Comments on: Magical birthdays

By: On the Tidy Books bookcase|Review|Box of Tricks Katie Cleminson | Tidy Books - The Children's Storage Solution

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:30:52 +0000

[...] The appeal of this book is in the illustrations which bring Eva’s magic to life. Katie Cleminson’s striking illustrations are black and white, and it is only when she becomes a magician and the musicians and dancers flow around her that the colour bursts from the page, using vibrant paint splodges and splats in a Jackson Pollock way. The illustrations and the story are kept spare and pretty minimal, with lots of white space to let the reader use their own imagination to fill it out. There is an interview with the author on the Booktrust site where she explains how she paints with a pipette. And the ever inventive Playing by the Book describes a Box of Tricks related art project. [...]

By: Red Ted Art's Blog » Blog Archive » Kids Crafts: Making Flags with Kids

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 04:59:09 +0000

[...] first saw this lovely book reviewed over at Playing by the Book (you MUST visit to read the full review, much better than mine! And of course to see Zoe’s [...]

By: Hannah Yemc

Hannah Yemc — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:42:58 +0000

A brilliant find this book has been! My daughter’s first birthday is coming up in February and her name is Eva. Perfect! I’ve waited a while to get hold of a hardback version but am spool pleased with what I’ve got as a real keepsake birthday book.