Blogs about: Giles Andreae

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Pants!3 comments

forwardtranslations wrote 1 day ago: Pants by Giles Andreae and Nick Sharratt (Corgi, 2003) If you have a small child coming up to potty … more →

Tags: Books 2, Reviews of Reviews, Reading 2, Children's Books, Books, Children's Books, funny books, Illustration, Nick Sharratt

Giraffes Can't Dance

KPL Kids' Corner wrote 1 week ago: We continued learning about movement this week with two stories about wild animals. Our first story … more →

Tags: Story Time, May 2013, animals, movement, Jim Gill, Jane Yolen, sad mad glad hippos, Giraffes Can't Dance, hippo craft

Giraffes Can't Dance

StickyBabyBooks wrote 1 month ago: Title: Giraffes Can’t Dance Author: Giles Andreae Illustrator: Guy Parker-Rees How I Got This … more →

Tags: animals, Board book, Nature, Books, Confusing Zoology, Questionable Moral, Giraffes Can't Dance, Guy Parker-Rees

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/25/139 comments

The Picture Book Review wrote 1 month ago: It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading?  is a fantastic meme hosted over at Teach Mentor Texts.  Here th … more →

Tags: Children's Books, Highly REcommended Books, It's Monday What Are You Reading?, KidLit, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, adam rex, Barbara Kerley, Big Wolf & Little Wolf: The Little Leaf that Wouldn

Purple Ronnie

SultanOfSnow wrote 2 months ago: I sat listening to Giles Andreae talk about “How to write successful picture books” when … more →

Tags: Diary, greeting card, picture book, purple ronnie

WBD 2013's £1 Books

Adelle wrote 2 months ago: Today is the 16th World Book Day, a worldwide celebration of books and reading that is marked in ove … more →

Tags: Books, Events, World Book Day, Children, Tony Robinson, Shirley Hughes, Francesca Simon, Cathy Cassidy, Children

It's World Book Day!

Kayleigh wrote 2 months ago: As you may have guessed from the imaginative title of this post, it’s World Book Day today in … more →

Tags: 3 - 5 years, Bookish topics, World Book Day, Children's Books, Giraffes Can't Dance, Guy Parker-Rees, Picture Books, dancing, Giraffes

All Said & Done - Book Trailer

Dai Verse wrote 3 months ago: The recently published TAPP anthology All Said & Done, which up until now had been sold exclusiv … more →

Tags: TAPP Books, poetry anthology, Book trailer, amazon com, Julie Kane, purple ronnie, Charlie & Lola, YouTube, Status Update

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs by Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto8 comments

The Picture Book Review wrote 3 months ago: Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs by Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto  Ages 2+. Margaret K. McEld … more →

Tags: Picture Books, Highly REcommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved, Both Kiddo and Mom Loved This Book, The Children's Bookshelf, KidLit, Children's Books, beautiful books

Book Nook Review: Blackout; Giraffes Can't Dance2 comments

thejennyevolution wrote 4 months ago: Books as gifts are the best. Of course, children don’t always think so at the time. It’s … more →

Tags: Book Nook, Reviews, book, picture book, Gaming, children's literature, New York City, billy dee williams, Giraffes Can't Dance

Friday Pick{ture Book} - There's a House Inside My Mummy (Giles Andreae)4 comments

amummysview wrote 6 months ago: I’m taking part in ChildLedChao’s Friday Pick{ture} Book linky again this week and really wanted to … more →

Tags: Books, Book, #FridayPick{tureBook}, Children's Books, Children's Book Review, Orchard Books, Friday Pick{ture Book}, vanessa cabban, there's a house inside my mummy

Learning to Read this School Year

hooray4books wrote 7 months ago: Learning to read can be a lot of fun!  There are so many new beginning readers to break the routine … more →

Tags: Ages 6 - 8, Hooray for Books, level 2 reader, Candlewick Press, beginning readers, New School Year!, Giraffes Can't Dance, Jamie Michalak, joe and sparky superstars

Children's Hour: Commotion in the Ocean1 comment

Lucybird wrote 8 months ago: WATCH OUT LATER TODAY FOR A CHILDREN’S HOUR GIVEAWAY! Children’s Hour is a new feature h … more →

Tags: Fiction Review, Picture books, Children's Hour, Review: fiction, picture book, Children's Books, commontion in the ocean

Retail therapy at 30 degrees.

bookandbed wrote 9 months ago: Another hottie today in our neck of the woods and a good reading day. The Monkey-face declined when … more →

Tags: Reading, toddlers, Bedtime, Neil Gaiman, Giraffes Can't Dance, m is for magic, Commotion in the Ocean, Rumble in the Jungle, David Wojtowyczor

Rules for Writing (3)1 comment

phraseandfable wrote 9 months ago: For my last trick, I would like to assess a former Poet Laureate and his suitability for life as a c … more →

Tags: writing, Writing #2, Andrew Motion, Benjamin Zephaniah., Roger McGough, shel silverstein, Michael Rosen, Poet, Children's Writing

Review: Giles Andreae’s “The Knitting Gorilla”1 comment

writereaderly wrote 10 months ago: A kid’s book about how the gorilla boy-baby who loves knitting softens his big daddy’s heart and sta … more →

Tags: ::better'n good::, :SG+SV's Bookshelf:, For Kids

Happy Father's Day!

shoulded wrote 11 months ago: Today is Father’s Day. Perhaps a little father/child reading time with be special? Using the style o … more →

Tags: June, Alan Sitomer, natasha wing, marjorie blain parker, Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Candy Reading List: Best Picture Books Ages 3-94 comments

carpoolcandy wrote 11 months ago: It’s challenging to read to my younger kids (ages 6 and 9) at bedtime lately because we’re out late … more →

Tags: Kid's Book Reviews, carpool candy reading list, Zen Shorts, Jon J. Muth, Camping Spree with Mr Magee, chris van dusen, Giraffes Can't Dance, Guy Parker-Rees, bear wants more

Children's Hour: Giraffes Can't Dance3 comments

Lucybird wrote 11 months ago: Children’s Hour is a new feature here at Lucybird’s Book Blog every Thursday where I … more →

Tags: Fiction Review, Picture books, Children's Hour, Review: fiction, picture book, Children's Books, Giraffes Can't Dance, Guy Parker


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