I am Squarehead (from I am Squarehead) is a book about having round thoughts in a square world. It's about being different, and feeling different, which aren't always quite the same. And it's about the strength that comes from accepting yourself whoever you are. It's also about dogs, journeys and monsters, and went down very well with the small children - as you may be able to … [Read more...] about I am Squarehead
Pirate ship ahoy! Charles E Reasoner
via IFTTT Buy Jolly Roger's Pirate Ship at Amazon. This is a very busy book - there is a narrative about the pirate mice finding a cat, which is mainly in rhyme but not completely. It's slightly drowned out by the amount of things in the picture, with lots of extra words and bits of picture to look at. Better to use this as a discussion book than a story book, along the … [Read more...] about Pirate ship ahoy! Charles E Reasoner
Bats at the Beach Brian Lies
Bats at the Beach (A Bat Book) Yet another Christmas present, we got this in board book format. It's a slightly surreal story of bats going for a midnight picture at the beach, told in rhyme. What makes this worthwhile though is the artwork, which is absolutely glorious. From bug-mallows, speared and toasting above the fire with their little legs waving, to the bat buried on … [Read more...] about Bats at the Beach Brian Lies
The Moon Flower Fairies by Oakley Graham and Patricia Yuste
Moon Flower Fairies is a rhyming picture book about little fairies born in flowers when the moon is high, who look after plants, and are helped by furry friends to look their best before they go to the moon palace where they weave dreams. The pictures are pretty. The rhymes aren't terribly strained. I don't understand why moon flower fairies are only girls - something that my … [Read more...] about The Moon Flower Fairies by Oakley Graham and Patricia Yuste
The Best book in the World by Rilla
Buy at Amazon This is kind of a meta book - a book about books. The very first time I read it I didn't like it much as I couldn't get the pacing right, but it absolutely fascinates the small children, particularly the very first page which has a line to trace with your finger. I have to trace it every time we read it, and so do they, so it takes quite a while. Some of the … [Read more...] about The Best book in the World by Rilla