Showing posts with label Book of the Week 2019. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Book of the Week 2019. Show all posts
Friday, 29 November 2019

ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 29th November 2019: "Heidi" by Johanna Spuri, Jeanne Willis and Briony May Smith (Nosy Crow)

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"Aww, poor Heidi!" - This was at one time one of my wife's childhood catchphrases, as her mum read to her this well-loved ch...
Friday, 22 November 2019

ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week: Week Ending 22nd November 2019: "Scouts: The Stories that Built a Movement" with a foreword by Bear Grylls, chief scout (Studio Press)

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Our second book of the week is something very special indeed, celebrating a movement that arose from humble beginnings, but with a core ai...

ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 22nd November 2019: "Poems from a Green and Blue Planet" curated by Sabrina Mahfouz and illustrated by Aaron Cushley (Scholastic Children's Books)

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Our first book of the week is a poetry compilation that stretches arms across the world to embrace and celebrate the natural wonders, the ...
Friday, 25 October 2019

ReadItDaddy's Third Book of the Week - Week Ending 25th october 2019: "Marvel Museum - The Story of the Comics" curated by Ned Hartley (Studio Press / Marvel)

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80 (seriously!!) years ago, the entire landscape of comics changed and in our third Book of the Week this week we're celebrating the m...
Friday, 6 September 2019

ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 6th September 2019: "Mum's Jumper" by Jayde Perkin (Book Island)

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Oof, this week's first Book of the Week is another emotional whump in the guts, but a beautifully simple and extremely sensitively han...
Friday, 23 August 2019

ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 23rd August 2019: "Ghost" by Kit Turley, Blaise Hemingway, Jesse Reffsin, Chris Sasaki, Jeff Turley and Pam Hsu / Illustratus (Chronicle Books)

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Wait a second, this isn't supposed to happen is it? We're constantly being told that children's books are being watered down...
Friday, 16 August 2019

ReaditDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 16th August 2019: "The Runaways" by Ulf Stark and Kitty Crowther (Gecko Press)

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Our first Book of the Week this week definitely shows what you can do if you break that horrid, horrid rule about '500 or so words...
Friday, 2 August 2019

ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 2nd August 2019: "How to Think when you Draw Volume 2" by The Etherington Brothers (Self Published)

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How do they do it? Those fabulous furry Etherington Brothers? I mean how on earth do they put together such amazing content on their blog,...
Friday, 28 June 2019

ReadItDaddy's Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 28th June 2019: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll and Julia Sarda (Two Hoots)

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Pairing one of the most magical and influential children's stories of all time, with one of the most incredible illustrators working i...
Friday, 5 April 2019

ReadItDaddy's Book(s) of the Week - Week Ending 5th April 2019: "First Names: Harry Houdini" and "First Names: Amelia Earhart" by Andrew Prentice, Mike Smith, Kjartan Poskitt and Geraint Ford (David Fickling Books)

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Our stunning pair of books sliding into our Book of the Week slot this week are from a range that really wowed us when it first appeared l...
Friday, 15 March 2019

ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 15th March 2019: "How Not To Lose It: Mental Health - Sorted" by Anna Williamson and Sophie Beer (Scholastic Children's Books)

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Our second Book of the Week is a really fantastic resource for children and parents, to help them navigate the minefield of mental health ...
Friday, 1 March 2019

ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 1st March 2019: "Science is Magic" by Steve Mould (Dorling Kindersley)

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Our Book of the Week this week once again collects together a stunning slice of science - but this time with a pinch or two of prestidigit...
Friday, 4 January 2019

ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 4th January 2019: "Design for Children: Play, Ride, Learn, Eat, Create, Sit, Sleep" by Kimberlie Birks and Lora Appleton (Phaidon)

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It's time for our first Book of the Week for 2019, a truly amazing book that gathers together some of the most iconic designs ever cre...