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Posted on September 21, 2020

Polar Opposites

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,…

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Posted on September 1, 2020

Oi Aardvark! by Kes Gray and Jim Field

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,…

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Posted on August 3, 2020

Seaside Sing-Along

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…

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Posted on July 27, 2020

One Button Benny and the Gigantic Catastrophe by Alan Windram

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…

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Posted on May 18, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Sixty

Two reviews for one today.  I've added these books to my picture book collection but they're not simple and they can be enjoyed by fluent…

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Posted on May 17, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Fifty Nine

In 1914, a year of significant anniversaries, Flying Eye Books chose to mark a less heralded one in Shackleton’s Journey. This beautiful book, written and…

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Posted on May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

What On Earth Books

What On Earth Books are new to me but Laura Smythe who works as part of the publicity team is not and she sent me…

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Posted on May 8, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Forty Five

Every so often, but not often enough, a book comes across my desk that makes me laugh and laugh. Cue: Weasels by Elys Dolan and…

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Posted on April 15, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Ten

I adore the Ottoline books, both as items and for the content.  This one is my favourite, though, because it has Norway and the sea…

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Posted on April 12, 2020April 12, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Seven

The first books I seriously set about collecting were the Chalet School books by Elinor M Brent-Dyer.  I acquired the first one (actually the seventeenth…

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