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Children’s Picture Books – The art of visual storytelling 2nd edition by Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles

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ACHUKA Book of the Day Wed 8 Jan 2020

2nd revised edition of a title that first appeared in 2012…

Children’s picturebooks are the very first books we encounter and play a major role in introducing us to both art and language. But what does it take to create a successful picturebook for children? This revised edition  carries invaluable insight into a highly productive, dynamic sector of the publishing world. Featuring interviews with leading illustrators and publishers from across the world, it remains essential reading for students and aspiring children’s book illustrators and writers.

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Oxford Roald Dahl Thesaurus compiled by Susan Rennie

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ACHUKA Book of the Day Tues 17 Dec 2019

Beautifully designed organised and presented, with copious use of Quentin Blake illustrations, this is a book to put in the hands of any young person with a relish for language.
Using Dahl as her inspiration, Susan Rennie has created a themed thesaurus that is much more practical and useful than the traditional alphabetical A-Z of synonyms. 

A thesaurus for all chiddlers and even some adult human beans, featuring hundreds of spliffling words used and created by the world’s best storyteller, Roald Dahl, together with useful synonyms, related words and phrases, idioms and word origins.

Cleverly organised into phizz-whizzing themes, from vegitibbles to outer space, it is easy to find new and interesting words while you are writing. Be inspired by the special WRITING HUT pages to craft your own brain-boggling creatures and characters, just like Roald Dahl. This mischievous thesaurus captures Oxford University Press’s language expertise and mixes it with the magic of Roald Dahl. Whether telling curdbloodling stories or imagining bugswallop, you will soon be using the Oxford Roald Dahl Thesaurus as your golden ticket to dream!

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Hidden Planet by Ben Rothery

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ACHUKA Book of the Day Wed 11 Dec 2019

‘This is my love letter to Planet Earth; a celebration of her hidden species, from the bold and the beautiful to the interesting but ugly. And while not a complete list, I hope that these few give a glimpse of the outstanding diversity of nature’ – Ben Rothery

A truly breath-taking reference guide to the lives, behaviours and characteristics of a wide variety of our planet’s wildlife, Hidden Planet makes stunning use of Rothery’s phenomenally detailed illustrative work to bring some awesome creatures to life. Pangolins, birds of paradise and even a satanic leaf-tailed gecko adorn these exquisitely designed pages, making Hidden Planet an exceptional gift for all animal lovers.

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Meerkat Christmas by Emily Gravett

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ACHUKA Book of the Day Fri 20 Dec 2019

From the multi award-winning creator of the Meerkat Mail, this gorgeous festive treat is full of Christmas card flaps to lift, as Sunny the meerkat travels the world in the search of the perfect Christmas.

Sunny wants a white Christmas, with a decorated tree, carols and sprouts for dinner … none of which he can see at home in the Kalahari desert. So off he heads to find the perfect Christmas elsewhere, before realizing that maybe Christmas isn’t all about the trimmings.

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Kitty And The Tiger Treasure by Paula Harrison ill. Jenny Lovlie

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One of the first two titles in a 6 book series for 5 and over from Oxford Children’s Books, all written by Paula Harrison and illustrated by Waterstones Children’s Book Prize winner Jenny Lovlie.

The other title is…

Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue

Both have illustrations predominantly in orange and black throughout, with some pleasing gold metallic shininess on the front covers. Further titles planned for 2020. 

The two titles together would make a great gift.

Illustrator website: http://lovlieillustration.com
Illustrator Instagram: http://lovlieillustration.com/instagram

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Board Games To Create And Play by Ian Livingstone

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Board Games to Create and Play teaches you how, in just half an hour, you and your friends can come up with a new game and start playing immediately. Just decide on a theme for the game, pick a rule set from the book, agree on some variations, doodle onto one of many board game designs and gather your die and counters.

Perfect anyone who wants to flex their creative muscles – a great gift purchase.

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Osbert by Noel Streatfeild ill. Susanne Suba

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Available again after nearly 70 years out of print…

Aunt Cathy’s wedding is tomorrow, but Father insists on keeping Osbert the family dog away from the festivities. Father says he’s too unsightly! Can the heartbroken children work a miracle in time? 

Suba, a Hungarian-born American illustrator, died in 2012 (b. 1913).

“A charming historical curiosity.”

Collectable and giftable.

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Red Riding Hood retold by Beatrix Potter ill. Helen Oxenbury

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Never before published in a standalone volume, Beatrix Potters’ delightfully dark adaptation of the original fairy tale is perfectly complemented by the light and shade of Helen Oxenbury’s magical pictures. A rediscovered gem from the illustrious Potter archive.

“This being Potter, she makes it even darker than the original; the wolf, drawn as a sly old dandy by Oxenbury, will make little bones shake.” Alex O’Connell, THE TIMES

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