Friday, 28 September 2018
ReaditDaddy's YA / Adult Comic of the Week - Week Ending 28th September 2018: "Crowded: Issue 1" by Christopher Sebela, Ro Stein, Ted Brandt, Triona Farrell and Rachel Stott (Image Comics)
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Christopher Sebela,
Crowded,
Image Comics,
Rachel Stott,
Ro Stein,
Ted Brandt,
Triona Farrell
This week's Comic of the week is strictly for YA / Grown-ups but it's a whip-smart slice of brilliance I really don't want you to miss out on....
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 28th September 2018: "The Key to Flambards" by Linda Newbery (David Fickling Books)
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Chapter Book of the Week 2018,
David Fickling Books,
K.M Peyton,
Linda Newbery,
The Key to Flambards
Our Chapter Book of the Week this week is a book that...oh my, evoked such a powerful set of childhood memories it genuinely took my breath away....
ReadItDaddy's Second Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 28th September 2018: "Power to the Princess" by Vita Murrow and Julia Bereciartu (Lincoln Children's Books)
This week's second picture book of the week - An anthology of mighty princesses to show the Disney lot how it's really done? Where do we sig...
ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 28th September 2018: "A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories" by Angela McAllister and Alice Lindstrom (Lincoln Children's Books)
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A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories,
Alice Lindstrom,
Angela McAllister,
Lincoln Children's Books,
Picture Book of the Week 2018
It's sometimes amusing how Book of the Week winners can arrive for review just as we're discussing their particular topic on Twitter....
Thursday, 27 September 2018
Once again we're backing #PicturesMeanBusiness with ten common misconceptions about artists and illustrators - a ReadItTorial
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#PicturesMeanBusiness,
Art,
Illustration,
ReadItTorial 2018
(Credit: Sarah McIntyre. See how easy it is to add illustrator credit?)
The fantastic #PicturesMeanBusiness campaign moves into its second phase, taking on extra staff to ensure that the publishing industry (and other branches of the media) begin to understand just how important it...
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book Roundup - September 2018
Welcome, welcome to another fantastic Chapter Book Roundup. With it being September, and September usually meaning a complete TRUCKLOAD of new children's book releases, you'd expect our postbag to be bulging - and it is!
So let's kick off with a book by an aptly-named author. "Good...
"Charles Darwin: Little Guides to Great Lives" by Rachel Katstaller and Dan Green (Laurence King Publishing)
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Charles Darwin: Little Guides to Great Lives,
Dan Green,
Laurence King Publishing,
Rachel Katstaller
Here's a fantastic new set of extremely collectible non-fiction books detailing the lives of some of the most inspirational folk in history....
Wednesday, 26 September 2018
More from the "How Rude!" Blog Tour with our review of this hilarious new picture book by Clare Helen Welsh and Olivier Tallec (Words and Pictures)
"Manners maketh the Man" or so the saying goes. But what of the duck...
Joining the "How Rude!" Blog tour with Clare Helen Welsh, and some fantastic writerly inspirations from childhood.
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Clare Helen Welsh,
Guest Post,
How Rude Blog Tour
We're joined on the blog today by a very special guest. Clare Helen Welsh is here to talk about her favourite childhood picture books. It's an awesome read so take it away Clare...!
Hello! My name is Clare and I am thrilled to be writing a guest post today about childhood picture...
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
"What's For Lunch, Papa Penguin?" by Jo Williamson (Scholastic)
Penguins seem to lend themselves well to amusing little tales for younger readers. Well they're just so durned cute.....
"Angry Cookie" by Laura Dockrill and Maria Karipidou (Walker Books)
So you think you're having a bad day? You've got nothin' on "Angry Cookie"....
Monday, 24 September 2018
"Itchy Scritchy Scratchy Pants" by Steve Smallman and Elina Ellis (Little Tiger Press)
Everyone has a favourite pair of pants, be they hipsters, boxers, Y-fronts or frilly knickers....
"SOIC and SOT - The Microchips" by Jeffrey C. Dunnihoo and Simona M. Ceccarelli (Pragma Media)
Way, way back in the mists of time when I had a crazy idea about going into Computing or Electronics as a career, I remember microchips the size of your mobile phone....
Friday, 21 September 2018
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 21st September 2018: "The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic" by Cressida Cowell (Hodder Children's Books)
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Chapter Book of the Week 2018,
Cressida Cowell,
Hodder Children's Books,
The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic
Our Chapter Book of the Week this week is a dazzling sequel to a book that hurls us headlong into a fabulous new fantasy world from the creator of "How to Train your Dragon"....
ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 21st September 2018: "Franklin and Luna Go To The Moon" by Jen Campbell and Katie Harnett (Thames and Hudson)
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Franklin and Luna go to the moon,
Jen Campbell,
Katie Harnett,
Picture Book of the Week 2018,
Thames and Hudson
Picture book perfection once again for our Book of the Week this week. The fantastic return of Franklin and Lun...
ReadItDaddy's Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 21st September 2018: "The House of Lost and Found" by Martin Widmark and Emilia Dziubak (Floris Books)
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Emilia Dziubak,
Floris Books,
Martin Widmark,
Picture Book of the Week 2018,
The House of Lost and Found
This week's Picture Book of the Week touches on an amazing array of different subjects in a heartwarming story for all ages....
Thursday, 20 September 2018
This week's Readitorial: "Ten children's picture books that would make far better Christmas TV adaptations than yet another Julia Donaldson / Axel Scheffler book"
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ReadItTorial 2018
We're still playing catchup a bit after a summer of laziness and not a lot of book news. But we did spot one article that once again had us inwardly groaning.
As much as we've loved the BBC Christmas tradition in recent years of adapting and animating children's books,...
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