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Dec 18th: Colin West chooses Once in Royal David’s City
I’m choosing a real oldie as my favourite, published in 1956, it’s almost as old as me! The Story: Once in Royal David’s City — the story of the Nativity simply told by Kathleen Lines and published by the OUP — is really a showcase for Harold Jones and his great talent as a picture […]
Dec 9th: Clara Vulliamy chooses Lucy & Tom at Christmas
The Story: Two small children prepare for a traditional family Christmas. The story begins with them stirring the pudding, and ends with them seen through the window on the evening of Christmas Day, their home all lit up and shining out into the darkness, beneath a message for us all: on earth peace, good will…
It’s World Penguin Day!
Penguins are one of our favourite animals and we always make sure that we visit them when we go to the zoo. As it’s World Penguin Day we decided to look for penguins on our bookshelf and we found that we had more than we realised! Penguin by Polly Dunbar: Despite Ben’s bad behaviour and his attempt…
Favourite picture book Dads for Fathers’ Day
In celebration of Fathers’ Day we have chosen some of our favourite picture book dads to share with you. Our choices include bears, birds, single dads and Stick Man!
