Tuesday, 31 May 2016
I am NOT a Dinosaur (American Museum of Natural History) by Will Lach, Jonny Lambert, with a foreword by Dr Mark Norell (Sterling Publishing)
We have seen many, many, MANY Dinosaur books on the blog and honestly we really cannot get enough of them. As well versed in the various species as we are, we do love a new approach to diving into prehistory and examining the beasts that stomped the earth, swam the oceans or soared...
Monday, 30 May 2016
LOL - A Keepsake Journal of Hilarious Q & As by Brandon T. Snider (Sterling Children's Books)
There comes a time in every child's life where they realise that there's a metric ton of hilarity in putting mum and dad on the spot.
Embarrassing your parents is, after all, fitting payback for all the times they've gobbed on a hankie and wiped your chin with it, or loudly asked...
Friday, 27 May 2016
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 27th May 2016 - "The Sky Guys" by Madeleine Rogers (MIBO / Button Books)
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Activity,
Button Books,
Madeleine Rogers,
papercraft,
The Sky Guys
This book won us over with a rather neat combination of glorious design, simple text and 5 great little bird models to make, with additional scenery (neatly, the book's protective fly-cover pops off to become a dazzling backdrop). Meet the Sky Guys...
Thursday, 26 May 2016
Simon Cowell can write a better kids book than you (or so he thinks). Time for a wake-up call - A ReadItDaddy Editorial
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A ReadItDaddy Editorial
When I'd stopped laughing, and wiped the tears from my eyes after reading Simon Cowell's opinion on children's books (see the Bookseller article) I tried to put myself in the shoes of someone with that big an ego. Someone who has such an unshakeable sense of their own worth that...
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book and Middle Grade Roundup - May 2016
Labels:
Alfie Onion,
Chapter Book Roundup,
Magrit,
Mars,
Max Helsing,
May 2016,
Pugs,
Spangles
Welcome to our May roundup of all things groovy and readable in chapter and middle-grade form. We're bringing you an absolute book SMORGASBORD this month so let's get started with a book that (thankfully, or not, depending on your point of view) has absolutely nothing to do with small...
Wolfish Stew by Suzi Moore and Erica Salcedo (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
Sit down for a spell and let me tell you about a fiendish new book called "Wolfish Stew...
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Two awesome little pocket-sized colouring books for busy little bods, new from Phoenix Yard Books
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Phoenix Yard Books,
The One and Only Elephant Parade Colouring Book,
The One and only Mini Mandala Colouring Book
We do love those super-complex colouring books that are all the rage at the moment....
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Doodle Girl and the Monkey Mystery by Suzanne Smith, Lindsay Taylor and Marnie Maurri (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
Labels:
Doodle Girl and the Monkey Mystery,
Lindsay Taylor,
Marnie Maurri,
Simon and Schuster Children's Books,
Suzanne Smith
Creativity is at our core. Never a day goes by without us writing, drawing, colouring or painting....
Monday, 23 May 2016
"What Do Grown Ups Do All Day?" by Virginie Morgand (Wide Eyed Editions)
Ah Wide Eyed Books, we've missed you. We haven't seen a title from this fab publisher in a while so it's something of a treat to take a look at "What Do Grown-ups Do All Day...
Friday, 20 May 2016
Continuing our "Harold's Hungry Eyes" blog tour stop with the man himself, Kevin Waldron and five things that inspire him.
By now you'll already know that the adorably boggle-eyed Harold, he of "Harold's Hungry Eyes" slid into our Book of the Week slot with ease this week.
But what of Harold's "Dad"? His creator Kevin Waldron has come up with a devilishly good guest blog post on five things that inspire...
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