Showing posts with label Kate Baker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kate Baker. Show all posts

Monday, 1 July 2019

"Walk this Underground World" by Kate Baker and Sam Brewster (Templar Publishing)

A lot more goes on underneath our feet than you might imagine.

Templar always seem to produce the most dazzlingly attractive books, and in "Walk This Underground World" by Kate Baker and Sam Brewster, you'll find a brilliantly illustrated subterranean world stretching out in front of you, and stretching back through history too.

We're off on an amazing journey all around the globe to find amazing hidden worlds, teeming with life - from prairie dog towns and ant cities, to opal mines and treasure-filled tombs.

Each spread is bursting with details and has new surprises to discover in cutaway panels, with loads of flaps to lift to really pique the curiosity of little ones. 

What's life like inside a leafcutter ant colony?
Each spread is painstakingly detailed, keeping text to a minimum but still keeping it engaging and lively. 

Going underground...on the underground! A highlight of visiting London.
Sum this book up in a sentence: Tons to see and explore, and loads of fascinating underground vistas make this perfect for young explorers. 

"Walk This Underground World" by Kate Baker and Sam Brewster is out on 11th July, published by Templar (kindly supplied for review). 
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Friday, 14 October 2016

ReadItDaddy's First Book of the Week - Week Ending 14th October 2016 - "Highest Mountain, Deepest Ocean" by Kate Baker and Page Tsou (Big Picture Press)

Our First Book of the Week this week once again proves that children's Non-Fiction titles are experiencing the most incredible golden age...
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Thursday, 11 August 2016

Animalium Colouring Book (Welcome to the Museum) by Katie Scott and Kate Baker (Big Picture Press)

Colouring books are life savers in the long summer holidays when the weather decides it's going to dump a ton of the wet stuff on your well laid plans for getting outdoors and enjoying the fresh air.

We loved "Animalium" when it was first released, making it a very well deserved Book of the Week.

Now you can join in colouring the fantastic illustrations in the book with this luxurious activity book edition, taking Katie Scott's brilliant illustrations and putting them all together so you can break out your colouring pencils, crayons and paints.

The paper quality is good enough to withstand the most ardent colouring and the book's format is nicely sized for tucking into an overnight bag for trips to grandma and grandad's house.

Charlotte's one tiny criticism was that the illustrations still contain a lot of the original shading, not leaving enough white space within the pictures for huge swathes of multicolour. It's a minor point but children will have a lot of fun with this one, curating their own colourful museum of incredible animal species.

"Animalium Colouring Book" is out today, 11th August 2016 from Big Picture Press. 
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