The Lollies Book Awards were started by publisher Scholastic as a way to celebrate the best in funny books for children. We were recently asked to take part in the blog tour for this year's awards and enjoyed it so much we thought we'd review the shortlist highlighting our favourite funny moments as well as... Continue Reading →
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year is one of the biggest holidays in the Jewish calendar so of course we like to read books to help us celebrate and understand the meaning of the holiday. Here are some of the books we've been reading as well as some fun activities to try. Engineer Ari and... Continue Reading →
The Journey by Francesca Sanna, published by Flying Eye Books is a perfect example of how powerful picture books can be. The story follows an ordinary family who enjoyed normal things like days out at the seaside until their lives were torn apart by war. Their father is killed so their mother, frightened and worried for her family's safety,... Continue Reading →
Eat Your People by Lou Kuenzler, illustrated by David Wojtowycz and published by Orchard Books is a hilarious twist on fussy eating that children and their grown ups will be sure to enjoy. Monty the monster is having dinner with his family but there's just one problem, he won't clear his plate, he will not, absolutely no way eat his... Continue Reading →
We love a picture book featuring a tiger, so when we spotted Gracie Grabbit and the Tiger at the library we knew it would be perfect for us. It is written and illustrated by Helen Stephens, one of our favourite picture book makers too and published by Alison Green Books. Gracie Grabbit is the daughter of Bobby Grabbit, a robber.... Continue Reading →
We came, we saw, we roared! The Gruffalo adapted by Tall Stories at The West Yorkshire Playhouse. The story of The Gruffalo has been a consistent favourite in our house since my eldest was tiny and the cartoon version is well loved too. When we found out that a theatre production of it was touring we knew we had to... Continue Reading →
Acorn Books 