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Category: Picture Books
Curious Cat! Learn About the Seasons
A Picture Book Refugee Story: The Colour of Home by Mary Hoffman and Karin Littlewood
Whilst putting together my new interview with Mary Hoffman, I revisited my first encounter with her beautiful book The Colour of Home, …
Review: 25th Anniversary Edition of Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
Amazing Grace (25th Anniversary Edition)
written by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch, with Afterwords …
Review: Amnesty International’s Dreams of Freedom in Words and Pictures
Dreams of Freedom: In Words and Pictures
edited by Janetta Otter-Barry, designed by Judith Escreet, with a Foreword by Michael …
Congratulations to Laura Carlin, Winner of the Biennale of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB) 2015
…and to all the illustrators who have won prizes in the prestigious international BIB award in this special, 50th-anniversary year.
I have been enthusing recently about Laura Carlin’s book The Promise, …
WaterBridge Outreach Books Selection 2015
WaterBridge Outreach: Books + Water recently announced the books in English they have selected this year for donation to the different schools and libraries they support around the world. WaterBridge Outreach is a non-profit …
Seeing the Woods and the Trees in 42 Picture Book Stories from Around the World
Trees are so much a part of our daily lives, whether we take them for granted or find ourselves fighting for their survival: so it is perhaps unsurprising that there are many stories from all over the world that feature trees, woods or forests as a central theme or ‘character’… …
Review: I Know the River Loves Me / Yo sé que el río me ama by Maya Christina Gonzalez
I Know the River Loves Me / Yo sé que el río me ama
by Maya …
Review: The Promise by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin
The Promise
written by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Laura Carlin
(Walker Books, 2013)
Set in a grim, grey, arid urban landscape where ‘Nothing grew. Everything was …
Review: The Magic Formula by Ibrahima Ndiaye and Capucine Mazille
The Magic Formula
written by Ibrahima Ndiaye, illustrated by Capucine Mazille, translated by Rebecca Page
(Bakame Editions (Rwanda), 2011)
The Magic …