Children’s books mainly by British authors and illustrators. Many include themes focusing on nature.
Down down down the dark dark street they came…. And so the story begins about girl pirates who take the front of a house to disguise their pirate ship. And they welcome aboard a young boy called Tom on their adventure. After all it’s his house they’re using. This is The Night Pirates by British […]
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One of our favourite children’s books about dinosaurs is Mungo and the Dinosaur Island. Why? There are baddies in it – and that’s not the dinosaurs, not even T-Rex. No, they’re Scarface Sam and his gang hunting for the ‘Utterly Flutterly Butterfly.’ The book comes alive. The dinosaurs come running out of the book into
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I’ve always been curious how pop-up books are designed, more so when my daughter received as a gift the stunning Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland adaptation by Robert Sabuda. Now I’m one step closer since my kids have learnt how to make pop-up cards. I uncovered over 40 different free templates for pop-up cards with detailed instructions. And
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There’s something about Mary’s Hair…that makes kids laugh. And, when I say laugh, I mean rolling with laughter and tears in their eyes. I was actually quite taken aback by the raucous reaction to this comic children’s novel by Eoin Colfer. Simply because I had never seen my children giggle so much throughout a story
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Princess Poppy is not a princess. Well, actually she is. She lives in a country cottage with her family in a village called Honeypot Hill. She’s a charming little girl who sometimes gets into trouble and has fun adventures, often with her best friend Honey. No, she doesn’t live in a castle. No, she’s not
A recurrent theme in reviews of The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord and Janet Burroway is that the book was a childhood favourite…and now the reviewer is reading it with delight to their own kids. And these new young readers also adore it. Not surprising as this children’s picture book was originally published
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