What first struck me about this warm and appealing picture book was the use of colour. The way Augusta Kirkwood melds and blends and merges…
Continue reading → Happy Sad by Pippa Goodhart and Augusta Kirkwood
If the title of this book seems familiar, you're not wrong. It probably means that, like me, you're a reader of Eva Ibbotson's fiction. And…
You might remember that we left Uncle Pete planeless at the end of his last adventure. With the help of TM (Tiny Mouse, if you…
Continue reading → Uncle Pete and the Forest of Lost Things by David C Flanagan and Will Hughes
Head north is usually my mantra but I have a sneaking fascination for Antarctica which is, of course, the polar opposite. So I couldn't pass…
Continue reading → Antarctica: the melting continent by Karen Romano Young and Angela Hsieh
Firstly... The Hunt for David Berman is a classic-style adventure. It's a spy-thriller for children and it's a great page-turner. It's the early days of…
Continue reading → The Hunt for David Berman by Claire Mulligan
Wished is a daydream come to life. It's a story of making friends and taking risks; of the security of family and the exhilaration of…
My sister laughs at my enthusiasm for words. She is gently amused by my delight in their history, the way they sound, they way they…
Continue reading → Talking History by Joan Haig, Joan Lennon and Andre Ducci
In my early thirties, having read much about the Impressionists and seen as many of their paintings as I could, I finally made it to…
Continue reading → Ella in the Garden of Giverny by Daniel Fehr and Monika Vaicenaviciene
The Santander children, flushed with success after winning the Mapmakers' Race (see also https://picturesandconversations.co.uk/2018/07/02/the-mapmakers-race-by-eirlys-hunter/), have now been re-united with Ma. But they are still without…
Continue reading → The Uprising: the Mapmakers in Cruxcia by Eirlys Hunter and Kirsten Slade
From the makers of Factopia! comes Return to Factopia! Be reunited with the quirkily connected world of Kate Hale and Andy Smith. Brought to you…
Continue reading → Return to Factopia! by Kate Hale and Andy Smith
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