We wrote this for the Guardian Children’s Books Family Reviews 

  This book makes a fabulous addition to the dressing up box. A brilliantly designed wearable book with each double page spread offering a new mask, such as super hero, wrestler, ninja etc.

There were peals of laughter from the kids as they tried out the different masks. They also spotted that there were others in the series, Book-o-Beards, Book-o-Hats & Book-o-teeth which they were keen to try out. The Superhero mask was a favourite with the children & provided plenty of fun photo opportunities.

A fun novelty book which we all enjoyed playing with.

We wrote this for the Guardian Children’s Books Family Reviews 

  
We received this book just as Freya was learning the collective nouns for different animals at pre-school so was very timely. Aware of common terms such as swarm of bees & litter of kittens we had fun discovering some more obscure ones such as mischief of mice & ostentaion of peacocks.

The highlight of the book for us however was the striking illustrations. We loved how some of the animals were a mixture of drawing & collage. My favourite spread was the flock of sheep with patterned wool for bodies with the odd bit of unravelled yarn. We were so inspired by the pictures the children created their own groups of animals.

An interesting,stylish & inspiring book that captivated us all.

We wrote this for the Guardian Children’s Books Family Reviews 

This book is based on an exhibition, ‘Tell Me A Picture’ curated by Quentin Blake when appointed Children’s Laureate in 1999. The pages are filled with pictures by illustrators, modern painters & some of the old master paintings from the national gallery. Each picture in the exhibition has been chosen as it has some kind of story in it.

The drawings of children chatting and asking questions on the page facing the picture helped encourage Bryn to explore & talk about the pictures. He enjoyed discovering pictures where he recognised a character like Hunuman or St George or ones with lots of detail to study. There are also useful pages at the back providing a brief description of each picture & details of where you can find it.

I also found having only the prompts & name of artist on the page great for focusing on the picture & enjoying the art.

A great art book for children perfectly pitched to engage, enthuse & inspire.