Tuesday, 25 December 2018
ReadItDaddy's Booky Advent Calendar CHRISTMAS DAY: "Greatest Magical Stories" curated by Michael Morpurgo (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)
Our Super Special Booky Advent Calendar Book for Christmas Day is a sumptuous collection of amazing stories chosen from across the world, and presented by a master of children's fiction.
Michael Morpurgo is an incredibly talented and inventive writer in his own right, but here he...
Monday, 24 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar - CHRISTMAS EVE - "There's a Yeti in the Playground" by Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham (Nosy Crow)
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Two of the funniest folk in the business combine their considerable talents for our Christmas Eve Booky Advent Calendar entry. By now you're probably hopping from foot to foot with excitement in anticipation of tomorrow, right?
Well imagine if your feet were slightly bigger than everyone...
Sunday, 23 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 23: "The Night Before The Night Before Christmas" by Kes Gray and Claire Powell (Hodder Children's Books)
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There's a couple of shopping days left before Christmas, so we thought it would be fun to make our Booky Advent Calendar Day 23 choice of books wholly appropriate.
Well it is "The Night Before The Night Before Christmas" after all. So how is Santa doing with his plans for the big...
Saturday, 22 December 2018
Booky Advent Calender Day 22 - "Pick a Pine Tree" by Patricia Toht and Jarvis (Walker Books)
Wow, it's getting closer! Here's Day 22 on our Booky Advent calendar - and a delicious little book that describes one of the best things about the run-up to Christmas...
In "Pick a Pine Tree" by Patricia Toht, with illustrations by mega-talented illustrator Jarvis, every single atmospheric...
Friday, 21 December 2018
The scores are in, the choices have been made, it's our massive "Book of the Year / Publisher of the Year" blowout for 2018!
We're going to get straight into it this year, as we're sure you don't want to read a huge wall of text. Once again we've decided to both choose a Picture Book / Comic of the Year and a Chapter Book of the year EACH (which cuts down on the arguing a bit) before we launch into our "Book...
Booky Advent Calendar Book of the Week - Week Ending 21st December 2018: "How Winston Delivered Christmas: An Advent Story in Twenty-four-and-a-half Chapter" by Alex T. Smith (Macmillan Children's Books)
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Our Booky Advent Calendar Book of the Week book for Day 21 is actually just that! A Booky Advent Calendar featuring a gorgeous and heartwarming story, as well as 24 (and a half) brilliant activities and makes that your kids can get busy with as we get closer and closer to Christmas.
"How...
Thursday, 20 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 20: "Albi Visits the Dentist" by Mikko Kunnas and Markus Majaluoma (Pikku Publishing)
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Day 20 of our Booky Advent Calendar and a really brilliant little book that once again shows just how amazing Pikku's catalogue of titles really are.
"Albi visits the Dentist" by Mikko Kunnas and Markus Majaluoma is the hugely original story of a snowman who has the most amazing coal-black...
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 19: "Search and Find: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" by E.T.A Hoffmann and Federica Fenna (Studio Press)
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Booky Advent Calendar Day 19 and a real treat for busy little bees who love looking through all the tiny little details in their picture books.
The latest "Search and Find" book from Studio Press, with gorgeous illustrations from Federica Fenna is inspired by the classic Christmas...
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 18: "Hamish and the Terrible Terrible Christmas" by Danny Wallace and Jamie Littler (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
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Day 18 of our Booky Advent Calendar and we're ensuring that older kids get a look-in as well, with another fantastic middle grade book to tempt you during the festive period.
"Hamish and the Terrible Terrible Christmas" is a special festive-flavoured outing for Danny Wallace's reluctant...
Monday, 17 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 17: "How to Hide a Lion at Christmas" by Helen Stephens (Alison Green Books)
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Day 17 on our Booky Advent Calendar and as the big day gets closer and closer (8 sleeps to go!) we're digging deeper into our Christmas Book Sack to bring you some absolutely brilliant books.
Like "How to Hide a Lion at Christmas", the fourth book in Helen Stephens' whimsical and...
Sunday, 16 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 16: "King Flashypants and the Snowball of Doom" by Andy Riley (Hodder Children's Books)
For Booky Advent Calendar Day 16, we do love any book that comes with a quote on the front from a kid, who pretty much nails the essence of the book in a short sentence.
"Lots of Fun and Lots of Silly!" is exactly the best way to describe the latest adventure for King Flashypants.
In...
Saturday, 15 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 15: "A Tiny Little Story: Christmas" by Lisa Jones and Edward Underwood (Nosy Crow)
There's absolutely no reason why even the tiniest of mites should miss out on some Christmas Booky Advent Calendar fun! So for Day 15 we're looking at a truly adorable new little cloth book in Nosy Crow's superb little "A Tiny Little Story" range.
This special "A Tiny Little Story:...
Friday, 14 December 2018
ReadItDaddy's Christmas Booky Advent Calendar Book of the Week Day 14: "Snow in the Garden: A First Book of Christmas" by Shirley Hughes (Walker Books)
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Our Booky Advent Calendar Day 14 and second Christmas Book of the Week is an absolutely gorgeous celebration of all the things that make the festive season so special for little ones.
"Snow in the Garden: A First Book of Christmas" by Shirley Hughes is such a warm hug of a book, once...
Thursday, 13 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 13: "Lucy's Search For Little Star" by Anne Booth (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)
Unlucky for some, but not for us - or you - It's Day 13 of our fabulous "Booky Advent Calendar" and a new festive snowy story from Anne Booth, with beautiful illustrations from Sophy Williams.
"Lucy's Search for Little Star" is the latest story centring around a special little girl...
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 12: "Isadora Moon Makes Winter Magic" by Harriet Muncaster (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)
Oh we do love a bit of gothic magic at Christmas, so as we open the twelfth door of our Booky Advent Calendar, we usher in the welcome return of a blog favourite.
"Isadora Moon Makes Winter Magic" is an all new adventure for Harriet Muncaster's fabulous character.
Isadora is half...
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 11: "Santa's Wonderful Workshop" by Elys Dolan (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)
Opening the door of our Booky Advent Calendar on Day 11, it's time for "Santa's Wonderful Workshop" by Elys Dolan.
Christmas is a time for giving gifts, snugging next to a warm fire with a warming cup of hot chocolate, or perhaps writing a list to Santa.
This year Saint Nick thinks...
Monday, 10 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Extra Bits! A bumper collection of glorious books for your little christmas elves, courtesy of Usborne Publishing @usborne
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It's not quite the night before Christmas, but all through the house, special festive books are stirring, this one has a mouse!
We're looking at a bumper selection of absolutely GORGEOUS books from Usborne Publishing today, and they know a thing or two about producing brilliant books...
Booky Advent Calendar Day 10: "Winnie and Wilbur: The Santa Surprise" by Laura Owen and Korky Paul (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)
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It's time for Day 10 of our Booky Advent Calendar, and here's a fabulous chapter-based outing for two of our favourite picture book characters.
Winnie the Witch and Wilbur her long-suffering moggy are back for an all-new festive adventure in this fantastic gift edition of "Winnie...
Sunday, 9 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 9: "L'il Gotham Volume 1" by Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs (DC Comics / Scholastic)
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Our Booky Advent Calendar entry for Day 9 might have the very loosest connection to Christmas (well, Turkeys and Thanksgiving) but it's still a hugely impressive piece of work and well deserving of inclusion in your christmas book shopping list.
We've loved Nguyen and Fridolfs' take...
Saturday, 8 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 8: "The Way Home for Wolf" by Jim Field and Rachel Bright (Orchard Books)
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We're cheating a little bit with Day 7 on our Advent Calendar - again although this isn't a Christmas book per se, the crisp snowy landscapes and gorgeously cuddly little story of a wilful wolf called Wilf will tickle and entertain you.
"The Way Home for Wolf" by Rachel Bright and...
Friday, 7 December 2018
ReadItDaddy's Christmas Picture Book of the Week / Booky Advent Calendar Day 7: "Emily Brown and Father Christmas" by Neal Layton and Cressida Cowell (Hodder Children's Books)
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Oh my, we've been waiting for this one for a long long time...and it does not disappoint.....
Thursday, 6 December 2018
On "Book of the Year" awards, comedians turned authors, and the big Twitter furore David Baddiel kicked off - A ReadItTorial.
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"Your book's rubbish!" "No, yours is!"
Well we weren't actually going to do any ReadItTorials in December - but this one was too juicy to pass up.
It all started out with a #notbitteratall Tweet, as the subjects for our ReadItTorials often do...
One of the things I've noticed about...
Booky Advent Calendar Day 6: "How To Ride a Polar Bear" by Caryl Hart and Ed Eaves (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
Our Booky Advent Calendar Day 6 entry isn't really that festive or Christmassy, but we couldn't resist including a new Albie adventure in our yuletide roundup (and isn't snow a bit more festive than the drizzle we're likely to get around the 25th?)
Here's "How to Ride a Polar Bear"...
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Booky Advent Calendar Day 5: "Jingle Spells" by James Brown (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)
Here's an awesome Booky Advent Calendar book that comfortably covers two holidays, as it'd also be great for Halloween as well as Christmas.
"Jingle Spells" by James Brown is the fab little story of Trixie the Witch.Trixie’s friends think she’s batty as a vampire, so she needs Santa’s...
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