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Do you avoid “pink” books? Plus an interview with Abie Longstaff
When browsing for new books to read with my girls, I generally avoid anything which is pink (or associated shades of purple and red) and sparkly. I know lots of parents don’t; for many it’s a useful...
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Diversity in picture books and the astonishing case of the stolen stories
“Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?” Last weekend Walter Dean Myers, a previous National Ambassador for...
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The Good Little Devil and Other Tales by Pierre Gripari plus 7 ways to turn...
Do you think there is an age at which you’ll stop reading aloud to your children? Have you already reached that stage? Why might you keep reading to an older child who can already read themselves?...
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Nibbles: The Book Monster
Mischievous, witty and playful, Nibbles: The Book Monster by Emma Yarlett (@EmmaYarlett_) is one of the most enjoyable picture books to read aloud I’ve come across in a long time. Indeed, it’s the sort...
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The Beginning Woods
And suddenly all that’s left is a pile of clothes, the person within them gone, just like that. The stuff of stories? Oh yes, indeed. So how can it be happening here in the real world? Abrupt,...
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Naughtiness, fairy-tale geology, yetis and being deaf
Blue John by Berlie Doherty, illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis (published February 2017) An enchanted tale of love, loyalty and longing, sparkling with diamond-cut language and framed with...
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