True story. The school run started this morning with a litany of questions posed from the back seat of the car about snails and slugs. It’s a damp, grey day in London, you see, and on the pavement outside our house, the morning commute was being acted out in miniature by a seemingly endless procession […]
Luna was sitting with her Grandma gazing up at the bright shining moon. “Look up there, Luna,” said Grandma pointing up, “when the moon is full and the sky is clear, you can see him.” “See who?” asked Luna “Why, the Moon Rabbit, of course!” replied Grandma… Inspired by stories told by her Japanese grandmother, […]
We have been lucky enough to be included in the week-long Blog Tour celebrating and illuminating Duncan Beedie’s latest book, The Last Chip. In keeping with Duncan’s other books (The Bear Who Stared and The Lumberjack’s Beard), The Last Chip has an important underlying message — this time about poverty, hunger and living rough. It’s the […]
Dinosaurium is the best museum you’ve ever been to minus the queue, stale air and cultural imperialism. It offers the opportunity to service the needs that museums exist to sate: the desire to transcend the everyday, to witness that which is greater than ourselves, and to understand our humanity in the context of a […]
At the beginning of this year, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center released their annual report on the number of children’s books published which were by and/or about people of colour. The good news was that last year saw a record number of diverse books published (a still low 28%, mind you). The bad news was that […]
It is now dark when we wake. The sun no longer shines at bedtime. Winter is coming and that means the nights are drawing in. For some children, that can also mean anxiety surrounding bedtime. Our two girls have both, only just this week, decided nightlights are the new way forward. So, with that in mind, here […]
The girls were curious. What was this book that had come in the post? It looked like any other large picture book, but when opened, spilled out halfway across the room (eight feet worth to be exact!). And it was double-sided! The Street Beneath My Feet, by Charlotte Guillain and Yuval Zommer, is not your […]
As a child, I spent hours and hours in our family swimming pool pretending to be a mermaid, undertaking “Jacques Cousteau missions”, and embarking on deep-sea treasure hunts. Sometimes, I would hold myself still underwater and simply enjoy the quiet. Our girls can both now swim underwater on their own (a recent development) and I […]
I don’t know how to put this, but Rob Biddulph is kind of a big deal in the picture book world. His books, Blown Away, Odd Dog Out and Sunk!, are undisputed members of the Kid Lit canon. He published four more books this month and has another coming out in a few days. Even […]
EJ Clarke’s exciting first book, Rowan Oakwing, introduced young readers to the fairy realms hidden in London’s parks. Now, our eponymous heroine is back in Rowan Oakwing Night of the Fox and the stakes have never been higher. Without giving too much away, Rowan sets out to save her mum from the evil Vulpes with […]
