Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Two fantastic artistic prompt books from awesome author Brandon T. Snider. Draw it out, Write it out! (Sterling Publishing)
If there's one thing slightly daunting about being of a creative mind, it's being faced with the blank page....
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book Roundup - November 2016
Welcome, welcome to November's awesome chapter book roundup and we've got a bumper bagful of truly awesome books to share with you, perfect for stuffing in stockings before next month's festive craziness! Let's get straight on with 'em!
First we're back with a fantastic series from...
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Two stunning books from yesteryear brought back to life by Bodleian Publishing
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Bodleian Publishing,
Charlotte Zolotow,
Suzanne Gottlieb,
The Sleepy Book,
Vladimir Bobri,
What is Red?
We've long been champions of brilliantly reprinted classic children's books on the blog and there seems to be a huge surge of interest in books that you, your parents or even your grandparents remember from their childhood being shared with a whole new generation....
Master the Art of Speedpainting: Digital Painting Techniques by various artists (3DTotal Publishing)
With the various art challenges I love taking part in every day, it's sometimes a struggle to unpick other artist's work and figure out just how they can work so quickly, and produce such amazing pieces....
Monday, 28 November 2016
Two new books to keep your Pokemon champions happy, published by Orchard Books
Who could've predicted that one of the biggest revivals of the year this year in videogaming would see Pokemon Go not just being talked about by game-heads, but just about everyone else on the planet too.
Pokemon Go hit the headlines in grand style (not always for the RIGHT reasons)...
Step Aside Pops by Kate Beaton (Walker Books)
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Kate Beaton,
Step Aside Pops,
Walker Books
Kate Beaton's second fiendish collection of hilarious comics mashes together superheroes, feminists, STEM notaries and historical figures into a superpsychedelic mix of laugh-out-loud snorts and sniggers that's definitely not for kids....
Friday, 25 November 2016
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 25th November 2016 - "The Land of Nod" by Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Hunter (Flying Eye Books)
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Book of the Week 2016,
Flying Eye Books,
Robert Hunter,
Robert Louis Stevenson,
The Land of Nod
Our Second Book of the Week blissfully dances between sleepy dreamtime and real life as a young boy enters..."The Land of No...
ReadItDaddy's First Book(s) of the Week - Week Ending 25th November 2016 - "Great Grammar Book" and "Terrific Times Tables Book" by Kate Petty and Jennie Maizels (Walker Books)
Labels:
Book of the Week 2016,
Great Grammar Book,
Jennie Maizels,
Kate Petty,
Terrific Times Tables Book,
Walker Books
Our first Book(s) of the week are a pair of utterly awesome children's books that deal with tricky "School" subjects in a brilliantly fun and engaging way....
Thursday, 24 November 2016
The 'stigma' of being a 48-year old male children's book reviewer - A ReadItTorial
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a readittorial
This week's ReadItTorial was partially inspired by Keza McDonald's musings on being a videogame reviewer as detailed on Kotaku a few weeks back.
The article was, overall, a bit of a "New Games Journalism" style article, stating a fairly obvious point (no one over a certain...
The Kids Money Book by Jamie Kyle McGillian (Sterling Publishing)
Oooh now this is a great idea if your kids fancy themselves as the next Richie Ric...
Daisy Darling, Let's have Lunch by Markus Majaluoma (Pikku Publishing)
We do love fun "Dad and Daughter" books and this one reminds me of the trials and tribulations of trying to get healthy green veg into Charlotte at an early age....
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Super Special Wriggly Preview - "I Can Only Draw Worms" by Will Mabbitt (Picture Puffin)
"I Just Can't DRAW!" many artists have wailed at one time or another. But even if you can't draw, can you construct a rib-tickling and hilarious children's boo...
Owl Bat, Bat Owl by Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick (Walker Books)
Here's a really neat idea for a wordless picture book that has a heartwarming core message, and a rather neat twist or two.....
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Moomin and Family Life by Tove Jansson (Drawn and Quarterly)
Oh dear! It's not easy being a Moomin and Moomintroll really has hit rock bottom....
Knowledge Encyclopaedia: ANIMAL! (Dorling Kindersley)
With the Dorling Kindersley brand, you know that you're going to get a fantastic packed-to-the-very-gills book of amazing animal knowledge and facts....
Monday, 21 November 2016
Du Iz Tak? By Carson Ellis (Walker Books)
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Du Iz Tak? Carson Ellis,
Walker Books
We're always championing wordless picture books as a great method of getting early readers to 'read' a story, interpret its meaning....
20 Games to Create with Scratch by Max Wainwright (QED Publishing)
Would-be coding and computer geeks are going to be in heaven with this fantastic 'how to' book on the Scratch programming languag...
Sunday, 20 November 2016
Our first grand Book Sale in aid of Church Charities - What's it like being a bookseller for the day?
Books books, lovely books!
My mother in law is a very persuasive lady! She came up with the idea of us helping out on a book stall for her local church so we found ourselves packing a (literal) ton of books up, ready to sell at the Annual Abingdon Baptist Church Christmas Fayre.
We've...
Friday, 18 November 2016
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 18th November 2016 - "Warren the 13th and the Whispering Woods" by Tania Del Rio and Will Staehle (Quirk Books)
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Book of the Week 2016,
Quirk Books,
Tania Del Rio,
Warren the 13th and the Whispering Woods,
Will Staehle
Our Second Book of the Week ushers the triumphant return of a rather brilliant (but butt-ugly) book hero. "Warren the 13th and the Whispering Woods"....
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 18th November 2016 - "The Ultimate Book of Space" by Anne-Sophie Baumann and Olivier Latyk (Twirl Publishing)
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Anne-Sophie Baumann,
Book of the Week 2016,
Olivier Latyk,
The Ultimate Book of Space,
Twirl Publishing
Our First Book of the Week this week shows that the French not only rule at producing awesome comics and children's fiction, they produce glorious non-fiction books too! "The Ultimate Book of Space" by Anne-Sophie Baumann and Olivier Latyk....
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Ten children's books I couldn't wait to introduce my daughter to when she was 4. Now she's 8, how am I doing - A ReadItTorial
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ReadItTorial
This week's Read-it-Torial is a bit of a time-travelling escapade.
Way back in 2012 when Charlotte was a busy little 4 year old who loved picture books, I imagined one day that she might quite like to read books that had wowed me when I was a kid.
So I picked ten and four years on...
Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker and Eda Kaban (Sterling Publishing)
Zap! Pow! Ka-SPLATT! Ooyah! Superheroes are here to stay, and if you ask your children who their favourite characters are - 9 times out of ten they'll probably name a well known superhero....
The Bear who Stared by Duncan Beedie (Templar Publishing)
We love books that become part of our everyday conversations - and book characters that also worm their way into our collective consciousness when certain things happen at home or out and about....
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less by Sarah Glidden (Drawn and Quarterly)
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Drawn and Quarterly,
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less,
Not Suitable for Children,
Sarah Glidden,
YA
From the outset it's worth pointing out we're firmly in "YA" territory here so if you've got little ones around, this one's not for them....
Superduper special preview - "Dalmatian in a Digger" by Rebecca Elliott (Curious Fox Books)
Wow, we're taking a bit of a look into the future - and a book that you won't be able to buy until next year....
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