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The Times Children’s Book of the Week 18 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “An inventive and delightful tale that evokes Thumbelina, The Borrowers, and other beloved wee characters.” KIRKUS The tiny woman makes a coat of leaves with the help of friends in this vibrant rhyming tale. The trees, geese, porcupine, horse and plants all […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 11 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon “…the book feels like Covid art. Not because it deals with a virus (thankfully) but because it is suffused with longing, with isolation that can almost be breached, with bewilderment, with rage and with wonder at the fragile exquisiteness of life.” New York Times “Don’t […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 23 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Lantana SuperJoe is convinced he doesn’t need cuddles from his mum. He flies around the neighbourhood rescuing people from escaped tigers, runaway trains and raging rivers, all while battling his nemesis the Grey Shadow. Naturally, he refuses all cuddles. Until one night, when he can’t […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 21 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Becker’s lovely, elongated watercolor and colored-pencil compositions emphasize the vertical stature of the Twin Towers, the “steel straight” trunks of the trees around it, and the erect posture of the Statue of Liberty. The book’s trim size and occasional use of vertical type further […]
Books for Keeps Book of the Day 15 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A superbly designed book that validates anger and its extreme sibling, rage.” KIRKUS “Teckentrup’s story is about fighting a resistance to change and acknowledging that we can call on anger when we find our paths blocked by injustice. More often than not, […]
BookTrust Book of the Day 15 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “It’s ingenious to present typical toddler behaviour – such as not wanting to share toys – through an animal like Ruffles. In fact, the Ruffles book really shines for its lack of finger-wagging (although there’s plenty of tail wagging!). The tone is light and the […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 14 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon “In this sweet, simple story about appreciating wildness in all its forms, the protagonist is pictured as a dark-skinned, black-haired girl with hearing aids. The language is clear and easy to read, and the vibrant illustrations drive the story just as much as the words.This […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop New book in the Roly-Poly Flying Pony series… Max and his best friend Kevin, the only roly-poly flying pony in Bumbleford, decide to enter the Magical Pony Club Steeplechase. Kevin is not particularly keen, as the other participants are all unicorns, and everybody knows that unicorns are quite snobby. But biscuits are […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 9 Sep 2021 Sunday Times Children’s Book of the Week 12 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop This magnificent and generous picture book (it has 90+ pages) sets out to be the “beginning of an exciting musical journey”—you can tell that creating it has been a heartfelt project and mission for […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 8 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A picture book about animal migrations, illustrated by the winner of the 2019 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, Jenny Lovlie. Follow the illustrator on Instagram and see more spreads from this splendid picture book: View this post on Instagram A post shared by […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Cinders LOVES living at Woofington’s Dog Shelter. He has fantastic food and fabulous friends. So when, one day, his Fairy Dogmother appears, whatever will he wish for? A fresh and funny fairy tale, about finding your forever family. Caroline Crowe spent 10 years as a national newspaper journalist before swapping fact for […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Sometimes the smallest people make the biggest difference. This warm and inspiring picture book is perfect for every little one’s bookshelf. A beautiful owl lives in the tree outside Ben’s house. Ben calls him Mr Hoot. Every night Ben calls to him: “Hoo-hoo!” and Mr Hoot calls back: “Hoo-hoo-hoooo!” But when grown-ups […]
Waterstones Amazon A beautiful debut picture book about intergenerational relationships and the memories we hold dear. “I will always be with you. Each time the wind blows, in your leaves is where you’ll find me . . .” When a wise old tree takes a tiny sapling into his care, they both learn what it […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The Secret Forest will take you and your child on a wonderful journey through peaceful woodlands. a beautiful gift for parent and child to look at together sure to provide hours of enjoyment, along with an appreciation of the natural world a peaceful read that’s perfect for soothing little ones before bedtime […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 6 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Atmospherically heartfelt and cathartic.” KIRKUS A new book from the creator of Thornhiill, The Hideaway tells the story of a boy, Billy McKenna, who runs away from a difficult situation at home and takes refuge in an overgrown graveyard. While hiding there he meets […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 3 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Gauld’s crisp, clear art, with captivating small details in backgrounds and endpapers, adds richness to the narrative. The amiable faces of each of his human and humanoid characters, along with those of birds, bugs, and forest creatures, give a feel of intimacy and familiarity. […]
from the review in KIRKUS: “The illustrations are deceptively simple—primitive and childlike, using crayons among other media—but the details go beyond complementing the scientific text. For example, astute readers will see the “sold” sign on the empty house on the verdant, summery initial page. Successive, alternating double-page spreads show first the tree and house on […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Rock and Roll are two boulders looking happily onto the world. However, when the people come and award them with gifts and adornments, they become jealous of each other. They become competitive over things they do not need and which do not matter. Rock and Roll complain to the wind and the […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 28 Aug 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Millwood Hargrave has a light touch, complemented by De Freston’s wonderfully affecting pen illustrations, and captures a complicated mother-daughter relationship and the effects of mental illness on a family without it feeling like the script of a school assembly.” The Times A captivating […]
Times Children’s Book of the Week 23 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are on the run from Princess Buttons, the scariest street cat in the Big City. They flee for Grimwood, expecting to find refuge in the peaceful countryside. Instead, they are met with thieving eagles, dramatic ducks, riotous […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Zach isn’t convinced that books are for him – they’re too long, they’re boring and he would rather watch TV. But thanks to his friend Ro’s stubborn efforts, Zach falls for books hook, line and sinker, and loses himself in a world of dinosaurs, princesses, pirates, football and rocketships – anything and […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The first title in a new adventure series for 8+. Fizzing with magic, danger, friendship and art, this exciting, funny, middle-grade debut is from the bestselling creative genius behind #DrawWithRob. Some legends are born, some are drawn . . . Drawing feels like magic to Peanut Jones. But art can’t fix her problems. […]