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Showing posts with label Picture Book. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Picture Book. Show all posts

Monday, 23 May 2016

"What Do Grown Ups Do All Day?" by Virginie Morgand (Wide Eyed Editions)

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Ah Wide Eyed Books, we've missed you. We haven't seen a title from this fab publisher in a while so it's something of a treat to take a look at "What Do Grown-ups Do All Day?"
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Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Lucinda Belinda Melinda McCool by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross (Andersen Children's Books)

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This pretty miss is actually quite vile, though she does have a modicum of fashionable style...
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Thursday, 21 April 2016

Supertato! Veggies Assemble! By Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (Simon and Schuster Children's Books)

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Look! Up in the sky above the chiller section! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's a...er..it's a potato. But not just any potato...
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Tuesday, 12 April 2016

A Brave Bear by Sean Taylor and Emily Hughes (Walker Books)

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There seem to be a run on bears at Walker Books at the moment - which is fitting, given their branding. Here's a glorious dad-centric story about an incredibly brave little bruin!
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Friday, 8 April 2016

ReadItDaddy's Second Book of the Week - Week Ending 8th April 2016 - "Albert's Tree" by Jenni Desmond (Walker Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at April 08, 2016 Labels: , , , , , ,
Sometimes it's virtually impossible not to fall completely in love with a book after just one single reading. Our second Book of the Week this week made us feel just like Albert...
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Tuesday, 22 March 2016

"It's a Little Baby" by Julia Donaldson and Rebecca Cobb (Macmillan Children's Books)

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I was a bit apprehensive about approaching Charlotte with this one. The moment she saw the cover, I could see her expression setting into that "I'm not reviewing THAT!" look. But...
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Thursday, 17 March 2016

Tiger in a Tutu by Fabi Santiago (Orchard Books)

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We do love a book where characters go crazy expressing themselves through dance. Move your body over this way and check out "Tiger in a Tutu" by Fabi Santiago...
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Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois by Amy Novesky and Isabelle Arsenault (Abrams & Chronicle)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at March 09, 2016 Labels: , , , , , , , ,
It struck me as I was reading this to Charlotte that Louise Bourgeois is just one of those artists whose works surreptitiously work themselves into your subconscious, and whose influence you see in so many of the works of art you love.
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"Are you Sitting Comfortably?" by Leigh Hodgkinson (Bloomsbury Publishing)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at March 09, 2016 Labels: , , , , ,
It's so very lovely to have Leigh Hodgkinson back. After taking some time off for a very good reason (bringing up a by-now very busy little 3 year old) she's back with a rather fabulous story about finding JUST the right spot to snuggle down with a good book...
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016

"Some Birds" by Matt Spink (Abrams Appleseed)

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Wow, this is a colourful treat for your tiny little chicks. The gorgeously illustrated "Some Birds" by Matt Spink...
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Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Cool Cat versus Top Dog by Mike Yamada (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at March 02, 2016 Labels: , , , ,
Bruised, battered, stomped, muddy - Another book fell foul of a careless courier but thankfully was just about in a fit state to read and review. Thankfully because it's a rather splendid book at that. Mike Yamada's awesome "Cool Cat Versus Top Dog"
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Monday, 29 February 2016

The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field (Orchard Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at February 29, 2016 Labels: , , , , ,
We've had a few books recently tackling the subject of being small but brave - and it's a subject that really can stand up to being told and retold in a variety of different ways...
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Chicken Nugget by Michelle Robinson and Tom McLaughlin (Picture Puffin)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at February 24, 2016 Labels: , , , , ,
It's not easy being a tiny little chick, as Nugget (the adorable hero of today's story) finds out. How can a tiny fluffball possibly be brave?

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Tuesday, 23 February 2016

The Perfect Tree by Chloe Bonfield (Running Press Kids)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at February 23, 2016 Labels: , , , ,
A beautifully written folk tale with awesome illustrations and a good solid stoat-oak-hearted message to convey? Perfect indeed!
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Monday, 25 January 2016

Strictly No Crocs by Heather Pindar and Susan Batori (Maverick Arts Publishing)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at January 25, 2016 Labels: , , , , ,
Nope it's not the story of three reptilian dancers eating Bruce Forsyth, it's the hilarious tale of three crocs who'll do anything to get into Zebra's party....
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Friday, 8 January 2016

ReadItDaddy's Book of the Week - Week Ending 8th January 2016 - "Ralf" by Jean Jullien & Gwendal Le Bec (Translation) (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at January 08, 2016 Labels: , , , , ,
It feels like we're only just into the new year and yet here is our second Book of the Week of 2016 - The wonderful story of a very bendy stretchy dog named "Ralf"...
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Thursday, 7 January 2016

Nicholas and the Wild Ones by Niki Daly (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at January 07, 2016 Labels: , , , ,
"How was school today?" How many parents get a 'meh' from their children when they ask this innocent question at school pick up time?
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Monday, 19 October 2015

The Jar of Happiness by Ailsa Burrows (Child's Play)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at October 19, 2015 Labels: , , , ,
Can you imagine how cool it would be to take a moment of happiness and be able to keep that moment forever, or share it with others? One little girl has this very idea in "The Jar of Happiness"...
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Monday, 12 October 2015

The Crow's Tale by Naomi Howarth (Frances Lincoln Children's Books)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at October 12, 2015 Labels: , , , ,
Inspired by a Lenape Native American myth, here's an unusually colourful tale considering the star is a crow...
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Thursday, 8 October 2015

Snow Bear by Tony Mitton and Alison Brown (Bloomsbury Publishing)

Posted by ReadItDaddy at October 08, 2015 Labels: , , , ,
Do you remember snow? Not the wussy "Southern" stuff we tend to get in our neck of the woods, but the really deep stuff. If not, refresh your memory with a crisp, cold but cuddly story of a tiny little snow bear...
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