Playing by the book

Reviews of kids' books and the crazy, fun stuff they inspire us to do

Tomtebobarnen

As we continue Reading Round Europe my first offering from Sweden is by a classic, much loved (and widely translated) author/illustrator, Elsa Beskow. Born in 1874 Elsa Beskow published 40 odd books in her lifetime, many featuring children exploring fairy tale worlds where respect for nature plays a major role. She is credited with having [...]

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What makes a home?

Earlier this month Jutta Bauer received the Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award at the at the international IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) congress in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Interested to find out more about this German illustrator I tracked down one of the books she has illustrated – When We Lived in [...]

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Hats

Satoshi Kitamura is an illustrator and author we first fell in love with when we came across Igor, the bird who couldn’t sing. One of Kitamura’s most recent books is Millie’s Marvellous Hat and a marvellous book it is indeed. One day, walking home from school, Millie falls in love with a hat she sees [...]

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