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The House with the Little Red Door by Grace Easton

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 7 Sep 2026

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
ISBN: 9780500660553

“Easton’s stunning picture book about friendship and home has all the cosy feels. Her warm, detailed artwork is full of delightful details and beautiful papercraft flaps, meaning that young readers can spend ages looking inside fridges and food cupboards at all the tiny beautiful bits and bobs.” BookTrust
“This lift-the-flap story includes plenty of beautiful details: the various rooms in Mouse’s treehouse, the insides of would-be new homes for Mouse, and even the reveal of Mouse’s silhouette at the door in the snowy night. Pale-skinned, brown-haired Olivia makes a sweet friend for the adorable, big-eared, beady-eyed rodent. The illustrations evoke a strong sense of place and season, thanks to the carefully chosen details and well-captured outdoor elements. Readers will love poring over these richly depicted scenes and slipping into Olivia and Mouse’s inviting world. A touching tale with a relatable message: Home is where our loved ones are.” KIRKUS

There are so-so lift-the-flap-books and then there are high-class lift-the-flap books. This is one of the classy ones. And Grace Easton has let us know via Instagram (see below) that there’s to be a return to the Red Door in 2027. 
This first Red Door title is now out in paperback.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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What makes a house a home? This sweet story, with jaw-dropping illustrations, is the perfect cosy tale for bedtime. 

Olivia lives in a house with a little red door. Mouse lives in an oak tree behind the house. When a storm blows the oak tree down, Olivia tries her best to find a new house for her neighbour, but are any of the houses the right home?

When Mouse loses his old oak tree home in a snowstorm, his neighbour Olivia offers many different options for a new house, but none are quite right. It is only when she offers a place in her own house with the little red door that it becomes a home for both of them.

Illustrator Grace Easton brings her expressive character illustration and beautiful hand-painted scenery to a story of two lonely neighbours finding friendship in the face of a disaster. 22 die-cut flaps reveal details around the cosy setting, bringing dimension to a story sure to bring warmth to a cold winter’s bedtime.

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One Dog, Two Dogs: A lift-the-flap, pop-up book with 20 dogs to count! by Jonathan Emmett ill. Rob Hodgson

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 17 Aug 2026

Publisher: Nosy Crow Ltd
ISBN: 9781805139171

Good to see a new title from Jonathan Emmett, who last featured on ACHUKA over a decade ago when he launched a discussion about gender bias in picture books…

 

 
 
 
 
 
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In this interactive counting book with rhyming text, sturdy flaps and surprising pop-ups, you will meet 20 hilarious hounds in lots of silly scenarios! This brilliantly bold picture book from Jonathan Emmett, the creator of Alphabet Street, and illustrator Rob Hodgson is the paw-fect book for dog lovers, young and old.

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Where’s the Leaf Thief? by Alice Hemming ill. Nicola Slater

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 20 Mar 2025

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The Flower Thief [a board book also published March 2025]

That pesky leaf thief has stolen Squirrel’s favourite leaves! Can you help him find them?

Little ones will love searching for the Leaf Thief in this chunky board book with bright coloured felt flaps, perfect for little hands.

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Torla and Smorla and The Lower Than Average Cloud by Kes Gray ill. Chris Jevons

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ACHUKA Book of the Day 16 Jul 2024

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An absurdly funny and heartwarming lift-the-flap picture book about two giraffe friends, who are out on a walk together.

Meet Torla, the taller-than-average giraffe, and Smorla, who’s… well, smaller than average. Right at the very beginning of their walk, Torla’s longer-than-average neck gets stuck in a very stubborn cloud. These loveable giraffes have to work together, with Smorla guiding Torla past some very funny obstacles…

Featuring three lazy lions, two bingo-playing hippos, a silly sunbathing elephant and more, this book is full of uproarious deadpan humour that will have kids and grownups giggling as they turn the pages.

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Lift-the-flap Questions and Answers about Racism by Jordan Akpojaro ill. Ashley Evans

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From ‘What’s wrong with the idea of ‘race”? and ‘Why is life harder for people with darker skin?’ to ‘Don’t ALL lives matter?’ and ‘What’s racism got to do with me?’, this book tackles powerful, pertinent questions in a direct, accessible and thought-provoking way. Discover why racism is everyone’s problem to solve, and how we can all be part of the solution. Recommended for primary school libraries.