But long before he began his professional life, he had won his first drawing prize for an international chocolate company – his prize was a cuddly lilac cow. With stunning illustrations from Axel Axel Scheffler and intricate details on every page, this is sure to be another treat for little readers to enjoy.

That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis.However, the witch is proud of her ‘ magic‘ that ‘ turns men into mice/ And rubies and pearls into coal’! With Donaldson’s heartwarming, inspirational messages about being brave and standing up to bullies, a wise and enchanting story in a rhyme perfectly created for reading aloud, and Scheffler’s stunning and richly detailed illustrations providing lots to spot on every page, this is a creative partnership made in children’s reading heaven! There are fancy dresses, frilly dresses, stripy dresses, silly dresses, sun dresses, fun dresses, blue dresses, green. I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. The brand-new picture book from superstar author and illustrator Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler is a riot of slapstick fun and silliness.

Might their quarrel about their plans be sorted out by a mouse who suggests that the baddest baddy should be decided by who is first to steal her spotted hanky? I was intrigued to see that the Ghost was very much drawn in the style of Jacob Marley from Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'. Yesterday a parent came over to tell me how impressed she was by the book fair and that you did a fabulous job of selling the books to the children first.

This title is a riot of slapstick fun and silliness, sure to entice even the most reluctant of readers. When a little girl moves into a nearby cottage, the Baddies can’t wait to scare her out of her wits. But when The Baddies set their sights on a new little girl to scare, she soon teaches them that you don’t have to be big to be brave, and that baddies don’t always win.