Thursday, 31 August 2017
A love of French and Belgian Children's Books and a question - Are we done with 'dark and wordy' books? A ReadItTorial
Labels:
Dark books,
French books,
ReadItTorial 2017,
wordy books
I really wish I could brush up on my French skills. I did pretty badly in school, retaining just enough knowledge to get me into hot water with any native French-speaker but if there's one real reason I wish I'd learned more French, it's to be able to fully enjoy French children's...
ReaditDaddy's Middle Grade / YA / Adult Comics Roundup - August 2017
Welcome, welcome to an all new idea we've been working on for the blog. Now we're ready to embrace the digital age, we've been wading through the utterly amazing comic world with an aim of bringing you the very best children's and young adult comics and graphic novels (with a few grown...
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book Roundup - August 2017
We're off to a flying start with our August Chapter Book Roundup. It's going to be a bumper one so strap in and enjoy the ride!
First we're taking a look at a fantastic series from the author of BeastQuest.
Adam Blade's new "Team Hero" series is now building steadily, with a hectic...
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Cici's Journal: The Adventures of a Writer in Training by Joris Chamblain and Aurelie Neyret (First Second)
Labels:
Aurelie Neyret,
Cici's Journal: The Adventures of a Writer in Training,
Comics,
First Second Publishing,
Graphic Novel,
Joris Chamblain
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but there's definitely nothing wrong with being a young and curious writer-in-training, right Cic...
Fred by Mick and Chloe Inkpen (Hodder Children's Books)
Labels:
Fred,
Hodder Children's Books,
Mick and Chloe Inkpen
More poochy capers from Mick and Chloe Inkpen as we read the further adventures of "Fred"...
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Mighty Jack and the Goblin King by Ben Hatke, Alex Campbell and Hilary Sycamore (First Second)
Labels:
Alex Campbell,
Ben Hatke,
Children's Comics,
Comics,
First Second Publishing,
Hilary Sycamore,
Mighty Jack and the Goblin King
Ben Hatke's comics are fast becoming a mainstay for kids who love amazing art, tons of originality and frenetically paced storytelling....
Charlie the Choo Choo by Beryl Evans and Neal Dameron (Hodder Children's Books)
Well this is rather odd...it's not often we get to feature the work of Stephen King on a children's book blog....
Monday, 28 August 2017
"Something City" (YA / Adult Graphic Novel Review) by Ellice Weaver (Avery Hill Publishing)
Labels:
Adult,
Avery Hill Publishing,
Ellice Weaver,
Graphic Novel,
Something City,
YA
We're excited to announce that we're ramping up our coverage of comics on the blog, starting with a fantastic YA / Adult deep delve into kooky everyday folk....
Going to School by Rose Blake (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
There are so many books that tackle the subject of going to "Big School" for the first time - but there's always room for more, and this is a delectable little book....
Friday, 25 August 2017
ReaditDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 25th August 2017 - "Rail Head" by Phillip Reeve, illustrated by Ian McQue (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)
Labels:
Ian McQue,
OUP,
Oxford Children's Books,
Philip Reeve,
Rail Head
This week's Chapter Book of the Week was a recent holiday re-read - so I'm hauling it out of our Chapter Book schedules to a place it more rightly deserves to be....
ReadItDaddy's Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 25th August 2017 - "Hic" by by Anushka Ravishankar and Christiane Pieper (Tara Books)
Our Book of the Week this week definitely covers something that's a bit of a sore subject with both of us (but in a VERY funny way)....
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Star Wars Jedi Academy: The Force Oversleeps by Jarret Krosoczka (Scholastic)
Labels:
Do or Do Not There Is No Try,
Jarret Krosoczka,
Scholastic Books,
Star Wars Jedi Academy The Force Oversleeps
There are basically four fantasy / literary schools Charlotte would go to if she had a chance....
They Came From Planet Zabalooloo by Sean Taylor and Kate Hindley (Walker Books)
The madcap team of Sean Taylor and Kate Hindley return with a whole new crop of weird heroes to entertain us, all the way from Zabalooloo....
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Molly Mischief: My Perfect Pet by Adam Hargreaves (Pavilion Children's Books)
Hmm. We got in a bit of a grump about this one, as it took us ages to actually work out the unintelligible scrawl on the courier's note as to where the heck he'd deposited the book parcel (Lovely PR Folks, I cannot stress this enough, PLEASE DO NOT COURIER ITEMS TO US - OR AT LEAST...
Nothing Rhymes with Orange by Adam Rex (Chronicle Children's Books)
How odd, we've had two books arrive on our review pile with very similar subjects so let's try biting off more than we can chew with Adam Rex's "Nothing Rhymes with Orange"....
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
Intergalactic Travel Bureau Vacation Guide to the Solar System by Olivia Koski, Jana Grcevich and Steve Thomas (Square Peg Publishing)
Labels:
Intergalactic Travel Bureau Vacation Guide to the Solar System,
Jana Grcevich,
Olivia Koski,
Square Peg Publishing,
Steve Thomas
It's definitely been an interesting year for boundary-pushing fusions between fiction and non fiction. This particular one is very interesting indeed! Let's take a tour of the Solar System, Package Holiday style...
British Museum: Around the World Colouring Book by Thomas Flintham (Nosy Crow)
Being driven scatty by your children already bored out of their wits by the long summer holidays? Wondering how to keep up the good work they've been building up at school? How about killing two birds with one stone in "Around the World: The Colouring Book" from Thomas Flinth...
Monday, 21 August 2017
The Histronauts: An Egyptian / Roman Adventure by Francis Durkin and Grace Cooke (B Small Publishing)
Now and again we're lucky enough to be contacted by publishers who are just dipping their toes in the stormy waters of children's publishing, but obviously have a library of books that are just utterly stunning and original. Let's take a look at two upcoming titles from B Small Pu...
Karina Garcia's DIY Slime (Studio Press)
There are many, many things I don't understand about my daughter....
Friday, 18 August 2017
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 18th August 2017 - "The Murderer's Ape" by Jakob Wegelius (Pushkin Press)
Labels:
Chapter Book of the Week 2017,
Jakob Wegelius,
Murder,
mystery,
Pushkin Children's Books,
Suspense,
The Murderer's Ape
Our Chapter Book of the Week this week is a dark mystery with tons of originality, suspense and drama. Let's meet "The Murderer's Ape" by Jakob Wegelius....
ReadItDaddy's Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 18th August 2017 - "Corpse Talk: Ground Breaking Scientists" by Adam and Lisa Murphy (David Fickling Books)
Labels:
Adam Murphy,
Corpse Talk: Ground Breaking Scientists,
David Fickling Books,
Lisa Murphy,
Picture Book of the Week 2017
Our Picture Book of the Week is a sneaky early copy of something that once again quite literally digs into history to uncover brilliant mouldering minds in the coolest way possible....
Thursday, 17 August 2017
Whoah! What happened in July? A huge huge thank you to all you lovely clickers (A ReadItTorial)
Labels:
ReadItTorial 2017
This week's ReadItTorial is a huge and humble THANK YOU to you, our readers, for making July one of the most astonishing months in our entire blog history.
I usually don't get too hung up on our blog stats month by month but from time to time I have a quick look in the control panel...
Crocodali by Lucy Volpin (Templar Publishing)
Labels:
Crocodali,
Lucy Volpin,
Templar Publishing
Want to help the world's most amazing crocodilian artist perfect another masterpiece? It's time to tilt, turn and shake with "Crocodali" by Lucy Volpi...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Fantastic comic creating fun with The Etherington Brothers - The Story Museum, Oxford
As many blog regulars will know, we're massive fans of Robin and Lorenzo Etherington. The Etherington Brothers not only create some of the most fantastic epic comics (including many you've probably read yourself like Transformers, Madagascar - you name it, they've probably worked on...
The Children's Garden by Carole Lexa Schaefer and Pierr Morgan (Sasquatch Books)
An amazing book about a truly amazing place, that might inspire you to have a go and get stuck in out in your own garden. Here's "The Children's Garden" by Carole Lexa Schaeffer and Pierr Morg...
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