Children’s Books – Pictures and Conversations

The Children of Swallow Fell by Julia Green

Julia Green's new book could be a story of our time; it is certainly one for our time. Without ever explicitly referring to any of…

Two fun picture books today, one featuring a polar bear and the other a penguin. Both are the work of author/illustrators. Engrossed in the big,…

I've never troubled to hide my feelings about history. With very few exceptions, if it happened before 1800 I'm just not interested. I realise that…

I adore this sequence of books - as I know I have said before. They're clever and witty and engaging in word and picture. However,…

Nosy Crow is one of my favourite publishers. I love their production values as well as the books themselves. This lovely little board book makes…

Benny, a cute and friendly robot, has one button that is to be pressed only in the event of an emergency. We've met Benny before…

As the author himself admits, the title is perhaps a slight exaggeration but the book is a gallop through a history of the world. The…

As a teenager I found Elinor Brent-Dyer's La Rochelle series quite difficult to get into. They seemed to me to be much more dense than…

I have never been to Vienna, although I have long wished to go. I've seen photographs and travelogues of the city and it looks splendid.…

Jean Estoril is one of the many pseudonyms of Mabel Esther Allan and so it should come as no surprise to those following this series…