Playing by the book

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

How can a full scale road traffic accident make a brilliant book?

Without a doubt Bang by Leo Timmers will win – hands down – the 2013 prize for the “Most Brilliant Use of Just Two Words in a Book“. It will also win the “Most Unlikely Scenario for Making a Really Funny Children’s Book“. After all, a 10 car pile-up with smashed chassis and goods strewn [...]

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A recipe for…. well, not what I was expecting!

(1) Take: Five mini dinosaurs Seven riotous adventures A least one snot monster A rather large pile of coprolite-to-be (2) Mix well in the hands of comic creator extraordinaire, Gary Northfield. (3) Find a comfy place to read, where you can giggle and groan to your heart’s delight. You are now perfectly poised to enjoy [...]

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We have lift off

We Have Lift Off! by Sean Taylor and Hannah Shaw is a riotously funny take on a deadly serious issue; what we’re doing to destroy our planet and how, if at all, we can save it. Farmer Tanner’s land is polluted, the trees have all been chopped down, and the animals are crammed together into [...]

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