ACHUKA Book of the Day 15 Jun 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Nonstop adventure and colorfully illustrated panels keep the pages of this Swan Lake reimagining turning, while quieter moments underscore the budding friendships among the three heirs. Odette has light-brown skin and red hair, pale goth Dillie has a prosthetic leg, and Siegfried has dark-brown […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “The novel has the deceptive simplicity of a folk-tale; readers accustomed to the frenetic pace and fickle relationships of much contemporary YA fiction will find themselves in a very different narrative world.” BfK 5-star review “Tree-ear’s story conveys a time and place far away and long ago, but with a simplicity and […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Containing all three classic Pippi Longstocking adventures in one fabulous edition, this book will introduce Pippi’s adventurous spirit to a whole new generation of readers. Pippi is nine years old. She lives in Villa Villekulla with a horse, a monkey, a suitcase full of gold, and no grown-ups to tell her what […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 18 Apr 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop First published in 1807, by literary siblings Charles and Mary Lamb, this book has never been out of print, though it seems that Mary did not get her name on the title page till the seventh edition in 1838. Puffin Clothbound Classics is a series of […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 18 Feb 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Nicholas Jubber’s The Fairy Tellers is billed as “A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales”. It focuses on half a dozen identifiable individuals who gave us most of the well-known stories. There’s the Neapolitan Gianbattista Basile, who wrote the first western European […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 16 Feb 2022 Waterstones Amazon Forbidden Planet Haunting, mysterious and beautiful, but also possessed of unimaginable power and the capacity for terrifying cruelty, the ghosts of Lafcadio Hearn’s fiction draw their inspiration from the folklore of ancient Japan. These ghoulish beings range from spectral brides to vengeful phantoms and unruly […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 8 Feb 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “We hope this translation will lead a new generation of readers to discover Salten’s book. It’s certainly accessible to children, but adults are more likely to fully appreciate the book’s moving and carefully observed depictions of the natural world, the cycle of life and […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 14 Jan 2022 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Meet helpful dwarfs, mischievous gnomes and powerful fairy folk in this sumptuously illustrated storybook anthology of classic European folk tales. Much-loved stories such as ‘Kate Crackernuts’, ‘Tom Tit Tot’ and ‘The Griffin’ take readers on a journey through Europe as they climb snowy mountains, […]
Waterstones Amazon This compact hardcover is perfectly sized for little hands and big imaginations, and features beautiful, full-color illustrations that bring the story to life. Also: Goldilocks And The Three Bears Gabhor Utomo was born in Indonesia and moved to California in 1997 to pursue becoming an artist. Since receiving his degree from the Academy […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 13 Dec 2021 Times Children’s Book of the Week 4 Dec 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s tender and magical classic fable, adapted for picture book readers for the very first time. The characters of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s classic tale have captured the hearts of generations of readers. Meet […]
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 Spectator Best Children’s Books 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 […]
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 […]