2015 Picture Book Challenge: The Whopper

The Whopper by Rebecca Ashdown

The Whopper is the best book I've read from Templar this year.

2015 Picture Book Challenge: The Nonsense Show

The Nonsense Show by Eric Carle

2015 Picture Book Challenge: Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too)

Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too) by Keith Negley

2015 Picture Book Challenge: The Princess and the Pony

The Princess and the Pony by Kate Beaton

2015 Picture Book Challenge: Two sun stories

By coincidence, or perhaps intuition, I picked up two books to read concerning the arrival of the sunrise. They make such a good pair, and offer some interesting things to discuss by comparison, that I'm going to dedicate this post to the two of them. First:

How the Sun Got to Coco's House by Bob Graham

2015 Picture Book Challenge: A Great Big Cuddle

A Great Big Cuddle: Poems for the Very Young

by Michael Rosen and Chris Riddell

2015 Picture Book Challenge: Footpath Flowers

Footpath Flowers by JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith

Published by Walker Books. A fascinating wordless book, and probably one for older readers as it uses detail and palette change as an intrinsic part of its meaning, consisting only of small, subtle actions and touching on sensitive issues.