Friday, 29 June 2018
Joining Matt Brown's awesome blog tour for "Aliens Invaded my Talent Show" with a guest post from the man himself. @mattbrownauthor @Usborne
We're joining the 2018 blog tour for a book that's full of chaos, comedy and crazy aliens.
Author Matt (Compton Valance) Brown has put his considerable comic talents into "Aliens Invaded my Talent Show" coming soon from Usborne Publishing.
To celebrate the launch of...
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 29th June 2018: "Boy Underwater" by Adam Baron and Benji Davies (HarperCollins Children's Books)
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Adam Baron,
Benji Davies,
Boy Underwater,
Chapter Book of the Week 2018,
HarperCollins Children's Books
I think we were totally unprepared for the sheer impact this week's Chapter Book of the Week had on us both....
ReaditDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 29th June 2018: "If All The World Were..." by Joseph Coelho and Allison Colpoys (Lincoln Children's Books)
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Allison Colpoys,
If All The World Were,
Joseph Coelho,
Lincoln Children's Books,
Picture Book of the Week 2018
I don't think we were at all emotionally prepared for our second book of the week this week. Not prepared at all....
ReadItDaddy's Comic of the Week - Week Ending 29th June 2018: "All Summer Long" by Hope Larson (FirstSecond Books)
Our Comic of the Week is a fabulously observed slice of teen angst and summer madness wrapped up between the covers of a blissfully brilliant graphic novel. It's summertime, let's dive in....
ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 29th June 2018: "The Truth about my Unbelievable School" by Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud (Chronicle Books)
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Benjamin Chaud,
Chronicle Books,
Davide Cali,
Picture Book of the Week 2018,
The Truth About my Unbelievable School
The tall-tale telling kid from the superb "The Truth About my Unbelievable Summer" is back - and this time he doesn't need to stretch the truth, reality is weird enough as it is.....
Thursday, 28 June 2018
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book Roundup - June 2018
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Chapter Book Roundup 2018
We are literally kicking off our Chapter Book Roundup this month with a fantastic footie-based book that's sure to give your World Cup fans plenty of entertainment (if you can pry them away from the TV and all the matches!)
"Hubert and the Magic Glasses" by Candice Lemon-Scott and...
Books that stick, books that don't - What happens when your child starts to leave picture books behind? - A ReadItTorial
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ReadItTorial 2018
As our blog races ever closer to its 8th birthday (I know, can you believe it's been going that long? I certainly can't) It's a good time to reflect on how a child's reading journey constantly changes and evolves as they get older.
In particular it's interesting to dig through the...
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
"Brick: Who Found Herself in Architecture" by Joshua David Stein and Julia Rothman (Phaidon)
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Brick Who Found Herself in Architecture,
Joshua David Stein,
Julia Rothman,
Phaidon Publishing
It's not very often that you get to read a fantastic original book for children about architecture....
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Spot the Difference At the Beach / Spot the Difference In the Park by Naomi Wilkinson (Lincoln Children's Books)
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Lincoln Children's Books,
Naomi Wilkinson,
Spot the Difference At the Beach,
Spot the Difference In the Park
Here's a pair of deliciously designed and illustrated sturdy books for your little ones with tons and tons to see and spot....
Monday, 25 June 2018
"Don't Feed the Bear" by Kathleen Doherty and Chip Wass (Sterling)
A war of words with bear vs brain! Set your picnic baskets to stun with "Don't Feed the Bear" by Kathleen Doherty and Chip Wass....
Friday, 22 June 2018
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 22nd June 2018: "Thornhill" by Pam Smy (David Fickling Books)
This week's Chapter Book of the Week is a book that has been catching my eye ever since it first arrived in bookstores last summer....
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 22nd June 2018: "Lily's Cat Mask" by Julie Fortenberry (Viking Books)
Our second Book of the Week this week is just the sort of book we've been clamouring about lately...and it's just perfec...
Two engaging board books for tiddly colour fans. Let's take a look at "Find Colours" and "These Colours are Bananas" by Tamara Shopsin and Jason Fulford (Phaidon)
Here's a couple of adorable and durable little books for your tiniest of tinies to help them learn a little more about colours....
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 22nd June 2018 - "Dr Christian's Guide to Growing Up Online" by Dr Christian Jessen (Scholastic)
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Book of the Week 2018,
Dr Christian Jessen,
Dr Christian's Guide to Growing Up Online (Hashtag: Awkward!),
Scholastic
Our first Book of the Week this week is an absolutely brilliant and essential guide to growing up that encompasses the ever-present information superhighway....
Thursday, 21 June 2018
"Publishers rely too much on 'Accessible Language'" - Book snobbery or a valid point? A ReadItTorial
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Readitorial 2018
It's that time of year once again when the publishing industry turns its steely gaze to all things award-shaped, and the high profile winners of some of the most prestigious awards traditionally open their mouths wide and stick both feet in.
This year, it's the turn of CILIP Carnegie...
Out Today! "Audrey the Inventor" by Rachel Valentine and Katie Weymouth (Words and Pictures)
Have you ever had a brilliant idea for a labour-saving gadget or wanted to invent something that could change the world.....
Out today! The fabulous "Seashore Watcher (Watcher Guide Books)" by Maya Plass (QED Publishing)
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Maya Plass,
QED Publishing,
Seashore Watcher
There's something quite satisfying, even soothing about a trip to the seaside to indulge in some rockpooling / beach scouring....
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
"Am I yours?" by Alex Latimer (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)
Easter may be a dim and distant memory but this adorable tale of an egg is great for any time of year....
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Step inside a world of scintillating art with the new "Art Masterclass" series from Hanna Konola and Wide Eyed Editions
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Art Masterclass Series,
Hanna Konola,
Vincent Van Gogh,
Wassily Kandinsky,
Wide Eyed Editions
We absolutely adore any books that encourage kids to get into art, particularly those that give you tons and tons of details on the lives of famous artists....
Monday, 18 June 2018
Baby's First Bank Heist by Jim Whalley and Stephen Collins (Bloomsbury Children's Books)
Here's a fun romp with a baby who needs a serious lesson about right vs wrong....
Friday, 15 June 2018
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 15th June 2018: "Dork Diaries: Crush Catastrophe" by Rachel Renee Russell (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
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Chapter Book of the Week 2018,
Dork Diaries: Crush Catastrophe,
Rachel Renee Russell,
Simon and Schuster Children's Books
Our Chapter Book of the Week is the welcome arrival in paperback of a book that ushers in the latest in a series that C has absolutely adored from the moment she got into it....
ReadItDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 15th June 2018 - "Hoakes Island: A Fiendish Puzzle Adventure" by Helen and Ian Friel (Laurence King Publishing)
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Helen Friel,
Hoakes Island: A Fiendish Puzzle Adventure,
Ian Friel,
Laurence King Publishing,
Picture Book of the Week 2018
Our second Book of the Week this week is a truly fantastic, original and innovative mystery that will have you completely engrossed from the first turn of the page...Welcome to Hoakes Islan...
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