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What I read | July / August 2019

A pictorial look at everything I read and reviewed in the past couple of months.


[my image, Ormont-Dessus, Switzerland, August 2019]

Roald Dahl's Colours, illustrated by Quentin Blake (penguin Random House) - beautiful board books for tiny hands


And the abc one too


Peppa's Muddy Festival (Ladybird Books) - with flaps, tents, bunting and of course, mud.


Iced Out by CK Smouha and illustrated by Isabella Bunnell - lovely story and beautiful illustrations


Who's going to bed by Abie Longstaff and Eve Coy - the baby isn't going to bed, not until he's had a bit of an adventure...


I am Malala, the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lane - starting well before the shooting, we learn about Malala and her family in the years leading up to this and the struggle to secure girls' education in Pakistan.


To the Moon (Ladybird Books) - flaps, lift-up and pull-out pieces combined into a sturdy board book all about the Moon.


And In the City (Ladybird books) - more flaps, lift-ups and pull-out pieces, lots to discover and talk about.


Baby Touch Animals (Ladybird Books) - a touch and feel board book for the youngest book-lovers


And Baby Touch Playbook - more touch and feel pages for exploration and discovery


Ten Minutes to Bed - The Little Mermaid by Rhiannon Fielding and Chris Chatterton (Ladybird Books) - a lovely bedtime story


Notes on a nervous Planet by Matt Haig - chatty and informative look at the modern world and how to be mindful within a fast-paced and fact-packed life.


The Inner Child - a book for kids about what it's like to be an adult -  I liked the original idea of this one - every page illustrating a different adult and their inner child.


The Tap-dancing pigeon of Covent Garden by Serena Hassan and illustrated by Jon Davis - quirky illustrations wonderfully highlighting the pigeon's expressions, and a lovely tale of survival in the big city.


The Story of the little mole who knew it  was none of his business by Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch - all the Mole's animal friends and their variously shaped poo!


The Board Game family by Ellie Dix - one of the parents, ideas for encouraging essential family connections in a world of social media and video games.  Full of ideas and explanations.  A worthwhile project.



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