Friday, 30 March 2018
ReadItDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 30th March 2018 - "Myth Match: A Fantastical Flipbook of Extraordinary Beasts" by Good Wives and Warriors (Laurence King Publishing)
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Good Wives and Warriors,
Laurence King Publishing,
Myth Match,
Picture Book of the Week 2018
Oh yes! We do love a mythical creature or two, particularly when they're presented in a gorgeous book like this. Our second Picture Book of the Week this week is the fantastic "Myth Match" by Good Wives and Warrior...
ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 30th March 2018 - "Unplugged" by Steve Antony (Hodder Children's Books)
We're so pleased to have finally met Blip, a character after our own hearts and the star of this week's first Book of the Week....
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Comics - How I fell in love, out of love and madly back in love with 'em all over again - A ReadItTorial
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2000AD,
Comics,
Judge Dredd
2000AD Featuring Judge Dredd. First proper comic head-over-heels love
This is kind of a follow up to a readitorial from a while back where I confessed I'd started reading comics on a Kindle for the first time. Since getting my Kindle Fire I've found it almost impossible to resist...
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book Roundup - March 2018
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Chapter Book Roundup 2018
Let's start off this month's chapter book roundup with an incredible adventure out to sea.
Julia Green's "To the Edge of the World" is a truly beautifully written tale of courage, friendship, and survival.
Imagine a tiny island far out in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast...
Our Easter Book Roundup - books instead of chocolate? What a good idea!!
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Adam and Charlotte Guillain,
Are You There Little Bunny? Usborne Books,
Egmont Publishing,
Pippa Curnick,
That's Not My Bunny,
That's Not My Chick,
The First Egg Hunt
We're pretty sure that you're thinking ahead to this coming Easter Sunday, and all the chocolate you can eat. But how about including books in the mix? Sounds like a great idea righ...
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
"A Couch for Llama" by Leah Gilbert (Sterling Children's Books)
Llamas. Why are they so cool? So cuddly? So awesome to have in a children's story? Let's dig in and find out....
"Fussy Freda" by Julia Jarman and Fred Blunt (Hodder Children's Books)
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Fred Blunt,
Fussy Freda,
Hodder Children's Books,
Julia Jarman
Oh how we love this book, well when I say "we" I actually mean my wife and I - C is not too impressed at all....
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Forever or a Day by Sarah Jacoby (Chronicle Books)
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Chronicle Books,
Forever or a Day,
Sarah Jacoby
Time. Where does it go? I find myself increasingly asking this as time marches on and life continues to unfold....
"Hello Hello" by Brendan Wenzel (Chronicle Children's Books)
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Brendan Wenzel,
Chronicle Books,
Hello Hello
The creator of Caldecott-winning "They All Saw a Cat" is back and he's bringing a few friends with him....
More fantastic "10 Reasons" books from Catherine Barr and Hanako Clulow (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
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10 Reasons to Love a Bear,
10 Reasons to Love a Whale,
Catherine Barr,
Frances Lincoln Children's Books,
Hanako Clulow,
Natural History Museum
Catherine Barr and Hanako Clulow are back with more fantastic animal facts in a new set of "10 Reasons To Love" books, this time with added bears and whale...
Monday, 26 March 2018
"They Say Blue" by Jillian Tamaki (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
We love illustrator Jillian Tamaki's work, so it's lovely to see her first solo picture book, a glorious celebration of colour....
"Juniper Jupiter" by Lizzy Stewart (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
Juniper Jupiter is a real life honest to goodness superhero. No really! But it's no big deal...at least to her....
Friday, 23 March 2018
ReadItDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 23rd March 2018 - "Corpse Talk: Ground Breaking Women" by Adam and Lisa Murphy (David Fickling Books)
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Adam and Lisa Murphy,
Corpse Talk Ground Breaking Women,
David Fickling Books,
Picture Book of the Week 2018
Our Second Picture Book of the Week this week once again sees Adam and Lisa Murphy dig up another amazing selection of historical figures, this time with an all-female cast....
ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 23rd March 2018 - "How Does a Lighthouse Work?" by Roman Belyaev (B Small Publishing)
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B Small Publishing,
How Does a Lighthouse Work? Roman Belyaev,
Picture Book of the Week 2018
B Small Publishing once again strengthen their reputation for eye-catching and engaging non-fiction with a new series of titles translated from Russian, picking on some truly fascinating subjects....
Thursday, 22 March 2018
"We Don't Work With Bloggers" - How a rude email showed a huge (and continuing) lack of understanding of the blogging community - A ReadItTorial
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No Bloggers,
ReadItTorial
This week's ReadItTorial came from an incident that REALLY put my back up this week. It all stemmed from an email to a company who (without naming names or going into too much incriminating detail) responded to a very polite inquiry with what amounted to a digital slapdown.
The original...
Children's Wildlife Atlas by John Farndon (QED Publishing)
It's time for yet another stunning non-fiction title from QED Publishing, once again celebrating the amazingly diverse animals we share our planet with....
"Car Car Truck Jeep" by Katrina Charman and Nick Sharratt (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
A sizzling, funny and brilliant rhyming sing-a-long book that is destined to be much in demand by your littlies. Turn the ignition and hop on board.....
"When's My Birthday?" by Julie Fogliano and Christian Robinson (Walker Books)
This gorgeous book turned up about a week before two "big" birthdays (namely mine and C's) and it was great fun to see just how perfectly this story captured that excitement and anticipation of the big day....
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
"Earth Verse" by Sally M. Walker and William Grill (Walker Studios)
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Earth Verse,
Sally M. Walker,
Walker Studios,
William Grill
Take a breathtaking journey around this tiny blue orb we call home, with some incredible prose and illustrations from a very talented du...
"50 Ways to Feel Happy" by Vanessa King, Val Payne, Peter Harper and Celeste Aires (Quarto Children's Books)
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50 Ways To Feel Happy,
Celeste Aires,
Peter Harper,
Quarto Children's Books,
Val Payne,
Vanessa King
If there's one trend we're seeing increasing in kids from early years upwards, it's the need to take time out and...just be kid...
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
"A Big Garden" by Gilles Clement and Vincent Grave (Prestel Publishing)
This certainly is a big book (so we made our header image nice and big to match). "A Big Garden" by Gilles Clement and Vincent Grave is perfect for this time of year, as spring starts to shyly emerge from winter's shadow, and all our gardens come to life.
This beautifully prosaic...
Origami Heart by Binny (Hodder Children's Books)
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Binny,
Hodder Children's Books,
Origami Heart
It's not a huge secret that we both love Origami. Any excuse to immerse ourselves in a bit of clever paper engineering and we're there....
Powering up with four recent comic acquisitions featuring thoroughly mighty women.
Comics have changed for the better, and it's about bloomin' time. Despite the continued issues we have with fragmentation of story arcs and the general confused mess that sometimes confronts you when you show interest in a particular series, it's sometimes worth doing a bit of digging...
Monday, 19 March 2018
Ash Dresses Her Friends by Fu Wenzheng (New Frontier Publishing)
Here's a delightful little tale of a happy-go-lucky little bird with an exceptional talent....Meet As...
Baby Bird by Andrew Gibbs and Zosienka (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
Oh my, this one really tugs at the heartstrings for a huge number of reasons....
Friday, 16 March 2018
ReadItDaddy's Third Book of the Week - Week Ending 16th March 2018 - "Colorama" by Cruschiform (Prestel Publishing)
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Colorama,
Cruschiform,
Prestel Publishing
We couldn't resist putting this in as our third Picture Book of the Week - I think it's high praise indeed that a book arrives in our reviews stack and is constantly grabbed, flicked through and referred to by C....
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 16th March 2018 - "The Return of the Railway Children" by Lou Kuenzler (Scholastic)
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Chapter Book of the Week 2018,
E Nesbit,
Lou Kuenzler,
Scholastic,
The Return of the Railway Children
Our Chapter Book of the Week is a gorgeous sequel to a book I must admit I haven't read in years, possibly 43 years to be precise.....
ReadItDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week ending 16th March 2018 - "Rufus" by Simon Bartram (Templar Publishing)
It's lovely to welcome Simon Bartram back to the Book of the Week slot with his new creation, and there's not a Bob in sight.....
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 16th March 2018: "Anthology of Amazing Women" by Sandra Lawrence and Nathan Collins (Weldon Owen)
In this centenary year where we mark the 100th anniversary of the end of women's suffrage, it's fantastic to see so many books arriving that mark the achievements and soak up the inspiration of amazing women from history - and indeed toda...
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Re-imagining, rebooting, retreading - Why do classic books need to be treated in this way? This week's ReadItTorial
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ReadItTorial 2018
This week's ReadItTorial all started with an email. A promotional email announcing the exciting news that none other than Sir Michael Morpurgo was about to respin a VERY well loved classic children's picture book into a middle grade novel.
Eyebrows were raised, exclamations were uttered...
"What's your Favourite Colour?" by Eric Carle and Friends (Walker Books)
We are seeing some utterly incredible books about colours at the moment. Not just the usual 'baby learns colour' type of stuff, but books that passionately explore the reasons we love to fill our world with colour and hue....
The Zoological Times by Stella Gurney and Matthew Hodson (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)
Stand by for another cracking edition from Stella Gurney and Matthew Hodson, absolutely roasting hot off the press....
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
"Star in the Jar" by Sam Hay and Sarah Massini (Egmont Publishing)
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Egmont Publishing,
Sam Hay,
Sarah Massini,
Star in the Jar
Here's a gorgeous and thought-provoking story for tinies that imparts a really valuable lesson about loving something enough to let it go, and let it be free....
Dinosaurs United and the Cowardly Custard Pirate Crew (Dinosaurs United Book 1) by Sam Hay and Daron Parton (Egmont Publishing)
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Daron Parton,
Dinosaurs United and the Cowardly Custard Pirate Crew,
Egmont Publishing,
Sam Hay
We love books that go beyond a single theme and branch out into what we call 'fusion titles' - offering a little something for everyone....
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
"Coco Chanel: Pearls, Perfume and the Little Black Dress" by Susan Goldman Rubin (Abrams Young Readers)
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Abrams Young Readers,
Coco Chanel: Pearls Perfume and the Little Black Dress,
Susan Goldman Rubin
As C's interest in Fashion Design grows, she's beginning to want to know more about the ground-breaking figures who cut their own path through a massively unforgiving - and at one time largely male dominated industry....
William Bee's Wonderful World of Tractors and Farm Machines by William Bee (Pavilion Children's Books)
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Pavilion Children's Books,
William Bee,
William Bee's Wonderful World of Tractors and Farm Machinery
Welcome to another vehicle-packed volume for tinies, and a fabulous world of powerful machines waiting to do their work....
Monday, 12 March 2018
"Wild World" by Angela McAllister and Hvass & Hannibal (Wide Eyed Editions)
Another gorgeous Natural History book from Wide Eyed Editions now, let's take a walk on the wild side....
Gorgeously paper-crafted books detailing the world around us in "What's Above" and "What's Below" by Clive Gifford and Kate McClelland (Egmont Publishing)
We love clever books, and kids of all ages love a book that goes beyond the flat two-dimensional confines of a traditional book.
Egmont's two fantastic natural history titles "What's Below" and "What's Above" both written by Clive Gifford with illustrations and paper engineering...
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