We Disagree about this Tree by Ross Collins With this particular title from the incredible Ross Collins celebrating its 10th Birthday, it is totally awesome for Nosy Crow to have released a beautiful Board Book format - complete with 10 Years shiny stamp on the front - and so this book will now be flying … Continue reading Concluding our favourite Picture Book series of 2025 with a Festive title!!!
Written by L.D. Lapinski Published by Orion OK so your mum's partner, Nick, has a big bushy beard, a thick red coat, a team of reindeer and just happens to be REALLY busy around Christmas Eve . . . what could that mean?! Harper and Will's lives are already full of festive wonder, but baby sister Yula is … Continue reading The Biggest Christmas Secret Ever
Reindeer! Reindeer! What can you see? Little ones will delight at this book which offers interactive opportunities throughout with the flaps on each two page spread, and a mirror to conclude the adventure which serves to include your little one themselves - something they are always excited and enthralled by. The use of repetition with … Continue reading Gift Ideas for Babies and Toddlers this Christmas (Part One)
All The Lost Souls Written by Amie Jordan Published by Chicken House. This is the second book in the All the hidden Monsters series, and last summer I reviewed book one for the blog. So it was great to catch up with these characters and see what they had got up to. A feud between witches … Continue reading YA titles to escape into
Room on the Broom : A Lift-the-Flap Book Published by Macmillan I never thought it possible for any of the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler books to get any better, yet they do with each year that passes through the new formats they are released in (the Queen Mary Dolls House edition of The Gruffalo … Continue reading Gift ideas for younger readers this Christmas (Part One)
Written by Sharique Zea I was so excited to have received this book - it sounded amazing and in one night I discovered a book that will stay with me for a long time Mysterious dreams, quirky friends, and monsters at school. When this timid boy visits another world, can he accept his destined path? Fionn … Continue reading Lionborn
Written and Illustrated by Ross Collins Published by Nosy Crow There's something so special about sharing the perfect book with a child; seeing their little faces light up and their joy, and this latest title in the Mouse and Bear series from Ross Collins and Nosy Crow has become my favourite book to share this … Continue reading My favourite title to share this Halloween – How to Scare a Mouse and Bear
Image owner : Victoria Williamson Twinkl Originals I have been lucky enough over the years to have read some of the Twinkl teaching books and we have some in our school library. So when my personal favourite author Victoria Williamson contacted me about this book that she had written I jumped at the chance to … Continue reading Wildcat Summer
Based on the original text and illustrations by Lewis Carroll and Sir John Tenniel Illustrated by Filippa Widlund An interactive Alice Adventure, with letters to open and a game! Ever since first coming across The Jolly Postman with my children, and falling in love as a family with the interaction it offers readers through the … Continue reading Letters from Wonderland
Screenshot Written by N D Stevenson Published by Quill Tree Books ND Stevenson is the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of Nimona and The Fire Never Goes Out and the cocreator of Lumberjanes and was the showrunner for the award-winning Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. He currently lives in Los Angeles. Getting … Continue reading Scarlet Morning
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