Levin the Cat

Levin the Cat

Levin the Cat Book Details Levin the CatTao Jiu, illus. Yang Shanshan, transl. Helen Wang. London: New Classic Press, pb, 978 1 9125 5389 1, 2021, £8.99, 32pp.Fiction, picture book, 4-7 years BACK TO REVIEWS Levin is a playful and mischievous cat living happily with...
Landscapes

Landscapes

Landscapes back to IBBYLink Autumn 2020 David Almond  When I was a young teenager, we moved to an oval-shaped estate, a ring of small semi-detached houses, just above the heart of the town. The rooms were small, I shared a bedroom with my brother, but there was open...
The Importance of Place

The Importance of Place

The Importance of Place back to IBBYLink Autumn 2020 Salvatore Rubbino  As an illustrator I spend my day drawing and thinking about pictures. My job is to interpret stories and create a visual world alongside the text, to complement the story and also to draw out its...
Landscapes and Stories

Landscapes and Stories

Landscapes and Stories back to IBBYLink Autumn 2020 ‘Philip Reeve in a Tolkien setting’. Philip Reeve Philip Larkin was broadly correct about parents, but if you’re lucky they hand you down some good things along with all that misery-deepening-like-a-coastal-shelf...