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Our favourite picture books of 2010
By Catherine O'Dolan on 30/12/2010 10:59:32
It's been another brilliant year of amazing picture books – here's our review of Junior Editor's choices for 2010
Stormy Weather by Debi Gliori Bloomsbury, £10.99, 2+Mummy Fox is about to put her cub to bed: “Pull up the quilt, turn out the light, dear child, it’s time to say goodnight.” To put his mind at rest before sleeping, she tells him about all the other
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Storybook Heroes No 6: Babar
By Catherine O'Dolan on 27/11/2012 10:13:00
Meet the brilliant fictional characters who have become timeless classics in the world of children's books
not take these enchanting people to your heart; if you do not spend delightful hours making sure that no detail of their adventures has escaped you; then you deserve to wear gloves and be kept off wet grass for the rest of your life." Quite
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Exclusive Interview: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
By Catherine O'Dolan on 15/01/2013 12:50:34
Junior catches up with author Jeff Kinney on his trip to the UK to promote his latest book Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
in the series, I’ve decided that Greg is going to be a cartoon character forever. He’s frozen at his age for the rest of his life. That was very liberating for me. I thought of him as a literary character, because he’s coming to life in books, but I realised
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Richard Curtis talks twins, tinsel and tough love
By Catherine O'Dolan on 21/12/2012 11:22:03
The award-winning writer and director has turned his talents to creating a picture book about stockings, actually
Nose Day, his recent work includes the screenplay for Spielberg’s War Horse, and the memorable Vincent Van Gogh episode of Dr Who. So why write a children’s book? “When I started, I wrote to make my friends laugh,” says Curtis, recalling his days
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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
Orla’s first foray into the world of children’s picture books. And as you can imagine, it makes for a very stylish affair indeed. The first two books, Numbers and Colours, were published by Egmont last year; two more, Shapes and Creatures, will follow
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