Age 7
A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Happy Birthday to A Squash and a Squeeze! A Squash and a Squeeze, the first picture book that Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler worked together on, is 20 years old. Since then they have collaborated on many other stories including The Gruffalo, Zog, Stick Man and Monkey Puzzle.
K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo by Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees
K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo weaves the alphabet together with a great rhyming text and bold, colourful pictures and Giles Andreae uses a wide range of characters and objects to introduce a new letter on each page. What I like about this book is that it is completely pictorial apart from the short rhyming text (which…
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown by Cressida Cowell & Neal Layton
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown is a favourite story here, my daughter finds Queen Gloriana’s behaviour seemingly un-queenlike! In our house this is a particularly well read bedtime story, one of those that my daughter often chooses when she’s tired and wants to spend time with comforting, familiar characters.
Katie’s Picture Show by James Mayhew
Katie’s Picture Show was the very first of James Mayhew’s Katie books that I bought. We’ve read many more since and also been to one of James’ storytelling sessions at The National Gallery in London.
Sticker Dolly Dressing: Dolls by Fiona Watt, Vici Leyhane and Stella Baggott (Usborne)
The Sticker Dolly Dressing Dolls activity book was my daughter’s favourite Christmas present. She loves stickers and was busy with this book for several days. Three dolls, Ellie, Daisy and Kitty, live in a doll’s house with their cat and their puppy and each double page spread features a different activity that they like doing…
One Snowy Night by Nick Butterworth
One Snowy Night is a lovely warm bedtime story for a cold night!
You Choose by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt
Our first picture book of the year is not a story. It’s non fiction but not in the sense that it is an information book. I would call this book a discussion book. A really fun discussion book!
We completely must Go to London by Lauren Child
Our last book of the year has to be about our favourite brother and sister combination, Charlie and Lola. ‘We completely must Go to London’ is a great way to introduce young readers to some of London’s famous buildings and landmarks. Already my daughter likes to pick out the places that we have visited and…
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Our favourite Christmas Eve story is definitely Stick Man. It’s not immediately obvious that Santa is a part of this story but he comes to Stick Man’s rescue after a series of mishaps and adventures take him far away from his family.
What’s the Time, Mr Wolf? by Debi Gliori
The Story: What’s the Time, Mr Wolf? is the story of a day in the life of Mr Wolf and the interaction that he has with his friends. Each hour brings him into contact with different fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters, for example Little Red Riding Hood who delivers the post or the cat playing…
