Anyone else still out there doing this challenge?

David Sedaris; Me Talk Pretty One Day

Funny stories about language and learning

Emily Gravett; Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears

Picture Book about fears with some really neat ideas. I especially liked the pull out map for the Isle of Fright.

This is the second in a children's fantasy trilogy written by John Barrowman (actor-singer, best known in the UK as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood) with his sister, Carole. It's set on an altered-geography version of Cumbrae, an island I've been visiting almost annually since childhood. I read the first of the trilogy last year ( Read more... )

Two children's books ( Read more... )

The first four pages of *Toddle Waddle* read ‘Toddle, waddle. Flip, flop. Hurry, scurry. Clip, clop.’ It’s a delightful romp with language, spot on for a toddler. And, obviously, once again, a large part of the genius of the book is the illustrations by Nick Sharratt ( Read more... )