
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book and Early Reader roundup for April 2016 - A fab animal-centric month this month!
Oh boy oh boy, we're in chapter book OVERDRIVE this month with a whopping 6 amazing titles to cover. So let's get straight on with it and kick off with a hilarious bird!
"Dave Pigeon" by Swapna Haddow with illustrations by Sheena Dempsey is, as the cover says, the best book you'll...
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Footpath Flowers by JoArno Lawson and Sydney Smith (Walker Books)
Labels:
Footpath Flowers,
JoArno Lawson,
Sydney Smith,
Walker Books
There are some books that stick out a mile when you're browsing the shelves of your local book store, begging to be picked up. This is just such a boo...
Tufty: The Little Lost Duck Who Found Love by Michael Foreman (Andersen Children's Books)
Michael Foreman is something of a living legend. Two-times Kate Greenaway Medal winner, and with a gift for making each and every book he writes feel like an instant children's classic, how could we possibly resist a new story from hi...
Monday, 25 April 2016
Just two months left to get in your votes for the awesome "Lollies" - The Laugh Out Loud Children's Book Awards 2016.
Labels:
Andersen Children's Books,
Macmillan Children's Books,
Nosy Crow,
Puffin,
Quercus,
Scholastic,
Simon and Schuster Children's Books,
Templar,
The Laugh Out Loud children's Book Awards,
The Lollies
We love rib-ticklingly funny books and we're very very excited to see the shortlist for the 2016 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (known affectionately as "The Lollies").
Voting is still open for another couple of months so you've got plenty of time to get your kids - and their schools...
A perfect trio of engaging books to stimulate your imagination from Wide Eyed Editions
Spring feels like it's finally here, and though there's still a nip in the air, we can imagine ourselves enjoying a good book or three in the shade of our favourite tree...
Abzzz: A Bedtime Alphabet by Isabel Minhos Martins and Yara Kono (Thames and Hudson)
We still have keen memories of how much of a fidget and a fiddle the bedtime routine used to be....
Friday, 22 April 2016
ReaditDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 22nd April 2016 - "Swap!" by Steve Light (Walker Books)
Labels:
Book of the Week 2016,
Steve Light,
Swap,
Walker Books
Our Second Book of the Week takes a wonderfully simple idea and turns it into a truly beautiful and hugely original children's story. "Swap!" by Steve Light....
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 22nd April 2016 - "Asterix and the Missing Scroll" by Jan-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad (Orion Children's Books)
Labels:
Asterix and the Missing Scrolls,
Book of the Week 2016,
Didier Conrad,
Jan-Yves Ferri,
Orion Children's Books
We've been hugely excited about the new Asterix adventures - but could they possibly match up to the classics we've loved for year...
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death by checking out a fab new range of Shakespeare titles from Terry (Horrible Histories) Deary
Labels:
A & C Black,
Shakespeare Tales Macbeth,
Terry Deary
Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble! There's something afoot as the world celebrates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's deat...
Chimpanzees for Tea by Jo Empson (Picture Puffin)
Labels:
Chimpanzees for Tea,
Jo Empson,
Picture Puffin
Wow, we're feeling very lucky this year as we've had two brilliant and awesome Jo Empson books so fa...
Supertato! Veggies Assemble! By Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
Labels:
Paul Linnet,
Picture Book,
Simon and Schuster Children's Books,
Softcover,
Sue Hendra,
Supertato Veggies Assemble
Look! Up in the sky above the chiller section! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's a...er..it's a potato. But not just any potato....
Wednesday, 20 April 2016
Super Stan by Matt Robertson (Orchard Books)
Labels:
Matt Robertson,
Orchard Books,
Super Stan
Make way for a rather special tiny tot, but is being a superhero all that great if your big brother thinks you're a stinkpo...
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
A brilliant pair of picture books for your bouncing busy little youngsters from Silvia Borando and Walker Books' new Minibombo range
With bold bright illustrations and fabulously clever ideas, two new titles in Walker Books' new "Minibombo" range have definitely caught our eye this week.
"Near, Far" and "Now you See Me, Now you Don't" by Silvia Borando both combine brilliant design with tons of colourful fun for...
Hugless Douglas and the Great Cake Bake by David Melling (Hodder Children's Books)
Hugless Douglas is back for book 7 in David Melling's enduring bear-based book series. This time, Hugless Douglas is wondering why the world has become somewhat sticky - and also why his prized jar of honey seems to have gone missing!
It doesn't take long to track down the culprits....
Monday, 18 April 2016
Maisy Goes to London by Lucy Cousins (Walker Books)
Labels:
Lucy Cousins,
Maisy Goes to London,
Walker Books
Way back when Charlotte was a tiny tot, we absolutely couldn't get enough of Lucy Cousins' fabulous "Maisy" book...
Splat! The Most Exciting Artists of All Time by Mary Richards (Thames and Hudson)
Time for a delve into art history in a stunning fact-filled new book from Thames and Hudson....
Friday, 15 April 2016
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 15th April 2016 - "Von Doogan and the Great Air Race" by Lorenzo Etherington (David Fickling Books)
Labels:
Book of the Week 2016,
David Fickling Books,
Lorenzo Etherington,
Von Doogan and the Great Air Race
The glorious return of the man with the quiff! Our second Book of the Week this week is the awesome "Von Doogan and the Great Air Race" by Lorenzo Etheringt...
ReaditDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 15th April 2016 - "Red's Planet" by Eddie Pittman (Amulet / Abrams)
Labels:
Abrams and Chronicle,
Abrams Young Readers,
Amulet Books,
Book of the Week 2016,
Eddie Pittman,
Red's Planet
We're addicts of intricacy. One thing you'll spot in common with all of our book of the week winners is the amazing attention to detail in them. Exactly what you'll find in "Red's Planet" by Eddie Pittman....
Thursday, 14 April 2016
"Alphonse, That Is Not OK To Do!" by Daisy Hirst (Walker Books)
Older siblings get a really tough deal. I should know, I have a younger brother and sister and I distinctly remember what it was like growing up in a house where my lovingly constructed domino rally run was destroyed in seconds by little bro, or my little sis would bring her friends...
I Am Doodle Cat by Kat Patrick and Lauren Marriott (Scribe Publications)
Cats are naturally quite curious, love getting into trouble, and have a built in joie de vivre that is quite infectious....
Wednesday, 13 April 2016
How Hot is Lava (Good Question Series) by Kelly Smith (Sterling Publishing)
Budding geologists are going to love this fab book about the inner workings of our planet. "How Hot is Lava (And other questions about volcanoes") by Kelly Smit...
A Visit to London for Thomas the Tank Engine - Based on the stories by Rev. W. Awdry (Egmont Publishing)
Labels:
A Visit to London for Thomas the Tank Engine,
Based on the stories by Rev W Awdry,
Egmont Publishing
The beloved "Railway Stories" by Rev. W Awdry have been loved by generations of children, and with the huge revival around the TV series from the 80s onwards, Thomas the Tank Engine is still going stron...
Tuesday, 12 April 2016
Creep and Flutter: The Secret World of Insects and Spiders by Jim Arnosky (Sterling Publishing)
Are your kids (like mine) unnaturally attracted to minibeasts? Things that creep and flutter, crawl and skitte...
A Brave Bear by Sean Taylor and Emily Hughes (Walker Books)
Labels:
A Brave Bear,
bears,
Emily Hughes,
Hardback,
Picture Book,
Sean Taylor,
Walker Books
There seem to be a run on bears at Walker Books at the moment - which is fitting, given their branding. Here's a glorious dad-centric story about an incredibly brave little brui...
Monday, 11 April 2016
Looking for Lord Ganesh by Mahtab Narsimhan and Sonja Wimmer (Lantana Publishing)
Once again we're completely dazzled by a Lantana book, this time delving into the rich culture of India and the ancient gods which are still a huge part of Indian life....
There's a Tiger in the Garden by Lizzy Stewart (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
With riotous splashes of colour and a rather neatly wrapped core message, "There's a Tiger in the Garden" is a brilliant little rea...
Friday, 8 April 2016
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 8th April 2016 - "Albert's Tree" by Jenni Desmond (Walker Books)
Labels:
Albert's Tree,
bears,
Book of the Week 2016,
Hardback,
Jenni Desmond,
Picture Book,
Walker Books
Sometimes it's virtually impossible not to fall completely in love with a book after just one single reading. Our second Book of the Week this week made us feel just like Albert....
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