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The Duck and The Darklings: Can my reading year get better than this?
19 Jan 2015

The Duck and The Darklings: Can my reading year get better than this?

by Zoe | posted in: Glenda Millard, Stephen Michael King | 11

I have my first contender for the very best picture book I’ll read all 2015. The Duck and the Darklings written by Glenda Millard, and illustrated by Stephen Michael King is a gentle and powerful heart salve. It is a … Continued

Ducks, Friendship, Grandparents, Kindness, Sustainability
Love and a lost toy
30 Nov 2012

Love and a lost toy

by Zoe | posted in: Gabrielle Vincent | 2

Can you believe it’s the very last day of Picture Book Month 2012? Holidays is the theme of the day, and in taking that to mean festive celebrations, I’ve chosen to wrap up a wonderful month with a gentle, charming, … Continued

Bears, Belgium, Books in translation, Christmas, Ducks, Friendship, Mice, Toys, Winter
Can you find the Yellow Duck? A giveaway…
3 Sep 2012

Can you find the Yellow Duck? A giveaway…

by Zoe | posted in: Stephen Cartwright | 1

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED As a kid I loved looking for the yellow duck which hid in the pages of books illustrated by Stephen Cartwright. I first discovered the yellow duck in Cartwright’s First Thousand Words in English. There … Continued

Ducks, Giveaways

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