After a little hiatus it is back to it with some of the lovely books that have come across my desk.
King Jack and the Dragon Helen Oxenbury & Peter Bently (Puffin)
How do toddlers construct a castle?
How do they fight dragons and ogres and beasts?
What happens when giants come and take two of the fighters home?
What happens to King Jack?
Will he be able to stay all night in his castle – alone, like a brave knight would?
This is a beautiful picture told in rhyming verse with lovely soft illustrations that makes this magical, make-believe adventure perfect for little boys and brave children everywhere!
Nana's Colours Pamela Allen (Viking)
Children are bringing presents to Nana for her birthday and each flowery present is a colour.
Pamela Allen creates some of the most luscious picture books for the very young and this continues that long tradition. This book is perfect for toddlers investigating colours with each new colour (in word and colour) introduced on individual black and white spreads. The paper is strong and the book is solid and suitable for small hands. And the characters – Nana and children are delighful.
Prudence Wants a Pet Cathleen Daly & Stephen Michael King (Scholastic)
Prudence desperately wants a pet. But when her parents refuse, she finds a pet of her own. First a branch that tripped dad over so he had to break it into bits. Then a twig that gets lost in a washing machine and then an old shoe … but Prudence soon got tired of walking the shoe. –and it doesn’t lick or jump into her lap either. Prudence attempts at getting a pet continue until eventually on her birthday she gets a big pink birthday present – the perfect pet!
For All Creatures Glenda Millard & Rebecca Cool (Walker Books)
This is the second creation from the team who also created Isabella’s Garden.
It is a celebration of life in all its many and varied forms. For the winged and the walking, the singing and the silent, the insects, the camels, the elephants, the frogs … for all creatures great and the small - we are thankful.
Bold colours with delightful rhyming text.
The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon Aaron Blabey (Penguin)
For the village of Twee, seven miles from the sea. Life was not very good. In fact they were cursed because all over the tow and any hour the ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon could appear – and she had a very, very unpleasant appearance that scared everyone in the town. That was until young Herbert kettle decided that they should ask the ghost why it was in there town. This doesn’t quite go as Herbert planned but friendships are made and the town is saved.
A Bus Called Heaven Bob Graham (Walker Books)
Another master of the picture books is Bob Graham and this one I just adored.
When a broken, old bus appears one morning, in a neighbourhood it really creates a kerfuffle causing traffic to slow and people to stop and talk and very soon it is transported to a house where it gets a community transformation and becomes a focus piece for the whole neighbourhood. But it doesn’t last and when the tow truck arrives to removes the obstruction the whole neighbourhood sets off in pursuit. Will it get scrapped or returned – its all up to a game of table soccer!
Beautiful text and illustrations.
These are just beautiful picture books - enjoy sharing them.
How do toddlers construct a castle?
How do they fight dragons and ogres and beasts?
What happens when giants come and take two of the fighters home?
What happens to King Jack?
Will he be able to stay all night in his castle – alone, like a brave knight would?
This is a beautiful picture told in rhyming verse with lovely soft illustrations that makes this magical, make-believe adventure perfect for little boys and brave children everywhere!
Children are bringing presents to Nana for her birthday and each flowery present is a colour.
Pamela Allen creates some of the most luscious picture books for the very young and this continues that long tradition. This book is perfect for toddlers investigating colours with each new colour (in word and colour) introduced on individual black and white spreads. The paper is strong and the book is solid and suitable for small hands. And the characters – Nana and children are delighful.
Prudence desperately wants a pet. But when her parents refuse, she finds a pet of her own. First a branch that tripped dad over so he had to break it into bits. Then a twig that gets lost in a washing machine and then an old shoe … but Prudence soon got tired of walking the shoe. –and it doesn’t lick or jump into her lap either. Prudence attempts at getting a pet continue until eventually on her birthday she gets a big pink birthday present – the perfect pet!
This is the second creation from the team who also created Isabella’s Garden.
It is a celebration of life in all its many and varied forms. For the winged and the walking, the singing and the silent, the insects, the camels, the elephants, the frogs … for all creatures great and the small - we are thankful.
Bold colours with delightful rhyming text.
For the village of Twee, seven miles from the sea. Life was not very good. In fact they were cursed because all over the tow and any hour the ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon could appear – and she had a very, very unpleasant appearance that scared everyone in the town. That was until young Herbert kettle decided that they should ask the ghost why it was in there town. This doesn’t quite go as Herbert planned but friendships are made and the town is saved.
Another master of the picture books is Bob Graham and this one I just adored.
When a broken, old bus appears one morning, in a neighbourhood it really creates a kerfuffle causing traffic to slow and people to stop and talk and very soon it is transported to a house where it gets a community transformation and becomes a focus piece for the whole neighbourhood. But it doesn’t last and when the tow truck arrives to removes the obstruction the whole neighbourhood sets off in pursuit. Will it get scrapped or returned – its all up to a game of table soccer!
Beautiful text and illustrations.
These are just beautiful picture books - enjoy sharing them.
