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‘Great book to use in the classroom to initiate discussions about friendship’ Story Snug adores AdoraBULL!

Story Snug has posted a fabulous review for a fabulous new picture book, AdoraBULL by Alison Donald with illustrations by Alex Willmore: ‘Alex Willmore’s very amusing illustrations support the humour in the easy to read text – Alfred causes a lot of chaos in his attempts to look adorable! We absolutely love the pictures showing him using the farmer’s phone and his attempt to look cute on a swing makes… Read More »‘Great book to use in the classroom to initiate discussions about friendship’ Story Snug adores AdoraBULL!

Latest picture books ‘from the classy Maverick stable’ reviewed in The Lancashire Evening Post!

Pam at The Lancashire Evening Post has just made live her wonderful reviews for two new picture books (with some nice words about Maverick too!): AdoraBULL by Alison Donald with illustrations by Alex Willmore: ‘Inventive author Alison Donald and star illustrator Alex Willmore work their special magic on this bewitching picture book story about a bull on the horns of a dilemma when his best friend goes in search of… Read More »Latest picture books ‘from the classy Maverick stable’ reviewed in The Lancashire Evening Post!

‘A lovely little story that will be a delight for younger readers – and their parents’ The Letterpress Project reviews The Wondrous Dinosaurium!

Terry at The Letterpress Project has just posted a cracking review for The Wondrous Dinosaurium by John Condon with illustrations by Steve Brown (publishing 28 May): ‘The popularity of dinosaurs with children never appears to wane – somehow they seem to make the wonder and mystery of history and science accessible to young minds, perhaps for the first time. How much better would it be if you could go to… Read More »‘A lovely little story that will be a delight for younger readers – and their parents’ The Letterpress Project reviews The Wondrous Dinosaurium!

Wonderful feedback from a parent for our Early Readers!

  We have just received a wonderful email about our Early Readers scheme from a parent encouraging her daughter to learn to read:   “ I have to say we’ve really struggled to find books for our little girl to read independently. Even well-known ones such as Biff, Chip and Kipper don’t seem to start at the real basic level and don’t offer the repetition of words throughout the book… Read More »Wonderful feedback from a parent for our Early Readers!

‘Great book for story time’ The Letterpress Project reviews Not My Hats!

Terry at The Letterpress Project posted a recent review for new picture book Not My Hats! by Tracy Gunaratnam and illustrated by Alea Marley: ‘We reviewed Tracy Gunaratnam’s last picture book, Hamster Sitter Wanted and we loved that, so we were pretty confident a new one would also be a treat. Not My Hats! is a simple, colourful and melodic offering that gives children plenty of chance to join in with the rhyming. Needless… Read More »‘Great book for story time’ The Letterpress Project reviews Not My Hats!

‘Wry humour’ The Ish Mother delights in the gentle message of AdoraBULL!

A great review for AdoraBULL by Alison Donald with illustrations by Alex Willmore has just been posted on The Ish Mother blog: ‘What I enjoyed about this book is the wry humour of it, poking fun at our love of cute animal photos and pointing out the ridiculousness of them.  I really liked this book (even though I thought Alfred was adorable from the start) and I hope that my… Read More »‘Wry humour’ The Ish Mother delights in the gentle message of AdoraBULL!

‘Absolutely A-DOR-A-BLE!’ Red Reading Hub enjoys a warm-hearted tale of friendship!

Jill at Red Reading Hub posted some wonderful words of praise for our latest picture book AdoraBULL by Alison Donald with illustrations by Alex Willmore: ‘Alison Donald’s funny, warm-hearted tale of friendship is beautifully illustrated by Alex Willmore whose scenes of Alfred and his antics are superbly expressive and like the book’s title, absolutely A-DOR-A-BLE!’ Many thanks, Jill! Read the full review here Buy a copy here

‘Charming story’ Parents in Touch reviews AdoraBULL and Not My Hats!

Parents in Touch has just posted some wonderful reviews for our two latest picture books: AdoraBULL by Alison Donald with illustrations by Alex Willmore: ‘A charming story about caring for each other and loyalty, even when changes take place in life. Alex Willmore’s illustrations are full of detail and humour – well worth taking time over and sharing.’ Not My Hats! by Tracy Gunaratnam with illustrations by Alea Marley: ‘The… Read More »‘Charming story’ Parents in Touch reviews AdoraBULL and Not My Hats!

Daydreaming Author Brings Dinosaurs Back from Extinction: Dan Metcalf talks to Devon Live!

The local news website for Devon Devon Live has posted a great piece about Crediton based author Dan Metcalf and his new series Dino Wars with the first book Rise of the Raptors launching in April. “This is a fast-moving, action-packed story will appeal to both boys and girls, in fact anyone who has a sense of adventure. Many a young adventurer would be put off and turn tail at… Read More »Daydreaming Author Brings Dinosaurs Back from Extinction: Dan Metcalf talks to Devon Live!

Wonderful review from The Letterpress Project for AdoraBULL!

Karen at The Letterpress Project has just posted a great review for AdoraBULL by Alison Donald with illustrations by Alex Willmore which was published yesterday: ‘This is the third book by Alison Donald and like The New LiBEARian is one that will encourage children to play with language and humour in a very entertaining way. The witty illustrations by Alex Willmore add another dimension to the story and help to make Alfred… Read More »Wonderful review from The Letterpress Project for AdoraBULL!

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