Welcome to Picture Book Parents! Check out our Reviews page for loads more book reviews organised according to topic (e.g. Bullying, Divorce, Emotions). We’ll use this blog to let you know when we’ve added a new review, found a new fun resource, or reviewed a book for which we don’t yet have a review list.
Take a Breath by Sujean Rim
Take a Breath Sujean Rim Allen & Unwin: 2022 ISBN: 9781761066597 Age: 4+ Reviewed by Viv Young Bob tries and tries but he just can’t fly until Crow comes along and shows him how to … breathe! Take a Breath is a quirky, humorous story about learning to manage anxiety. Bob is a small red…
Go Home, Cat! by Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo
Go Home, Cat! Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo Puffin: 2022 ISBN: 9781760899493 Age: 4+ Reviewed by Viv Young Nicholas has just found a coin and he is off to the local sweet store to buy the thing he loves more than almost anything—liquorice. But Cat loves Nicholas and she will not let him go without…
Mama’s Chickens by Michelle Worthington and Nicky Johnson
Mama’s Chickens Michelle Worthington (author) and Nicky Johnston (Illustrator) EK Books: 2023 ISBN: 9781922539458 Age: 4+ Reviewed by Viv Young Mama’s Chickens is an age-appropriate story about early onset dementia that uses one mum’s nurturing relationship with the family’s pet chooks to discuss changes wrought by illness that affect her whole family. Mama is initially…
Mister Fairy by Morgane de Cadier and Florian Pigé
Mister Fairy Morgane de Cadier (author) and Florian Pigé (illustrator) Red Comet Press: 2021 ISBN: 9781636550008 Age: 4+ Reviewed by Viv Young Mister Fairy isn’t a morning fairy or a cleaning fairy or even a healing fairy, but he does have a magical gift to share. Mister Fairy is a quirky, heart-warming story about finding…
Frank’s Red Hat by Sean E Avery
Frank’s Red Hat Sean E Avery Walker Books: 2022 ISBN: 9781760654283 Age: 4+ Reviewed by Viv Young Frank the penguin is full of ideas but not all of them are good ones, so the other penguins are nervous when Frank knits a red hat, but should they be? Frank’s Red Hat is a wickedly funny…
Wild for Winnie by Laura Marx Fitzgerald and Jenny LØvlie
Wild for Winnie Laura Marx Fitzgerald (author) Jenny LØvlie (illustrator) ISBN: 9780593111819 Age: 3+ Reviewed by Viv Young A new girl called Winnie is joining the class and sometimes she howls like hyena or kicks like a kangaroo or chomps like a piranha. So, it’s time for everyone to get a bit wild … Wild…
Easy Peasy by Ky Garvey and Amy Calautti
Easy Peasy Ky Garvey (author) and Amy Calautti (illustrator) EK Books: 2023 ISBN: 9781922539441 Age: 4+ Reviewed by Viv Young When Ruby is given shiny, red roller-skates for her birthday she is sure that learning to skate will be easy peasy, but it’s not! Easy Peasy is an upbeat, high-energy story that conveys the thrill…
Lisette’s Lie by Catharina Valckx
Lisette’s Lie Catharina Valckx (author), Anthony Shugaar (translator) Gecko Press: 2022 ISBN: 9781776574407 Age: 4+ Reviewed by Viv Young Good friends, Lisette and Bobbi, are trying out a ‘big lie’ about going to the mountains. Unexpectedly, their friend Popof decides to join them and they have a fabulous day on a kind of mountain. But…
Breathe And Be: a book of mindfulness poems by Kate Coombs
Breathe and Be: a book of mindfulness poems By Kate Coombs Illustrated by Anna Emilia Laitinen Sounds True Boulder CO. 80306 2017 ISBN: 9781622039371 Ages 4-8 years “Breathe and Be: a book of mindfulness poems” by Kate Coombs, can assist children in developing a mindfulness practice of breathing and paying attention to small moments. Each…
Review of Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman
Big Feelings Alexandra Penfold (author) and Suzanne Kaufman (illustrator) Bloomsbury: 2021 ISBN: 9781526639769 Age: 3+ Reviewed by Viv Young A group of children negotiate conflict, disappointment and differing perspectives as they play in their local park. Big feelings is an uplifting and practical exploration of children’s play and their big feelings. As the child characters…
Loading…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Follow My Blog
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.
Picture Book Parents 