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15 Nov 2018

The Colour Thief #PictureBookReview 17

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The Story –

The Colour Thief is a story of Zot who lived on a planet which had no colours. Everything was grey and black. The grass, the sky, the sun, and the flowers, none of them had any colours. This made Zot and his friends sad.

Zot would sit on a mountain and watch a sparkling colourful planet far away in the space. He imagined that place to be a happy place. He decided to go there and find happiness for himself. He, thus, set off in his spaceship.

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08 Nov 2018

Eleanor’s Eyebrows #PictureBookReview 16

Author: Timothy Knapman

Illustrator: David Tazzyman

Age group – 3 – 6 years

The Story –

Eleanor’s eyebrows is a story of a girl, Eleanor, who has no respect for her eyebrows. Her eyebrows, hence angered, decide to leave her face for some place where they would feel valued and loved. The eyebrows Read more…

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19 Jul 2018
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The Button Collection #PictureBookReview 15

A series of six timeless stories for children crafted with care.

Have you ever wondered about the buttons, we sport on our dresses and clothes everyday, that they could have a story to tell? Can we imagine they might have been a part of history and seen ages pass through, the good and the bad times? To be frank, I have thought in the same manner about old trees, forts, and ruins but never could quite stretch my imagination to see buttons being capable of telling their extraordinary stories.

This is why when I came across The Button Collection series of 6 stories, I immediately felt captivated by the context of the stories.

The Button Collection is a series of magical, traditional stories featuring a selection of different buttons. But, these are no ordinary buttons; from Bertie the Soldier to Bethany the Explorer Button; each has an enchanting story to tell.

My review –

The 6 interesting stories in The Button Collection are – Read more…

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14 Jun 2018
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The Manic Panic #Picturebookreview 14

It is a normal sort of a day in your house until…
“What’s wrong with the Wi-Fi?” Mommy howls.
“It’s DOWN!” Daddy hollers.
“Good riddance!” Nannu smiles.

Story –

The Manic Panic is a story of a day in the life of a normal family. Everything was going on as usual with the father cooking a meal with a phone held in one hand, the mother sitting on the couch with a bowl of something to eat in the hand and a laptop on the lap, the daughter hanging upside down from the couch reading a book and a grandma, Nannu, doing a headstand. Very normal, you may say. And, then a dreadful thing happens. The wi-fi stops working and all hell breaks loose for the parents. They get cranky and fidgety while the daughter makes all kinds of plans to spend the day outside the home in the park or cycling or having a picnic. Read more…

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08 Jun 2018
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Don’t ever look behind door 32 #PictureBookReview 13

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The magical Hotel of Hoo is a mysterious place with some very unusual occupants. As our guests explore the strange hotel, they are invited to experience everything it has to offer with just one warning… don’t ever look behind door 32.

Don’t ever look behind door 32 is a picture book about a hotel Hoo, its host Mr. Nicholas Noo and 2 small kids, a boy, and a girl. The kids are the first guests in the hotel. Mr. Nicholas Noo takes them around to explore the place right from door 1 to door 31 but with a special warning, repeated every single time, not to look behind door 32.

On the tour, the kids discover unusual, spooky but useful occupants in almost each of the rooms. For instance, the itchy knights who fix the lights, the dancing zombies who mend shirts and pants, the elves who assist in the library, the purple goblins who are vets, the ghosts who are chefs and many more. Some are scary while some other are not. Read more…

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23 Nov 2017

My Teacher is a monster #PictureBookReview 11

Monster are not always what they seem.

Story –

My Teacher is not a Monster is a story of a school going boy, Bobby who throws paper airplanes in the classroom and is sure his teacher, Miss Kirby is a monster. Miss Kirby surely shows monstrous characteristics with all the stomping and roaring at the children. One Saturday morning, Bobby goes to a park to spend his free time and to get over the monster problems.

To his bad luck, he spots Miss Kirby sitting on a bench. He gets frightened but sensing no way to Read more…

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16 Nov 2017

Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit, Book Burglar #PictureBookReview 10

Some rabbits dreamed

 of lettuces and carrots.

Others dreamed of flowering

meadows and juicy dandelions.

But Ralfy was a little bit different…

Ralfy dreamed about books.

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09 Nov 2017
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Miss Dorothy and her Bookmobile #PictureBookReview 9

When Dorothy was a young girl,

she loved books,

and she loved people,

so she decided that

she would become a librarian.

Story – 

As a young girl, Miss Dorothy’s dearest wish was to be a librarian in a fine brick library just like the one she used to visit when she was small. But, after marriage, her new home, in North Carolina, had valleys and streams but no libraries, so Miss Dorothy and her neighbours decided to start a bookmobile. Instead of people coming to a fine brick library, Miss Dorothy could bring the books to them – at school, Read more…

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02 Nov 2017

Room on the Broom #PictureBookReview 8

The witch had a cat

and a very tall hat,

And long ginger hair

which she wore in a plait.

How the cat purred

and how the witch grinned,

As they sat on their broomstick

and flew through the wind.

Story –

Room on the broom is a witty story about a friendly witch’s adventures as she flies through the wind on her broomstick with her cat.

Since the wind is blowing hard, her hat gets blown away and a dog helps her in finding the lost hat. In return, he asks – Read more…

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05 Oct 2017
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I’d like to be a Fireman #PictureBookReview 7

Picture Book Review for toddlers

Wouldn’t it be great to be a fireman?

Big fire trucks, bright lights and a cat to

rescue, are all waiting to be discovered

in this amazing board book.

I’d like to be a Fireman is about the reader child imagining himself as a fireman and thinking of what all fun he will be having that day by wearing a fireman’s uniform along with boots and hat, putting out fires, helping cars stuck in mud and finally returning to the fire station in the big noisy fire truck.

My review –

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