Read It Daddy!: Oxford Children's Books

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Monday, 23 July 2018

"Steve, Terror of the Seas" by Megan Brewis (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at July 23, 2018 Labels: Megan Brewis, OUP, Oxford Children's Books, Oxford Owls, Steve Terror of the Seas

Here's a funny book with such a hilarious payoff that we just couldn't resist its charms...

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Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Singing in the Rain by Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown and Tim Hopgood (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at November 28, 2017 Labels: Arthur Freed, Doris Day, Nacio Herb Brown, OUP, Oxford Children's Books, Singing in the Rain, Tim Hopgood

We've seen lots of books based on hit songs, but we think this one is definitely very timely and apt for the sort of weather we've been having lately...

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Friday, 29 September 2017

ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 29th September 2017 - "Winnie and Wilbur: The Naughty Knight" by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul (Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at September 29, 2017 Labels: Korky Paul, Oxford Children's Books, Picture Book of the Week 2017, Valerie Thomas, Winnie and Wilbur: The Naughty Knight

Oh wowsers, this week's first Picture Book of the Week is a real blast from the past, quite literally...!

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Thursday, 21 September 2017

I Want to Go First by Richard Byrne (Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at September 21, 2017 Labels: I Want To Go First, Oxford Children's Books, Richard Byrne

It's not easy being the smallest in any family, just ask baby elephant!

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Wednesday, 20 September 2017

Pug a Doodle Do by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre (Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at September 20, 2017 Labels: Oxford Children's Books, Philip Reeve, Pug a Doodle Do, Sarah McIntyre

Now here's something we can really get behind - a fantastic activity book featuring a cast of completely chaotic characters, oh and of course a metric ton of snorty snuffly snuggly pugs!

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Friday, 15 September 2017

ReadItDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 15th September 2017 - "Isadora Moon Goes on a School Trip" by Harriet Muncaster (Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at September 15, 2017 Labels: Chapter Book of the Week 2017, Harriet Muncaster, Isadora Moon Goes on a School Trip, Oxford Children's Books

Our Chapter Book of the Week sees the welcome return of a glorious half fairy / half vampire character with tons of mighty girl gusto...

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Friday, 25 August 2017

ReaditDaddy's Chapter Book of the Week - Week Ending 25th August 2017 - "Rail Head" by Phillip Reeve, illustrated by Ian McQue (OUP / Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at August 25, 2017 Labels: Ian McQue, OUP, Oxford Children's Books, Philip Reeve, Rail Head

This week's Chapter Book of the Week was a recent holiday re-read - so I'm hauling it out of our Chapter Book schedules to a place it more rightly deserves to be...

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Thursday, 6 July 2017

Hip and Hop (You Can Do Anything) by Akala and Sav Akyuz (Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at July 06, 2017 Labels: Akala, Hip and Hop, Oxford Children's Books, Sav Akyuz

Children's books can be so uber cool...seriously cool in fact, but what if an award winning rap artist penned a book and had an uber-cool artist illustrate it? It'd be so cool it'd be sub-zero..!

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Friday, 26 May 2017

ReadItDaddy's First Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 26th May 2017 - "King of the Sky" by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin (Oxford University Press / Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at May 26, 2017 Labels: King of the Sky, Laura Carlin, Nicola Davies, Oxford Children's Books, Oxford University Press, Picture Book of the Week 2017

Our First Picture Book of the Week this week asks "What must it be like for a child to find themselves uprooted, moved to a new country, where everything seems unfamiliar and quite often unfriendly?"

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Friday, 12 May 2017

ReaditDaddy's Picture Book of the Week - Week Ending 12th May 2017 - The Dressing Up Dad by Maudie Smith and Paul Howard (Oxford University Press / Oxford Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at May 12, 2017 Labels: Father's Day 2017, Maudie Smith, OUP, Oxford Children's Books, Oxford University Press, Paul Howard, Picture Book of the Week 2017, The Dressing Up Dad

For our first book of the week this week we feel it's vitally important for children to be able to see themselves in books, but what about dads? Does this dressy fellah feel familiar to you?

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