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Category: Fiction

Book Review: The Great Race – ‘Who ever heard of a snail racing a deer?’

March 13, 2021March 14, 2021 ~ Sunil Amrith ~ 1 Comment

A trickster's tale with bold illustrations - a cross-cultural joy from Indonesia and India.

Book Review: Myths in 30 Seconds – the fast, fun way into world mythology

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ Leave a comment

Bite-size myths to guzzle or savour - and a way into a world of story-telling and imagination.

Bridging the Atlantic Book Divide: The Pip and Posy Books by Axel Scheffler, Nosy Crow

March 9, 2021March 8, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 1 Comment

Introducing some dear friends from the UK, Pip and Posy. This is toddler life.

Book Review: Eyes that Kiss in the Corners – seeing the beauty in every face

March 4, 2021March 3, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 2 Comments

Swirling colours and lyrical words - beauty on every page, in every face.

Bridging the Atlantic Book Divide: The Knuffle Bunny Books, by Mo Willems

March 2, 2021March 1, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 2 Comments

Mo Willems - a best-selling genuis - and an author we'd never heard of in the UK. Let's change that!

Book Review: A Gift for Amma: Market Day in India – rainbow colours make us giggle

February 27, 2021February 26, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 1 Comment

Bright market colours in this affectionate book remind us of loved ones far away.

Book Review: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – rhythmic letters bring joy to a new generation

February 25, 2021 ~ josephandnoah ~ Leave a comment

Thirty years on, a new father introduces his son to 26 old friends - with a song and a dance and a two-tooth grin.

Longing for Spring and for Renewal – book reviews

February 20, 2021February 19, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ Leave a comment

Snowy weather turns my thoughts - and our reading - to seeds and growth and Spring, and the families we want to share it with.

To Fairy Tale (or not to Fairy Tale)? – a second bite

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 ~ ruthcoffey ~ 2 Comments

Some good collections, the line between fantasy and reality, some weird play and using Sleeping Beauty to teach consent.

Book Review: The Invisible Boy – who will notice us? who do we notice?

February 12, 2021February 13, 2021 ~ josephandnoah ~ 3 Comments

A shy boy is drawn out of the shadows by a new friend - causing childhood memories to resonate for this new father.

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