Wednesday 17 January 2018

New picture books for the new year!

It’s the start of a brand new year, and we have some beautifully brilliant brand new books to share with you. Check out our top picks for January below.


Animals with Tiny Cat

Let's make animal noises with Tiny Cat – the loveable feline from Viviane Schwarz.

From the ever original and wonderfully playful Viviane Schwarz comes a laugh-out-loud, theatrical first animal book for the very youngest of readers. Tiny Cat is playing dressing-up! She rolls up in a rug to become a snake – hiss! And with booties on her paws, she’s a horse – neigh! In fact, with oodles of imagination, Tiny Cat can be any animal she wants to be! But does Tiny Cat have what it takes to be a fearless lion? Find out in this inventive picture book with an abundance of visual humour!



Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes


Nothing is sweeter, as everyone knows, than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes!

Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, this is a beautiful 10th anniversary board book edition of a picture book classic, and the perfect gift for a new arrival! 


All over the world, babies are different. Yet in some ways they are very much the same: each one has ten little fingers and ten little toes – to play with, to tickle, to wave. And each child is very, very special to its parents…


Shake the Tree!

I am a minibombo book: a little book buzzing with a big idea.


It all begins with one tasty nut, hanging on the highest branch of a tree. A little Mouse looks at it longingly – she wants to eat it, so very much. But how can she get it down? By shaking the tree, of course! Can you, the reader, help her? Shake the tree – a little to the right (shake) … and a little to the left (shake shake). But – UH-OH – something else is falling from the tree, and it’s looking rather hungry… 



The Poesy Ring

The poesy ring flew high, caught by the wind. And with the breeze in its tail, the horse turned and galloped. The ring tumbled end over end, and settled deep in a meadow over the sea...

From the multi-award winning Bob Graham comes a romantic, hopeful and exquisitely-illustrated story, perfect for giving as a gift to the one that you love. It's 1830 in County Kerry, Ireland, and a gold ring is thrown into the wind by a young woman on a black horse... And as the seasons pass, and then the years, the little treasure finds itself on the most astonishing journey.




Frog and Beaver

A charming ecological fable of community and friendship from award-winning author-illustrator Simon James.

Frog and his friends all live happily together on the river until Beaver comes along. Beaver is determined to build the biggest dam that anyone has ever seen, but it's so big that it stops all the water and Frog and his friends are forced to move. Frog tries to warn Beaver that his dam is too big, but he just won't listen...


Pick up copies of all these books at your local bookshop.

Tuesday 16 January 2018

Win the Picture Book of the Month, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes



Nothing is sweeter, as everyone knows, than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes!

Illustrated by We’re Going on Bear Hunt’s Helen Oxenbury, this is a beautiful 10th anniversary board book edition of a picture book classic, and the perfect gift for a new arrival! 






 “Delightfully exuberant, this is a simple, glorious celebration of the differences and similarities between babies the world over” Observer 

All over the world, babies are different. Yet in some ways they are very much the same: each one has ten little fingers and ten little toes – to play with, to tickle, to wave. And each child is very, very special to its parents… Mem Fox’s gentle rhyming text makes this a brilliant read-aloud, and Helen Oxenbury's gorgeous art – featuring babies from a diverse array of backgrounds – will allow all children to see themselves in the story. With gorgeous golden foil on the cover and spine, this edition is one to share and treasure.

WIN!

We have five copies of Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes with posters to give away! To enter, just email your name and address to competitions@walker.co.uk with ‘Ten Little Fingers' in the subject line for your chance to win. 

Competition closes on 17th February 2018. Terms and conditions apply.

Pick up a copy of Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes in your local bookshop and check out the fun read-along video below.        







Mem Fox is the acclaimed author of many popular children's books including. In addition to writing children's books, she is a senior lecturer in education. Mem lives in South Australia with her husband. Find her online at memfox.com and on Twitter as @MemFox1.


Helen Oxenbury is among the most popular and critically-acclaimed illustrators of all time. Helen has won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal twice – in 1969, for The Quangle Wangle’s Hat and The Dragon of an Ordinary Family and in 1999, for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Find her on Twitter as @HelenOxenbury.