by IBBY | Sep 16, 2021 | Book Review, Illustrated book, Poetry
The B on Your Thumb Book Details The B on Your Thumb: 60 Poems to Boost Reading and SpellingTor Freeman, illus. Colette Hiller. London: Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, hb, 978 0 7112 5460 2, 2020, 18.58, 80pp.Poetry, illustrated book, education, 4-7 years BACK TO...
by IBBY | Sep 16, 2021 | Book Review, Fiction, Illustrated book, Translation
Can you whistle, Johanna? Book Details Can you whistle, Johanna?Ulf Stark, ill. Anna Höglund, transl. Julia Marshall. New Zealand: Gecko Press, pb, 978 1 7765 7326 4, 2021, £8.99, 92pp.Illustrated book, fiction, 5-10 years BACK TO REVIEWS Ulf is all dressed up to...
by IBBY | Mar 15, 2021 | Book Review, Poetry
Stars with Flaming Tails Book Details Stars with Flaming TailsValerie Bloom, illus. Ken Wilson-Max. Burley Gate: Otter-Barry Books, pb, 978 1 9130 7467 8, 2021, £7.99, 96pp.Poetry, black and white illustrations, 7+ years BACK TO REVIEWS ‘I travelled once around the...
by IBBY | Mar 15, 2021 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Meet Monster Book Details Meet Monster: The first big monster bookEllen Blance & Ann Cook, illus. Quentin Blake. New York: The New York Review of Books, hb 978 1 6813 7428 4, 2020, £10.99, 160pp.Illustrated book, fiction, 4-8 years BACK TO REVIEWS Monster has an...
by IBBY | Jan 23, 2021 | Book Review, Fiction
Kiki’s Delivery Service Book Details Kiki’s Delivery ServiceEiko Kadono, illus. Joe Todd Stanton. London: Penguin Random House, hb 978 0 2414 4945 6, 2020, £10.99, 208pp.Fiction, 8-11 years BACK TO REVIEWS Kiki has just turned twelve. It is time for her to leave...
