“One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices I sometimes hear a moment before sleep, that I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six.”
Reading A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas this week. This edition was illustrated by Chris Raschka and published by Candlewick Press.
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A frightfully lovely night before Christmas—and you’ll never guess what Santa brings for this group of little rapscallions!
Frankenstein’s Fright Before Christmas was written by Rick Walton, illustrated by Nathan Hale and published by Feiwel and Friends.
Napping during the day is one of the things that cats do best but poor Mister Pip's attempts to get in an afternoon snooze are thwarted by one noise after another. He can't seem to catch a break between the whirring of the vacuum monster and the rumbling of the washing machine. And forget finding a quiet spot outside! Little ones will appreciate the variety of sounds in Mister Pip's urban environs and will love imitating them. Thereza Rowe's shapes and colors are bright, modern and welcoming and Mister Pip is exactly the kind of good-natured cat that we'd let curl up and nap at our house any day. #kidlitcaturday
Mister Pip was written and illustrated by Thereza Rowe and published by Tate.
Angie, Ollie, Simona, Mario and Eric are five friends with fantastic powers, although Eric’s ability is a little hazy when we first meet him. The friends’ amazing abilities are as diverse as they are. On a excursion in the countryside, mishap comes their way but in a beautiful act of teamwork, they avert disaster and save the day. (Oh, and we discover Eric’s amazing ability at the end.)
Quentin Blake’s unmistakable loose line and playful watercolors imbue his characters with humor and lightheartedness. His exuberant work is immediately identifiable on first glance and it’s hard to imagine what the kidlit landscape would be like without his significant contribution.
The Five of Us was written and illustrated by Quentin Blake and published by Tate.