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 […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Mon 1 Jun 2o20 OLD books get NEW doodles… The classics as you’ve never seen them before! A hilarious new series that brings the classics to life with illustrations by Jack Noel. “A funny, thought-provoking treat, it’s the ideal way into an author whose verbosity is off-putting to most children, […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Thu 7 May 2012 This book, published in The New York Review Children’s Collection, pulls together half a dozen stories that were originally created for beginning readers. They were developed (in the early 1970s) from conversations the authors had with children, paying attention to both vocabulary and cadence. The stories […]
OUP Children’s Books will be publishing a number of special titles this year to celebrate 75 Years of Pippi Longstocking… Coming in May, some titles illustrated by Mini Grey. Meanwhile these are available now… Waterstones Waterstones Related posts: Journey To Jo’burg The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack by Helen Cresswell The Cat In The Hat by […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Wed 26 Feb 2020 Topsy and Tim are the twins who have entertained, guided and delighted children for 60 years. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of publishing, Topsy and Tim: On the Farm is a gorgeous new edition of one of the very first stories about these loveable twins, complete […]
Orphaned as a child, tormented by her guardian and cast out to a harsh boarding school, Jane Eyre has been raised in the shadow of cruelty and isolation. But when she takes a job as governess in Thornfield Hall, where secrets lurk in the attic and strange laughter echoes through the night, Jane meets the […]
Welcome new edition of Doherty’s 2004 novel… Grace put out her hand, almost touching the mirror. Her image did the same. ‘There’s another world in there.’ ‘We could float in and out of it.’ Deep in a Derbyshire valley live two girls, twins, so alike that even their family can’t tell them apart. But tragedy […]
Originally written by Barbara Newhall Follett in 1927, when she was only twelve years old, The House Without Windows is an enchanting fable about the rhapsodic beauty of the natural world, and one of our very favourite books of the year. A magical story of self-discovery and the lure of the great outdoors, Follett’s masterpiece […]
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.” […]
A welcome new edition of this much-loved children’s classic. Christina is sent to live with her uncle in his country house, Flambards, and knows from the moment she arrives that she’ll never fit in. Her uncle is fierce and domineering and her cousin, Mark, is selfish-but despite all this, Christina discovers a passion for horse-riding […]
Shortlisted for FOYLES Children’s Book of the year 2019 The Ted Hughes classic, illustrated by Chris Mould. Waterstones Related posts: Journey To Jo’burg The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack by Helen Cresswell The Cat In The Hat by Dr Seuss (60th Birthday Edition) Fantastic Toys, A Catalog by Monika Beisner
One of several Jane Austen books that have been given a makeover for a young audience, using various authors (Narinder Dhami in this instance) and a single illustrator to provide a uniform look. I really like the way Ceulemans has provided character illustrations at the start of the novel and occasional scene illustrations that have […]
Publishes 31 October 2019. Originally published in 2003 (and in the UK in 2006) thisis book, based on a Norwegian fairytale, now available for a new generation to enjoy. Seamlessly shifting point-of-view with each chapter, North Child’s narrative of a girl and a bear’s wintry quest is spellbinding. While writing North Child, the […]
This powerful and enduring story has been brought to new life by a master illustrator. The book presents the complete, unabridged text with 20 full-colour artworks and 30 ball-and-white (pencil-sketch-style) illustrations. Listed in our Illustrated, Classics and Gift sections the book will make a perfect present for any child’s home library. Waterstones Related posts: […]
ACHUKA #BookOfTheDay Wed 16 Oct 2019 Rediscover the magical secrets at King’s Cross station in a 25th anniversary illustrated edition of Eva Ibbotson’s classic, The Secret of Platform 13. Discover more of the magical world with Sibeal Pounder’s exciting adventure sequel, Beyond Platform 13, based on characters from Eva’s original. Follow the illustrator on Instagram: […]
This classic has been rejacketed and given fresh illustrations (by Peter Cottrill) to tie in with a forthcoming BBC adaptation starring Mackenzie Crook and Zoë Wanamaker. Waterstones Related posts: Journey To Jo’burg The Bagthorpe Saga: Ordinary Jack by Helen Cresswell The Cat In The Hat by Dr Seuss (60th Birthday Edition) When Hitler Stole Pink […]
This volume (from NYRB Kids) collects together nine years of Lucretia P. Hale’s comedic vignettes. Considered a classic of American children’s literature and a masterpiece of deadpan drollery. Lucretia Hale (1820-1900) wrote widely for the American magazine market. The Peterkins are a Bostonian family of quite Bostonian devoted to self-improvement and aspirations. The sketches humorously […]
Illustrated with lush, detailed drawings and accompanied by droll, lightly absurd imitations of marketing copy, each of Beisner’s toys will have children and adults inspired to imagine eccentric creations of their own. In September 2014, the American poet and writer Matthea Harvey, born in Germany in 1973 but raised in England, named Beisner’s Fantastic Toys as […]
ACHUKA #BookOfThe Day Thu 10 Oct 2019 This NYRB (New York Review Books) edition collects all three titles of the author’s well-regarded fantasy trilogy: Sailing To Cythera [1974], The Island of the Grass King [1979] and Uncle Terrible [1989]. Willard won the 1982 Newbery Medal for A Visit to William Blake’s Inn. Waterstones Related posts: […]
Ted Hughes wrote a series of stories for children from the early 1960s through until 1995 about how the world, and the creatures in it, came into being. They are collected here in one volume for the first time. These are richly told tales of sparkling intensity about animals finding their form, and God’s struggle […]
Originally published (France 1998) for young adults, Piero traces the lives of two boys through awkward schoolyard encounters, burgeoning sexuality and a lot of drawing. It’s a bittersweet tale ranking amongst the very best in Baudoin’s powerful oeuvre. Translated into English for the first time. Waterstones Related posts: Reckless 1: The Petrified Flesh by Cornelia […]
The Island of Horses, first published in 1956, showcases Dillon’s characteristically economic style and imaginative renderings of coastal Irish life. “Dillon paints a vivid portrait of the harsh life on these remote islands; the reader can smell the peat fires and feel the lash of winds off the Atlantic…” Horn Book Magazine Waterstones Related posts: […]
Dubbed an American Wind In The Willows this eccentric tale of a wise old lobster’s exploration of new lands was first published in the 1930s. This reissue by the New York Books imprint comprises two titles in one: The Curious Lobster [1935] and its sequel The Curious Lobster’s Island [1939] The books’ illustrations are by […]