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ACHUKA Book of the Day 22 Oct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Please note, if you would like to buy this title from your local bookshop, or even from Waterstones, rather than Amazon, it appears you may have to order it and wait 3-4 weeks… “Yang’s text meets child readers on their own level, framing the […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop The classic Christmas verse in a gorgeous gift book from the highly acclaimed author and illustrator P.J. Lynch. P.J. Lynch brings his rich and atmospheric art to the well-loved Christmas verse. From the stockings hung by the chimney to the bundle of toys flung over St Nicholas’s back, children will love to […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A dazzling, feminist retelling of Greek myth from Jessie Burton, the internationally bestselling author of The Miniaturist, illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill. Exiled to a far-flung island by the whims of the gods, Medusa has little company except the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. But when a charmed, beautiful […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 19 Oct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Wonderfully illustrated by Emily Gravett in an appealingly gothic yet accessible style, Locked Out Lily is reminiscent of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline and Patrick Ness’ A Monster Calls but with a cast of lovely animal characters that help Lily in her quest. Behind it all […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop When two children visit Grandma’s house for their usual visit, they can’t help but think she’s stuffy and no fun at all. Even the dinner she makes is predictable. But when Grandma goes missing and wild animals start popping up around the house, they realise she has a secret… A gorgeously illustrated […]
ACHUKA Children’s Book fo the Week 18 Oct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A full-colour beautiful gift edition of this magical story featuring Lyra and Pan, set in the world of Philip Pullman’s ground-breaking His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust. Illustrated for the first time by Chris Wormell. Two years after the events of […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 13 Oct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Published in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, When Poems fall from the Sky celebrates the marriage of science and poetry. The poems, story-poems, raps, rhymes, haiku and little plays inside this fantastical anthology about nature are a riot of imagination, humour and joy. […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “For a large number of humans on earth, their first cultural encounter with the feeling of many cities or countries, came from the pens and brushes of Miroslav Šašek. Paintings and drawings that were part realism, part gestural, but entirely convincing and always charming” Oliver Jeffers A must-have title for anyone with […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop In her hugely successful books Creatures Of The Deep and What’s In The Egg, as well as her enormously popular series of greeting cards for the Museum of Modern Art, Maike Biederstaedt has established herself as one of the preeminent paper artists working today. Now Biederstaedt takes book engineering to new heights […]
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 […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Told in gentle rhyming verse, this beautiful non-fiction picture book follows the story of a herd of African elephants as they journey across the parched savannah in search for a water hole. The matriarch tells of all the sounds of the savannah, and how the landscape has changed over the years. Still, […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A charming story about finding your place in the world and accepting who you are.” Library Lady When tiny Fern hatches from a lone egg deep within an ancient forest, she sets out to discover her destiny. Surely among all these dinosaurs, some small and quick, some big and tall, there must be […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 11 )ct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A “conceptually comic treat”. Publishers Weekly “There are over 45 books credited in the bibliography, but referencing aside, one of the biggest challenges for Jeffers was making the ghosts ‘appear’ rather than be present on the page the whole time. The illustrator decided to […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop A Magical Year, compiled by the publisher, takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the seasons at Hogwarts. Jim Kay’s illustrations, paired with quotations from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, bring to life all of the magic, beauty and wonder of the wizarding world. Each day features a favourite anniversary or meaningful […]
Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “A quiet opening and a stunning second spread one could gaze at for days are followed by spreads that alternate between white space and full color, climaxing with a crescendo and then ending on a soft, steady note, when the narrator looks out to readers, offering them an invitation to carry the […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 6 Oct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “In this creatively presented book about climate change, the Sears effectively personalise the issue for young readers … the visually engaging interplay between image and fact makes the message of this unique book extremely digestible” Irish Times There are eight billion of us humans. All breathing, […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 1 Oct 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop This perfectly-formed (215mm x 185mm) Latvian-printed non-fiction picture book from Book Island, the Bristol-based publisher founded by Greet Pauwelijn with a mission “to publish up, not down” first appeared in Spanish in 1977 as Asi es la dictadura two years after the death of […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 30 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop “Many years ago I cam across the book ‘Elephant Bin’ in a second-hand bookshop in Falmouth. The story of Bandoola resonated with me not just because of its incredible visual potential but because it had an important message too… Bandool’a story made me realise […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day Tue 28 Sep 2021 Waterstones Amazon Bookshop Now put in paperback. But the hardback is still available. A heart-warming story of a lonely boy named Harold Snipperpot and his amazing birthday party, full of surprises and magical moments galore. Beatrice Alemagna is a world-renowned author and illustrator of children’s books. […]
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 […]
ACHUKA Book of the Day 24 Sep 2021 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 […]
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 […]