by IBBY | Jul 6, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details Sock storyC K Smouha, illus. Eleonora Marton London: Cicada, hb, 978 1 90871 459 6, 2019, £9.95, 38pp.Picture book, fiction, 5+ years BACK TO REVIEWS Phil and Dave are a pair. They spend time together, making jokes, chatting and playing games. Suddenly,...
by IBBY | Jul 6, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details Alfred and the Blue WhaleMina Lystad, illus. Ashild Irgens, transl. Sian Mackie, London: Wacky Bee Books, pb, 978 1 99990 331 2, 2018, £6.99, 40pp.Illustrated book, fiction, 4+ years BACK TO REVIEWS Those of us who remember feeling apprehensive when we...
by IBBY | Jun 4, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details My storeePaul Russel, illus. Aska, London: EK Books, hb, 978 1 9253 3577 4, 2018, £10.99, 32pp.Picture book, fiction, 5-7 years BACK TO REVIEWS This book takes the form of a first-person narrative by a young unnamed boy whom the reader suspects to be...
by IBBY | May 27, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details Mira’s curly hairMaryam Al Serkal and Rebeca Luciani, London: Lantana Publishing, hb, 978 1 9113 7361 2, 2019, £12.99, 32pp.Picture book, fiction, 4-8 years BACK TO REVIEWS Mira’s hair is a riot of curls. Not what she wants at all. She would like...
by IBBY | May 27, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details Tiger LilyGwen Millward, London: Egmont, pb, 978 1 4052 8682 4, 2018, £6.99, 32pp.Picture book, fiction, 3-5 years BACK TO REVIEWS When things get spilt or broken, or even eaten, it is clear that naughty Tiger did it. Lily declares it is so, and also...
by IBBY | May 27, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details Emmett and CalebKaren Hottois and Delphine Renon, (transl. Sarah Ardizzone), Bristol: Book Island, hb, 978 1 9114 9610 6, 2018, £11.99, 58pp.Picture book, fiction, 3-8 years BACK TO REVIEWS Emmett and Caleb are friends. This does not mean they always like...
