August 2007 Archives
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears review | Children's Books - Times Online
Sunday Times Children's Book Of The Week
Little Mouse's Big Book Of Fears by Emily Gravett
The message of this ingenious worrier’s guide to phobias is: “A Fear Faced is a Fear Defeated”. Taking the form of a nibbled notebook, it is a catalogue of fears and their Latin names, from arachnophobia to panophobia, plus the made-up “whereamiophobia, the fear of getting lost”. NICOLETTE JONES
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Scared? No Fear... review | Children's Books - Times Online
If you have at least one small child who needs regular doses of reassurance, then Emily Gravett’s Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears is for you. AMANDA CRAIG
Laser eye surgery left author 'unable to see' - Telegraph
Jan Fearnley, illustrator and picture book creator (of Mr Wolf's Pancakes renoun), underwent unsuccessful Lasik eye surgery in 2005 and the case is now the subject og a General Medical Council hearing.
You could say that having children forces you to write children's books because they're only about 20,000 words long - you just don't have the time to write anything longer. CRAIG BROWN
