COOK BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
What's Cooking at 10 Garden Street - A delightful cookbook for kids that also tells a story!
As a child growing up, I was privileged enough to be raised by a village. My mother was intentional about raising me among diverse groups of people. This also meant that I was exposed to diverse foods. To this day, a good dal or pancit is comfort food to me. I learned from an early ...
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TOP TEN BOOK LISTS
Al MacCuish's Top Ten Books
I have been itching, itching, itching to tell you all about the children's book my very dear friend Al has written. It is still a little too early to tell you much, but above you can see a very exclusive sneak peak at the first page of his first book for children called 'Operation Alphabet' ...
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Marc Boutavant's Top Ten Favourite Children's Books
Marc Boutavant's Mouk is one of those children's books that simply must grace your bookshelves. The illustration is so brilliantly vibrant and engaging. Often compared to Richard Scarry, so it is interesting to see a Scarry book in his Top Ten list of children's books. Marc is not only a children's book illustrator but also ...
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Alison Jay's Top Ten Books
When my daughter was born Courtney bought my son a present (she's so good like that!). It was a book illustrated by English artist, Alison Jay (I Took the Moon for a Walk). It was my first introduction to Alison's work and (just as Courtney told me I would) I fell in love with her ...
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Camilla Reid's book list
I was introduced to Camilla via a friend who just knew we'd get on with each other, both being enthusiastic kid's book lovers. We met for coffee and tried to narrow down our favourites -- it was a hard task which lead to her rather brilliant suggestion that we should do top ten lists on ...
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Dallas Clayton's Top Ten List
I think it is safe to say that all us Babyccino ladies have a crush (purely in the children's-literature sense of the word) on Dallas Clayton. His books; An Awesome Book and An Awesome Book of Thanks are ... well ... awesome. Not only are they big on the ideas front but they are so ...
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Thank you, Dallas
Dallas Clayton is my friend. I've never met him (yet), and I don't think the feeling is mutual (even though he says he loves strangers), but I really feel strongly for him. Because his books are SO beautiful. Because his ideas are SO different. And because he really, really brings out the best in me. ...
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A Balloon for a Blunderbuss
I really enjoy writing for Babyccino Kids. My favourite bit is reading the comments people leave on my posts -- it is so great to have a dialogue with like-minded mums and dads. Back in February I wrote about a great book I'd found, Sparkle & Spin. Tina left a comment and it was clear ...
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The Golden Egg Book
The Golden Egg Book was only recently translated to Dutch and I picked it up from the bookshop the other day as a nice Easter present for my kids. It's about a little bunny who finds an egg and wonders what's inside... Written by the famous Margareth Wise Brown with beautiful illustrations from the equally ...
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Barefoot Books
I made a wonderful discovery not long ago that has kept my family entertained for evenings and evenings since: Barefoot Books. Barefoot Books is a publishing company that was started in 1992 (centuries ago!) by two young mums in London -- one with a passion for art and story and one with the entrepreneurial know-how. ...
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Around the World with Mouk, sticker book
Around the World with Mouk is the all time favourite book of every member of our household alike, be they a toddler, a pre-schooler, a parent, a teddy bear or a doll. Mouk is illustrated and written by the very talented French illustrator, Marc Bouvant, and follows a little bear called Mouk on a trip ...
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Little Babaji
We recently received The Story of Little Babaji as a gift, and it has become one of our new favorite books. Every night my boys request 'Little Babaji' as one of their bedtime books, and we read the lovely story about a little boy who outsmarts a bunch of hungry tigers in the jungle. The ...
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Kikker (=Frog)
Max Velthuis was a Dutch illustrator/author who in 1989, at the respectable age of 66 years of age, wrote his first book in the famous Frog series: Frog in Love. By the time of Mr. Velthuijs' death in 2005, Frog, the little green character wearing his signature stripey pants, had become quite an international celebrity. In the series, Frog is ...
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Derek the Deep-Sea Doctor
As I have already mentioned, my son is obsessed with sea creatures. And I think, if you've got a child with a particular interest, feed it! (A marine biologist has a good ring to it, don't you think??) So we've been on a quest to buy him every book you can find that mentions fish, ...
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