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This is not a bedtime story: End of the day reading with Will Mabbitt and Fred Blunt
28 Apr 2016

This is not a bedtime story: End of the day reading with Will Mabbitt and Fred Blunt

by Zoe | posted in: Fred Blunt, Will Mabbitt | 5

What happens when the child you’re reading to at bedtime takes control of the story and turns expectations on their head? So if instead of something quiet and soothing, designed to make eyelids heavy and pulses slow, the air is … Continued

Author/Illustrator Interviews, Bedtime reading, Dads, Dinosaurs, Humour, Imagination, Lions, Robots
The Lion and The Bird
18 Jan 2016

The Lion and The Bird

by Zoe | posted in: Marianne Dubuc, Sarah Ardizzone | 10

Intensely tender and bold, The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc, translated by Sarah Ardizzone is the tale of a blossoming friendship between a lion and the injured bird he discovers in his garden one autumn day. It’s a … Continued

Birds, Books in translation, Changes over time, Friendship, Kindness, Lions, Loss, Seasons
Counting Lions
16 Nov 2015

Counting Lions

by Zoe | posted in: Katie Cotton, Stephen Walton | 0

Counting Lions written by Katie Cotton, illustrated by Stephen Walton is a book where things are not quite what they seem. It features illustrations which look so incredibly lifelike that you think they must be photos. They are in fact … Continued

Animals, Lions, Nonfiction, Numbers, Sustainability

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