by IBBY | Nov 12, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details Beyond the FenceMaria Gulematova, Swindon: Child’s Play, pb, 978 1 846 43930 8, 2017, £6.99, 36pp.Picture book, fiction, 3-7 years BACK TO REVIEWS Piggy lives with Thomas. They do everything together – but only what Thomas wants. Then one day...
by IBBY | Nov 11, 2019 | Book Review, Information Books, Information Books, Picture Book
Book Details Child of St KildaBeth Waters, Swindon: Child’s Play, hb, 978 1 78628 187 6, 2019, £12.99, 64pp.Information book, picture book, 4-9 years BACK TO REVIEWS What was it like to live on the “islands on the edge of the world” – or rather on Hirta,...
by IBBY | Nov 11, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details Born BadC K Smouha, illus. Stephen Smith. London: Cicada, hb, 978 1 90871 453 4, 2019, £11.95, 28pp.Picture book, fiction, 4+ years BACK TO REVIEWS Does the way we look affect the way we see ourselves? The wolf of this story would certainly say yes. He...
by IBBY | Oct 6, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details The way to Treasure IslandLizzy Steward. London: Frances Lincoln, hb, 9 781 7860 3024 5, 2019, £11.99, 36pp.Picture book, fiction, 3-8 years BACK TO REVIEWS Matilda and her dad are on a treasure trail. Matilda has a map and, as long as her dad doesn’t get...
by IBBY | Oct 6, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details Up to somethingKatrina McElvey, illus. Kirrili Lonergan. Chatswood, Australia: Exisle Publishing, hb, 978 1 9253 3570 5, 2019, £10.99, 36pp.Picture book, fiction, 3-8 years BACK TO REVIEWS Dad and Billy are going to work together to build a kart for “the...
by IBBY | Oct 6, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Book Details UmbrellaElena Arevalo Melville. London: Scallywag Press, hb. 978 1 9126 5001 9, 2019, £12.99, 32pp.Picture book, fiction, 5-8 years BACK TO REVIEWS Lonely Clara has no one to play with until she finds an umbrella in the park. The umbrella literally speaks...
