Friday, 30 November 2018
ReadItDaddy's Third Book of the Week - Week Ending 30th November 2018: "The Bandit Queen" by Natalia and Lauren O'Hara (Picture Puffin)
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Lauren O'Hara,
Natalia O'Hara,
Picture Book of the Week 2018,
Picture Puffin,
The Bandit Queen
Our Third Picture Book of the Week this week is a scintillating and thoroughly mischievous future classic from an incredibly talented duo....
ReadItDaddy's Adult / YA Comic of the Week - Week Ending 30th November 2018: "The Mental Load" by Emma (Seven Stories Publishing)
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Emma,
Seven Stories Publishing,
The Mental Load
We'll kick off our "Adult / YA comic of the Week" review with a simple "not for kids" warning - though this is something that most of us will be absolutely dying to share with them once they're a bit old...
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 30th November 2018: "The Adventures of Catvinkle" by Elliot Perlman and Laura Stitzel (Pushkin Children's Books)
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Chapter Book of the Week 2018,
Elliot Perlman,
Laura Stitzel,
Pushkin Children's Books,
The Adventures of Catvinkle
Our Chapter Book of the Week is more than your average animal yarn. Meet a cat who knows how to cut a dash.....
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 30th November 2018: "Timelines of Everything" (Dorling Kindsersley Publishing)
Wow, our second book of the week is an absolute MAMMOTH book that captures the history of our planet from Big Bang to Big Badaboo...
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 30th November 2018: "The Funniest Book Ever" by various Authors / Artists (David Fickling Books)
Our first Book of the Week this week should come with a paper bag to hyperventilate into, if you find yourself laughing until you can barely breathe....
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Making your Christmas Book Shopping List? Checking it twice? How about a brilliant book from Pan Macmillan or Egmont Publishing with something for everyone!
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Christmas Books List 2018,
Egmont UK,
Pan Macmillan
We make no apologies for being well and truly into the christmas spirit. It tends to kick off early at ReadItDaddy Towers and we're already eyeing up the Christmas Decorations, readying ourselves for the festive season.
Book wise we've seen SO MANY brilliant christmas books that we're...
Why it's vitally important that kids from all social circumstances get access to books - A ReadItTorial
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ReadItTorial 2018
Once again we're preparing our wares!
It's the time of year where the publishing industry traditionally enters complete overdrive, in order to promote and push books they'd really love you to buy your little ones over the Holiday / Festive period.
We were recently contacted by the...
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book Roundup - November 2018
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Chapter Book Roundup 2018
Welcome, welcome to another fantastic fantabulous book-busting roundup of amazing chapter books for your early chapter readers and middle graders.
This month we've got a humungous list of books that we've been enjoying as the inevitable pre-christmas rush continues, starting with...
A gaggle of truly awesome Christmas titles to add to your Christmas Book Shopping List - courtesy of the fab folk at Nosy Crow
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Christmas Books,
Little Robin Red Vest,
Nosy Crow,
Pip and Posy - The Christmas Tree,
Sammy Claus the Christmas Cat,
The Boy and the Bear,
The Rabbit The Dark and the Biscuit Tin,
Where's Santa Claus
Santa's sack is bulging with amazing Christmas books this year, so before you start adding lots and lots of books to your wish list, we thought we'd show you a huge selection of gorgeous titles from one of our favourite publishers.
Nosy Crow's books are always of the highest quality,...
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Brush up your language skills with innovative publisher B Small and their fantastic "Hello French!" series of titles.
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Hello French series,
Kim Hankinson,
Sam Hutchinson
Learning other languages is now such a huge part of C's learning journey at school that we love any opportunity to also bring that work home.
For me it gives me a valuable chance to brush up my own (quite frankly terrible) French skills with the brilliant new "Hello French" series...
"The Mud Monster" by Jonnie Wild and Brita Granstrom (Otter-Barry Books)
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African Wildlife Consevation,
Brita Granstrom,
Jonnie Wild,
Otter-Barry Books,
The Mud Monster
Here's a fabulous story that's a little bit scary and spooky at first....
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
"Shhh!" by Barroux (Words and Pictures)
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Barroux,
Shhh!,
Words and Pictures
What makes the perfect bedtime picture book? Shhh, and we'll tell you.....
"Boys who Made a Difference" by Michelle Roehm McCann (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
As 2018 draws to a close, there's absolutely no doubt which type of book has really flooded the market this year....
Monday, 26 November 2018
"Who are you calling weird?" by Marilyn Singer and Paul Daviz (Words and Pictures)
It's quite often disappointing to see new non-fiction books about animals feature the same species over and over again....
"Getting the little blighters to behave" by Claire Potter (Featherstone)
Claire Potter's awesome "Little Blighters" series is an absolute must for harried parents who just need a little extra help dealing with their own little B...
Friday, 23 November 2018
ReadItDaddy's YA / Adult Comic of the Week - Week Ending 23rd November 2018: "Beautiful Darkness" by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoet (Drawn and Quarterly)
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Beautiful Darkness,
Drawn and Quarterly,
Fabien Vehlmann,
Kerascoet,
YA / Adult Comic of the Week 2018
Our YA / Adult Comic of the Week should definitely be kept well away from your little ones, even if they like the look of the cute character coyly peeking out of the front cover....
ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 23rd November 2018: "MIllions" by Frank Cottrell-Boyce with illustrations by Steven Lenton (Macmillan Children's Books)
This week's Chapter Book of the Week may not be new, but it's new to us - and we absolutely loved it so here we are with "Millions" by Frank Cottrell-Boyce....
ReadItDaddy's Third Book of the Week - Week Ending 23rd November 2018: "Emmett and Caleb" by Karen Hottois and Delphine Renon, translated by Sarah Ardizzone (Book Island)
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Book Island,
Book of the Week 2018,
Delphine Renon,
Emmett and Caleb,
Karen Hottois,
Sarah Ardizzone
I rather liked the description from Sarah Ardizzone of this one. "A Fine Bromance...
ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 23rd November 2018: "The Dictionary of Dinosaurs" by Dr Matthew Baron and Dieter Braun (Natural History Museum Books / Wide Eyed Editions)
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Dictionary of Dinosaurs,
Dieter Braun,
Dr Matthew Baron,
Natural History Museum Books,
Picture Book of the Week 2018,
Wide Eyed Editions
Our second Picture Book of the Week this week is a truly stunning non-fiction book that does far more than dig into dinos.....
ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 23rd November 2018: "The Boy - His Stories And How He Came to Be" by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins Children's Books)
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HarperCollins Children's Books,
Oliver Jeffers,
Picture Book of the Week 2018,
The Boy - His Stories And How He Came To Be
Our first Picture Book of the Week this week harks back to our very first forays into reviewing children's books....
Thursday, 22 November 2018
The beauty of "The Story Moment" is the key to giving my writing the kick in the pants it so desperately needed - This Week's ReadItTorial
Over the last 8 weeks of the "Writing for Children" course, we've learned a lot about "The Story Moment" in middle grade fiction. Our tutor, Nicola M. Brown describes it in a way that always reminds me of spinning plates, but it's actually been a revelation to fully understand just...
"The Big Race" by David Barrow (Hodder Children's Books)
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David Barrow,
Hodder Children's Books,
The Big Race
Time for a modern update of a classic fable now, and an underdog (or should that be under-aardvark) story solidly delivering a message that's important to everyone - never give u...
"Let's Talk About When Someone Dies" by Molly Potter (Featherstone)
Molly Potter is the author of many brilliant self-help books for helping children deal with difficult subjects....
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