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Margo Lanagan |
David Fickling Books |
9780385613231 |
July 2009 |
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At the start of this book (the first I have read by Lanagan) I was totally under its spell, immediately gripped by the bawdy and earthy lyricism used to describe the abuse suffered by Liga at the hands of her father, an appalling and horribly believable character. |
Monthly Archives: October 2009
1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
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edited by Julia Eccleshare |
Hodder |
9781844036714 |
October 2009 |
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This lovely whopper of a reference book weighs in at just under 1000 pages. The first thing to be said about it is that has been splendidly designed and presented, as well as printed to a high quality. The typeface is sharp and easy on the eye. The page layouts are straightforward and uniform throughout the book. For the most part the illustrations used are the book jackets from a title’s first edition. Indeed, much pleasure can be derived from 1001 Children’s Books without reading a single entry; just admiring the book jacket designs and (for an older consumer such as I am) taking a trip down memory lane is delight enough. |
Don’t Dip Your Chips in your drink, Kate!
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Caryl Hart |
Orchard Books |
9781408304976 |
October 2009 |
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When I first picked up this picture book and flipped through its pages I was ready to dismiss it as a blatant Lauren Child ripoff, but then I realised the illustrator is Leigh Hodgkinson, creative director of the first Charlie and Lola animation and the stylistic presentation of Caryl Hart’s rhyming story about table manners made sense. |
This Is My Book
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Mick Inkpen |
Hodder |
9780340989623 |
September 2009 |
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The Snapdragon does something very impish and rude at the beginning of this picture book. He swoops down, bites off the ‘k’ from the word book, and then takes away the lower part of the letter ‘B’, leaving behind the word ‘Poo’. |
Where Giants Hide
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Mij Kelly and Ross Collina |
Hodder |
9780340959992 |
September 2009 |
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A very pleasingly designed and presented picture book to read aloud to pre-school children. Ross Collins’ large full-coloured double-spread illustrations are really easy for young children to ‘read’ as they listen to Mij Kelly rhyming words being read to them. |
Ella Bella Ballerina and Cinderella
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James MAyhew |
Scholastic |
9781846169267 |
September 2009 |
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The Cinderella story as revealed in a musical reverie… |