Passover is in full swing so we thought we'd share one more Passover book. This is another gem sent to us by PJ Library A Sweet Passover by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by David Slonim and published by Abrams Books. This story follows a little girl called Miriam as she celebrates Passover with her family. Miriam loves Passover,... Continue Reading →
We borrowed this book from the library as my bigger boy was intrigued about a book that had a baddy versus another baddy! The Witch with an Itch - Dragon v Dinosaur is written by Helen Baugh and illustrated by Deborah Allwright. Published by Jonathan Cape, this is the second Witch with an Itch book. The story features the littlest witch... Continue Reading →
Sammy Spider's First Passover by Sylvia A. Rouss, illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn and published by Kar-Ben Publishing is one of a series of books in which Sammy Spider learns and experiences different Jewish festivals and traditions. Sammy is a spider living on the ceiling in the Shapiro family's house, his web is disturbed when the family start to clean the house... Continue Reading →
PJ Library sent us Is It Passover Yet? last year. It's written by Chris Barash, illustrated by Alessandra Psacharopulo and Published by Albert Whitman & Company. I have reviewed books from PJ Library before but just to repeat, they are a fabulous organisation who send out books about Judaism to children up to the age of 8. The Jewish festival of Passover (Pesach)... Continue Reading →
My baby boy is now 9 months old and has learnt how to turn pages and open and close books - very exciting! He particularly likes it when we get to the end of a book and I say, “The End!” and close the book, it always makes him smile so we repeat it again... Continue Reading →
We were lucky enough to win an advance copy of Goodnight Spaceman by Michelle Robinson, illustrated by Nick East. Published by Puffin, this is the latest in the Goodnight series by Robinson and East with one extra special element to it - it features British astronaut Tim Peake. The book follows two boys who are getting ready for bed, they say... Continue Reading →
We borrowed Pirates Ahoy! by Simon Abbott a few weeks ago from the library. It's part of The Wonderful World of Simon Abbott series and is a non-fiction book published by Tick Tock Books, part of Octopus Publishing Group. Inspired by an article I read the other day from Playing By The Book, I decided I needed to get some non-fiction reviews up. The article... Continue Reading →
My baby boy is enjoying borrowing books from the library and one of his latest ones is Noodle Loves the Farm by Nosy Crow, illustrated by Marion Billet. This book is part of a series of Noodle stories, you can view them all on the Nosy Crow website here: http://nosycrow.com/series/noodle/ I was drawn to this book as it is... Continue Reading →
Continuing our theme of pirate stories, I couldn't miss out this one that my bigger boy borrowed from the library. We must have renewed it about 4 times now, he does not want to part with it! Sinbad and the Pirates by Martin Waddell and illustrated by O'Kif is published by Franklin Watts, part of Hachette Children's Books. It is part... Continue Reading →
