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
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Monkey Puzzle. Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler
Our copy of Monkey Puzzle is a board book that I think the bigger children got for Tigerboy for Christmas last year. Great choice as it's a wonderful book by the team behind the Gruffal (Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler), with plenty to amuse even slightly older children. A lost monkey looking for his mum with the help of a well meaning but not very educated butterfly ;) She … [Read more...] about Monkey Puzzle. Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler