Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good

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Odin’s verdict:I loved this one. It reminds me of the World Tree, but with more man-eating sharks. Hmm, perhaps I should add some to the World Tree? Louie’s verdict: Love this book! Brilliant observations about family, friendships and, more importantly, biscuits.

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Loki’s verdict:Naughty? It’s clearly about a very well behaved child who respects his elders. I’ll show you naughty.Louie’s verdict:Funny, beautiful and magic. Love the inky-splashy feel of the art, and the story that feels both mythic and very particular to these characters. Odin’s verdict: If you get any crumbs on the computer again Heimdall will send you to bed without any supper. Loki’s verdict:I DEMAND to have a 13-storey treehouse immediately. Not having one is a breach of my human rights! Read our review of The Wizards of Once Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer AuntiesbyHumza Arshad and Henry White, illustrated byAleksei Bitskoff

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Louie’s verdict: A funny, enthralling story with illustrations that manage to combine humour and a sense of epic scale and danger. Also: anyone who reads this book and won’t admit they have tried to summon monsters by Singing is a liar. Not enough books for older children have pictures. It’s as though you stop reading picture books and suddenly, images are bad. So every time I find a book aimed at older children that has pictures, it’s a little ray of joy. Here are some of my favourites. I haven’t included comics, because that would be a very long list indeed. These are books where the pictures play an important part in telling the story, but aren’t told in panels. Frostheart by Jamie Littler Read our review of Little Badman and the Invasion of the Killer Aunties Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney All of the staff and children of our school loved having Louie in school for the day. She provided real inspiration to all children to improve their writing and instilled a real love of creating stories and characters. The workshops and assembly were full of humour, purpose and thoroughly enjoyed by all.”

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Louie’s verdict:I’ve been a fan of Neill’s comics work for ages and this move into illustrated books does NOT disappoint. It’s both very funny and also incredibly humane. Even the adult characters get treated like full humans.