Here you’ll find reviews of my favourite kids books. Enjoy browsing all categories. I’m sure you’ll find something special for children big and small.
Eggs of all colours of the rainbow are being consumed during Orthodox Easter week. In the part of the world where I come from the tradition of colouring Easter eggs […]
“Rechenka’s Eggs” by Patricia Polacco: why coloured eggs for Easter? Read More »
Heinrich Hoffmann’s “Struwwelpeter” (1845) was to Germans what Carroll’s “Alice in wonderland” was to British or Lindgren’s “Pippi Longstocking” has become to Swedish a hundred years later – a national
This book is by the acclaimed British author and illustrator Shirley Hughes. The story tells of a single Mum with two toddlers Bronwen and Dylan. She is making a living
“The Christmas Eve Ghost”: one family’s hardships in 1930’s Liverpool Read More »
This classic poem by the American professor of literature and theology Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) and the Australian master of illustration Robert Ingpen (born 1936) was first titled “A Visit
“The Night before Christmas”: Robert Ingpens’ Santa from my childhood’s imagination Read More »
Michael Foreman’s “Cat on the Hill” is a compilation of stories told by a stray Cat struggling through seasons and tough times. She used to live on a ship with
“Cat on the Hill” by Michael Foreman: kindness conquers all Read More »