Inspiring Young Readers
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Revenge of the Cannibal Chickens and Rise of the Zombie Chickens posted on 08 Nov 2023
Australian author, Gavin Lihou first brought us two unlikely heroes, Dougy and Dermot in 2018 when he published Revenge of the Cannibal Chickens.
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A First Book of Dinosaurs posted on 06 Nov 2023
Dinosaurs are a perennial favourite of school projects, museum visits and plenty of books.
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Space Pirate Bears posted on 04 Nov 2023
Family story time is the place where imagination can take flight ...
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Yippee Rabbit and Uh-oh Rabbit posted on 03 Nov 2023
Writing books for babies and very young children that can also be enjoyed by their parents is something I have written about elsewhere ...
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Betty and the Mysterious Visitor posted on 01 Nov 2023
Betty and the Mysterious Visitor is Anne Twist’s debt children’s book and here she’s teamed-up with the wonderful Emily Sutton
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Spooky Little Halloween posted on 30 Oct 2023
Colourful and interactive board books are guaranteed to engage the attention of very young children
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Vlad the Fabulous Vampire posted on 29 Oct 2023
As we head towards another Halloween, there will be plenty of moms, dads and excited children telling stories about ghouls, ghosts, monsters, zombies ...
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When Creature Met Creature posted on 26 Oct 2023
When two creative powerhouses like John Agard and Satoshi Kitamura collaborate on a project, you know that something special will come of it.
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The Concrete Garden posted on 24 Oct 2023
Australian author and illustrator, Bob Graham is one of the contemporary greats of children’s literature and still going strong.
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Maisy’s Big Book of Kindness posted on 23 Oct 2023
I once visited a nursery school in Birmingham where the headteacher was a self-described ‘Maisy addict’.