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Highly Commended Best Story App 2012: Dear Zoo
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 17:38:18
The classic children's lift-the-flap picture book Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell gets super interactive for a new generation of babies
Retaining the charm and simplicity of Dear Zoo, the classic lift-the-flap book by Rod Campbell that makes it into the Top Ten of our Top 100 Children's Books of All Time, modern toddlers now get to tap to lift instead! A succession of creatures
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Rebecca Elliott on creating Zoo Girl
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 30/05/2011 19:18:08
Highly Commended in our Junior Design Awards category Picture Book Of The Year, author and illustrator Rebecca Elliott gives us the back story to her latest book, Zoo Girl
it into a solid picture book.I always try to write about what excited me as a child in the hope that children will share that same excitement. Stories of feral Mogli-esque children have always fascinated me and as a child I adored animals and daydreamed
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Memory Books
By Suzanne Milne on 02/02/2010 15:19:58
From your baby's first ultrasound pictures to your recollections of that tearful first day at school, there are great books that can help you keep your family's memories safe…
pictures to the school reports, university pictures and well-and-truly beyond. So no more running between baby books, school notebooks and wedding albums. You will feel so much more together as a person! 3. Grandparents Journal (Ryland Peters
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The best books for babies and toddlers
By Lucy Phillips on 21/11/2012 13:42:00
Babies love books – and here's a lovely selection for them to get their chubby little hand on
Peter Rabbit Little Box Of BooksBy Beatrix Potter, Frederick Warne, £8.99, from 12 monthsThis set of five eco-friendly board books uses some of Beatrix Potter’s best-loved characters to help children discover their five senses. Read how Benjamin
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Read this book: Archie
By Catherine O'Dolan on 06/08/2012 15:40:52
The doggie-filled debut from Scottish designer Domenica More Gordon
mother an ‘über-maker’, because whatever she turns her hand to, she can do splendidly. We all live together with my husband, our two children, Jack and Ariadne, and three dogs.” Archie is a delightful picture book but – be warned – it has no words, apart
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Junior Ocado book offer
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 07/02/2011 18:29:34
Get a beautiful nursery rhyme book free with our March issue at Ocado
With its merry throng of sweet modelling clay figures, we love this First Picture Nursery Rhymes book from Usborne. Rendered in sturdy board book form, the collection includes favourites like Mary Had A Little Lamb and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
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The Story So Far: Lauren Child
By Catherine O'Dolan on 16/01/2013 14:43:24
A potted history of one of our best-loved children's author, creator of Charlie And Lola
After studying art at Manchester Polytechnic and London Art School, Lauren worked in a variety of jobs, including painting dots for Damien Hirst. In 1999, her first two picture books were published I Want A Pet (Frances Lincoln, £5.99) and Clarice
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Rip-roaring superhero reads
By Fiona McKim on 12/04/2012 17:44:57
Five super books with plenty of pow!
Traction Man Is Here (Red Fox, £5.99)Square of jaw with arms of steel, Traction Man is a household hero with a different natty outfit for every action-packed adventure he embarks on. But can Traction Man retain his macho image when granny gives him a green wooly romper for christ...
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Out-Of-This-World Books About The Moon
By Fiona McKim on 03/10/2011 11:47:37
Nurture your child's lunar curiosity with these cosmic reads
I Took The Moon For A Walk by Carolyn Curtis and Alison Jay (Barefoot Books, £8.99)A gentle, whimsical tale about a boy who embarks on a magical night–time adventure accompanied by his friend, the Moon. The poetic style of narration, accompanied
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A Cute Rising Star For 2011: Claude
By Catherine O'Dolan on 21/12/2010 17:32:18
Always on the look-out for new and exciting literary talent, Junior LOVES the cute little doggy, with a hint of Snoopy. Here, author illlustrator Alex T Smith gives us the inside story on his brilliant new book
...) and they are now documenting their day to day adventures online at their brand new blog. Which is a good place to go if you like silly pictures, sneaky peaks at the new books and exclusive news about everything CLAUDE.Claude In The City by Alex T Smith (Hodder, £5
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