by IBBY | Jun 24, 2021 | Blog, Interview
Book Island BACK TO FEATURES IBBY supporter Greet Pauwelijn founded Book Island in 2012, two years after moving to New Zealand with her young family. With a focus on beautiful European picture books in English translation, the publishing house brings together Greet’s...
by IBBY | Apr 2, 2021 | Blog
Maya Wasserman’s story shows deaf children they can achieve anything BACK TO FEATURES A nine-year-old deaf girl’s story shows the way disabled characters should be seen in children’s books In the children’s book, The Quest for the Cockle Implant, a deaf...
by IBBY | Jul 6, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Sock Story Book Details Sock storyC K Smouha, illus. Eleonora Marton London: Cicada, hb, 978 1 90871 459 6, 2019, £9.95, 38pp.Picture book, fiction, 5+ years BACK TO REVIEWS Phil and Dave are a pair. They spend time together, making jokes, chatting and playing games....
by IBBY | Jun 4, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
My storee Book Details My storeePaul Russel, illus. Aska, London: EK Books, hb, 978 1 9253 3577 4, 2018, £10.99, 32pp.Picture book, fiction, 5-7 years BACK TO REVIEWS This book takes the form of a first-person narrative by a young unnamed boy whom the reader suspects...
by IBBY | May 27, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Mira’s curly hair Book Details Mira’s curly hairMaryam Al Serkal and Rebeca Luciani, London: Lantana Publishing, hb, 978 1 9113 7361 2, 2019, £12.99, 32pp.Picture book, fiction, 4-8 years BACK TO REVIEWS Mira’s hair is a riot of curls. Not what she wants...
