Today the longlist for the 2017 Klaus Flugge Prize, “awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s book illustration” was announced. Whilst fifteen marvellous books by debut picture book illustrators made the longlist, I was especially excited to … Continued
I don’t know about you, but in our family, 99% of bedtime reading involves fiction. Non fiction, or information books, rarely get chosen to share a cosy cuddle just before the kids go to sleep. But Tiny: The Invisible World … Continued
If you were trying to support and encourage a young environmentalist, feminist or …anarchist (!) what books would you suggest for them? I might give the newly re-issued Barbapapa’s Ark, or the simple but very effective What are you playing … Continued