Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “a classic in the making” BfK 5 Star review “His red suit and his smile make little Santa stand out in his glum family, and this amusing story stands out in a similar way as a cheerful, original Christmas tale.” KIRKUS A reissue. Little Santa loves, loves, loves the North Pole. The […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 23 Nov 2021 Times Children’s Book of the Week 20 Nov 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Crossley-Holland writes like a dream and has the knack of making these stories, which could have felt stuffy in less elegant hands, feel fresh and relevant, while Riddell’s stunning, colourful illustrations — showing handsome warriors, […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A welcome reissue of stories about Sasha and Ferdy the wolf. Long ago and far away, on the great snow-covered steppe of Russia . . . Sasha has always been taught that wolves are dangerous, but when he finds himself lost in the snow with Ferdy, a wolfcub, he discovers they are […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 10 Nov 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Gill’s sublime full-page illustrations, [r]ich in texture and color… give the impression of a rediscovered ancient manuscript or mural. A smart reimagining of an ancient tale that questions old tropes.” KIRKUS A dazzling, feminist retelling of Greek myth from Jessie Burton, the internationally bestselling author […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 9 Nov 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Back in print some half a century after it first appeared, thanks to the New York Review Children’s Collection. Alice and Martin Provensen were one of the most talented husband-and-wife author-illustrator teams of the twentieth century. A long-out-of-print cult classic, The Provensen Book of […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 3 Nov 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “For those who love the poem’s old-fashioned feeling, these illustrations perfectly match the magical, nostalgic tone of the text.” KIRKUS The classic Christmas verse in a gorgeous gift book edition from one of ACHUKA’s favourite illustrators, P.J. Lynch. P.J. Lynch brings his rich and […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 21 Oct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A glorious flagship gift edition of a title first published in 2007, joining last year’s Pippi Longstocking Goes Aboard published to celebrate 75 years of Pippi. Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 15 Oct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A topnotch 1910 adventure featuring exotic, vividly evoked locales, a caricature-rich cast filled with likeable (as well as thoroughly despicable) characters, and enough plot to fill an entire trilogy.” KIRKUS Deluxe hardback 20th Anniversary gift edition of this marvellous children’s book, fully illustrated in colour […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A welcome reprint for a book that first appeared some thirty years ago. When Lily takes a walk with her dog, Nicky, she notices many lovely things. But poor Nicky only sees monsters lurking at every turn. Nicky sees a scary face made by the branches of a tree, then he is […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 4 Oct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Powerful, evocative writing about landscape and the natural world, and delicately drawn characters existing within the complex nexus of human relationships in a small village are sensitively combined in this absorbing, very moving novel.” BookTrust “A wonderful tale of friendship, kindness and the way that […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 16 Jul 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Luechtefeld’s orderly panels employ a deliberate earth-toned palette, starting with a decidedly dark feel and gradually lightening as the characters move through their own personal struggles with grief. The core of Burnett’s tale is present… often ably conveyed in lovely wordless scenes.” KIRKUS “The […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop This book includes traditional favourites and classic myths and legends from Welsh folklore. 18 Welsh fairy tales, myths and legends in a perfect, child-friendly package. Beautiful new edition of retellings – including the story of how the Welsh flag came to have a red dragon on it, and other home-grown magical myths […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 5 Mar 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop M. (Marilyn) B. Goffstein, who died in 2017, was an American writer and illustrator known for her precise line drawings and an ability to tell a story in the fewest possible words, using a pleasingly subtle sense of humour. The marvellous New York Review […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop M. (Marilyn) B. Goffstein, who died in 2017, was an American writer and illustrator known for her precise line drawings and an ability to tell a story in the fewest possible words, using a pleasingly subtle sense of humour. The marvellous New York Review Children’s Collection now brings two of the small-form […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 8 Feb 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A new printing of this now-classic picture book. “Outrageous!” the judges cried. “Ridiculous!” Who would dare enter a portrait of a duck in the Grand Contest of Art? But when Felix Clousseau’s painting quacks, he is hailed as a genius. Suddenly everyone wants a […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Previously: Comic Classics – Great Expectations OLD books get NEW doodles – it’s the classics as you’ve never seen them before! A hilarious new series that brings the classics to life with illustrations by Jack Noel. Jim Hawkins spends his life helping out at his mum’s boring old inn by the sea, […]
Every night, at nine o’clock, wherever he is, Mr. Bianchi, an accountant who often has to travel for work, calls his daughter and tells her a bedtime story. But since it’s still the 20th-century world of payphones, each story has to be told in the time that a single coin will buy. Reminiscent of Scheherazade […]
This beautifully illustrated edition contains some of the best-loved fables, including the Boy who Cried Wolf, the Lion and the Mouse, the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg, the Hare and the Tortoise, and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse alongside many of the lesser-known tales. These timeless stories are illustrated with thirty-seven woodcuts […]
A fairy tale remix… Greta lives with her brother Hansel on the edge of a great forest – a forest in danger of destruction. GreedyGuts, their aunt, doesn’t appreciate Hansel and Greta’s plans to replant trees and save the forest. In fact, she thinks they’re horrible little vegetarians. GreedyGuts doesn’t give two hoots about nature. […]
20th Anniversary updated edition of this outstanding, historical YA novel… When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days – paper and ink. Mary is taken to a boat […]
ACHUKA Book Of The Day 11 Aug 2020 A reissue with new illustrations by Mini Grey. f.p. Sweden 1966; first UK edition 1973, as Emil’s Pranks. There’s a rat running amok in Emil’s house, and he’s determined to capture it. But hiding the rat trap just under his father’s bed probably isn’t ideal . . […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 16 July 2020 A new edition of this take on the classic tale about curiosity by renowned author and illustrator Gerda Muller, creator of USBBY-honoured A Year in Our New Garden. Gerda Muller was born in 1926 in Naarden, the Netherlands. She studied at the Fine Arts School of Amsterdam […]