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Junior's Top 100 Children's Books 61-70
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/10/2011 09:10:10
The best children's books in the world, voted by Junior readers
61. Eat Your Peas by Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt Red Fox, £5.99Kes Gray's award-winning picture book gave rise to a series of books about Daisy, the spirited little girl, who doesn’t like much of what she’s given for tea – and will not be tempted
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Shortlisted Picture Book Of The Year 2012: The Hueys In The New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers
By Catherine O'Dolan on 20/05/2012 13:41:46
Jelly beans with legs? Why no, it's the legions of Hueys in the brand new book by award-winning author Oliver Jeffers
sense of mischievous fun.The Hueys And The New Jumper by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins, £10.99)Who won the Junior Design Awards Best Picture Book 2012 category? More books by Oliver Jeffers.
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A conversation with Herve Tullet, author of Press Here
By Catherine O'Dolan on 04/05/2012 11:44:01
In conversation with French artist, Herve Tullet, author of the innovative picture book, Press Here, winner of the Junior Design Awards 2012 Picture Book Of The Year
What was the inspiration for your award-winning book Press Here?Wow, it is so difficult to answer this question! I always try to create innovative books and Press Here is maybe the all-encompassing result of my previous projects: open, participative
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Junior meets PatrickGeorge's Peter Scott
By Fiona McKim on 08/06/2012 16:02:52
We chat to one half of the talented husband-and-wife team behind our Highly Commended Picture Book Of The Year, Colours
, to Dr Seuss, any books by Anthony Browne, through Famous Five, Narnia, and now our eldest is into Patrick Ness.How do you feel about the rise of E-readers and storybook apps?The new technologies definitely have their place and can be a useful tool
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The Top 100 Children's Books
By Junior's discerning readers on 20/04/2010 14:20:18
So here they are! The best books for children of all time, voted by you.
and Janet Ahlberg’s warm, cartoony illustrative style are all effortlessly appealing to young readers and their parents. Each Peach Pear Plum is a picture book for the very young with simple sentences on each page and an I-spy challenge to the reader to find
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Miffy the bunny girl
By Catherine O'Dolan on 22/03/2012 16:43:57
How one innocent little white rabbit with a kiss for lips came to be a classic icon in children's literature
– or Nijntje as she is called in her native Netherlands – has become a global publishing sensation. Her distinctive silhouette has appeared in over 20 Miffy books, her gentle tales translated into over 40 languages. In Holland, Miffy is nothing short of a
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Junior meets Where Is Fred? Illustrator, Ali Pye
By Fiona McKim on 28/05/2012 10:10:32
After being Highly Commended in our Most Promising New Talent category, the illustrator talks children, caravans and crafty foxes
and bouncy and in need of a trim!. Charlie loves the Dr Seuss books, especially the poem Too Many Daves. He’s like the Gruffalo’s Child, venturing forth into the world then running back to safety every now and again.How do you feel about E-readers
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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
the paragraphs of text often offered in picture books. Zoo Girl’s very limited text actively encourages this technique! The book can be told and retold, never the same way twice, and can be as brief or indepth as the reader wants it to be, hopefully encouraging
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Orla Kiely: The Queen of Pattern
By Catherine O'Dolan on 29/05/2012 19:16:15
The Irish designertakes inspiration from the colours of her childhood to create iconic designs as she branches out into picture books
whole new generation of stylish young readers.Find out... How Orla Kiely's Colours fared in the Junior Design Awards 2012
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