7 Dec 2019, 10:11

As a kid or as an adult?
Benji Davies, Grandad’s island. Which I still struggle to read out loud, after loosing my grandad a few years ago. Beautifully written and illustrated.
The shrinking of treehorn which I read as a kid, is about a kid who is shrinking and tries to tell the adults around him but they’re all too busy with their own problems. Brilliant book illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Also recently Andy Stanton and David Lichfield’s, When I was a child. Which is about the magic and wonder of childhood told by grandma remembering how the world use to be when she was a child. It then switches as grandma gets sad about getting old and grey, the child takes grandma on a journey to show her how it is still full of wonder and magic. Again It’s so beautifully illustrated and written, while using Andy Stantons surreal and humorous take on the world.
Also the promise, by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin, it reads out loud really well. It’s about a girl who lives in a hard mean city. She steals a bag off an old lady, while she’s stealing it the old lady makes her promise to plant what’s inside the bag. The prose and the illustrations go so well together. It’s a story that will stick with you.