It’s midway through the second half and time for our stop on the Trailblazer blog tour! Written by Elizabeth Dale and illustrated by Carolina Coroa, Trailblazer tells the inspirational story of Lily Parr, footballer extraordinaire and one of the pioneers of the women’s game. Bearing in mind I have a football-obsessed, factual book-devouring son (Hugo),…
Published earlier this month, this is such a lovely picture book about the power of words and kindness. A little girl enjoys talking to a beautiful flower, which grows in a garden near her school. One day, the garden’s grumpy owner shouts at her to stay away and so she stops visiting. The consequence of…
This is a cracking picture book with a factual theme. It’s along a similar line to that of the Hidden Figures book, in that it celebrates the unsung heroes of the space race. This story focusses on Ellie Foraker and her team of seamstresses who fought off tough competition from military designers and engineers to…
What a joyous picture book this is – it’s one big celebration of similarities, differences and possibilities. Every illustration just makes me smile, so I’m going to stop typing and let the pictures do the talking… I Am BrownAuthor: Ashok BankerIllustrator: Sandhya PrabhatPublisher: Lantana PublishingISBN: 9781911373940 Hardback: 40 pages
Just a very quick post to say how much we are enjoying this new picture book! Published in partnership with the Imperial War Museum, it’s full of interesting information, includes some top-secret spy skills and has bold, colourful illustrations. Not only have we learnt lots about 8 real-life spies (and I really love the diversity…
I bought this brilliant picture book after seeing it featured on #bookstagram recently. Beautifully illustrated, it tells the story of Emma Lilian Todd, a self-taught engineer, who became the first female airplane designer. Born in the late 1800s and growing up in a family of innovators, Lilian loved to tinker and invent things. As she…
Many children first experience loss and grief through losing a pet. While we have lost 2 dogs since our kids were born, the children were a bit too young to understand what was happening first time around, and so my 6-year-old in particular was hit quite hard when we had to say goodbye to Chester…
Not a full review, but I wanted to highlight this brilliant picture book on the blog today in memory of the phenomenally talented Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, whose brilliance and determination in the face of adversity will hopefully continue to inspire generations of girls and boys to reach for the stars. RIP Katherine. Hidden FiguresAuthor:…
My son and I have had such a laugh sharing this over the weekend. Polar Bear has lost his underwear (or has he?!) and heads off with his friend, Mouse, to find his pants, discovering many differing styles along the way. My favourites were Cat’s ‘I❤️🐭’ pair, whereas Hugo was particularly amused by Bunny’s carrot…
Now that both of my children are independent readers I don’t buy as many picture books as I used to, and so I was delighted when the lovely Val from Maverick Arts Publishing sent us a selection of latest picture books to take a look at. Seeing the children react so enthusiastically to them was…