I am truly Wonderstruck. (Let’s be clear here and take note: I’m not referring to Taylor Swift’s new fragrance.) I sat down to take a look at Brian Selznick’s new book, Wonderstruck, and, blink, found myself turning page 608 of a most gratifying mysterious puzzle of worlds-within-worlds set in New York City circa 1977. Wonderstruck [...]
It’s sublimely simple to take inspiration from Oliver Jeffers’ recent book. Stuck is a beautiful, thoughtful, ridiculous and funny book: Stuck reminds us that the return of what is lost is always a possibility and proposes that a solution is likely to be found to the problem at hand. The solution may, of course, raise [...]
Kidsbooks is over-run with amazing rodent tales! We’re talking about stories here, so no need to lift your feet as it’s the shelves that are run-a-muck with tales of the clever little creatures. Hamsters, mice and rats: we’ve got them all and we have to say, hold the pest control, this is a very [...]
