Top Ten Childrens Books Reviews

I've always been a bit of a reader myself, and I've always been especially keen on kid's books. There are some amazing ones out there that really help to nurture a positive interest in young children right from a few months of age. Our grandson was mad about 'That's Not My Tractor..." from just five months old, and these days he's probably ...  Read the complete review

As with many folks who've written in this category, I've been an avid book person practically since birth. My parents have photos of me before the age of two sitting "reading" to my stuffed animals and I quickly memorised my favourite stories much to the chagrin of my dad who would occasionally try to skip a page or two at bedtime. ...  Read the complete review

As a parent to two baby boys, I've been reading a lot of children's books, and the following is a selection of favourites I've read to them, as well as old childhood favourites of my own. **NO.10: Kipper, by Mick Inkpen** I know Kipper from the TV, and was surprised this book was just called 'Kipper', so imagine it is the ...  Read the complete review

I have always been an avid bookworm. From the days of "the yellow house" and "the red house" at infant school right up to modern day housebricks of books. I'm going to exercise boasting rights here and clearly remember being asked to read for the class 2 years below me at infants because I was so advanced for my age. It is the ...  Read the complete review

As a child, I always loved reading. My Mum used to love embarrassing me by telling everybody that she met that I even read books in the toilet (which wasn't true, by the way!) I started compiling this list with the intention of including some modern stories that my kids enjoy but writing this made me remember so many well-loved classics from my ...  Read the complete review

Children's books I love books and think they are such an important part of life. I have such fond memories of sitting and reading with my mum or reading by torch at night when I was suppose to be asleep. I love the way that you can loose yourself in a book and pretend you are somewhere else but I think that children's books are in a class of their ...  Read the complete review

On the go just like me is a brilliant book for smaller children. it is written by jess stockham. the book is really colourful with big words which is needed in books aimed at smaller children The front cover is bright with green,yellow,orange and purple colours it really stands out in the bookshops. it has a picture of a little ...  Read the complete review

When I was a little girl, you would hardly ever see me without my nose in a book..... My bedroom was like a library, I think it was due to the fact I had really bad eczema and had a lot of teasing at school, so this was my escape..... And I have remained that way, I love reading more than anything, my husband thinks its funny..... He says the only ...  Read the complete review

My home is shared with my wife, our cats, the occasional visiting vestiges of our two sons, and about four thousand books. Clearly, the books are in the majority. They are all over the place, literally and figuratively. They are not sorted by author, title or subject matter. Here in my lair, for example, Kurt Vonnegut sits next to A J ...  Read the complete review

I've always loved to read and have passed my love of books onto my daughters. I really enjoyed reading to them any time of day, but especially at bedtime - I was thrilled, but rather sad, when they said they were 'too old' to be read to anymore as they could read themselves! the following is a list of my favourite books but ...  Read the complete review

My top ten children's books, in no particular order are... 1. The Famous Five - yes this is cheating a bit because it's a series, but I grew up reading these adventure stories and I love them! Real nostalgia here. 2. The Jolly Christmas Postman - I remember reading this one with my mum! I love all illustrations and the little ...  Read the complete review

I have two boys at a year old and a niece at four and I never believed I would get sick of reading stories, being super mum & all that. However, there are some books I am truly sick of - Disney Lion King or Tarzan, neither flows very well, makes it difficult to read and Miffy, poor Miffy, I used to love Miffy, but again doesn't flow and ...  Read the complete review

After doing Malu's Literary Challenge in my last review, I thought I'd have a go at my Top 10 Children's Books. It certainly sounded easy enough in practice. However after having a good think I realised I could only recall three or four titles from my youth, and the rest were Doctor Who books (which probably doesn't say much about ...  Read the complete review

My children all know how much I love to read, but the question most often on their lips (when they see me curled up with yet another good book), is “what books did you read when you was little Mummy?”. Now I read lots of books as a child, and not all of them could be considered children’s books, but I’m now going to rack my memory and see if I ...  Read the complete review

I am a real bookworm. Ever since I can remember I have been a member of the local library and learned to read before I went to school. I would be lost without books and you can always find a paperback in my bag so that I can be transported away from my normal life whilst commuting to and fro work. I have ...  Read the complete review

Anyone that knows me will tell you I`m not one to shy away from a Challenge, I mean for heaven sakes I`ve read every Robert Rankin I`ve been presented with, if that`s not the stuff to make a man out of a mouse, I don`t know what is.. So here, I present my answers to the questions (and for once I haven`t been a smart-arse git and put "42" ...  Read the complete review

There was a time when dooyoo was not the scene of all these challenges; instead ciao ("the other side") was home to copious people asking copious silly questions about other people's duvet colours, and whether they brushed their teeth before or after they woke up. Thankfully, here we can at least survey some interesting, ...  Read the complete review

Hello, feel free to ignore this opening rant and skip down to the challenge. Or not. You could always skip straight on to another opinion, by someone else, I wouldn?t mind, honest. I wouldn?t even know that you?d been by, so there would be no need for any embarrassment as you tried to shuffle out without being noticed, or texted a mate to ...  Read the complete review

AKA Malu's Challenge.... Q: What is your favourite genre? A: I like modern fiction, not just chick lit but including that - things like "Cuban Heels" and "Baggage", both my Emily Barr for example.. But I also like factual books like "Fat Land", a book like "Fast Food Nation" but ...  Read the complete review

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