Opal Moonbaby by Maudie Smith
Martha's decided friends are stupid. Especially if they're anything like Colette and Chloe.
She never wants another friend.
Ever.
But it's the first day of the summer holidays, and there's not that much to do... until she spots a strange little furry creature who leads her to Opal Moonbaby. Opal's been sent down from her planet on a mission: to work out what on earth people are (and my goodness - people are strange) and to make a friend.
The picture book with something for everyone, however old you may be - in years or at heart.
Great conversations and just scary enough.
Double bubble - Victorians and psammeads. Read it before you see the film.
For the best fantasy friendship with a human bean. BFG and Sophie forever.
THE LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Characters against cruelty!
For lampposts, snow, beavers, Mr Tumnus, lions, witches and er...wardrobes.
THE HOBBIT by J R Tolkein
The most perfect Morpurgo. WW1. Bring tissues.
She never wants another friend.
Ever.
But it's the first day of the summer holidays, and there's not that much to do... until she spots a strange little furry creature who leads her to Opal Moonbaby. Opal's been sent down from her planet on a mission: to work out what on earth people are (and my goodness - people are strange) and to make a friend.
Happy Monday! No, really. It will be when you make friends with Opal Moonbaby. Opal is strange, fun and zooming brilliant. And she's an alien and has a small furry pet with wings. See here for my review and some thoughts on best friends in books.
Today Opal's creator and good friend Maudie Smith has dropped in on the Opal Moonbaby blog tour and is going to share her Top Ten Reads for Growing Children. Get ready to get nostalgic, meet a new book or get book-gift ideas for kids you know!
Today Opal's creator and good friend Maudie Smith has dropped in on the Opal Moonbaby blog tour and is going to share her Top Ten Reads for Growing Children. Get ready to get nostalgic, meet a new book or get book-gift ideas for kids you know!
My top ten books for growing children
Maudie Smith
There's a lot more than ten top books, you know, but this will have to do for a start.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Maurice Sendak
DOGGER by Shirley Hughes
Satisfying picture book story of everyday things. Deceptively simple.
THE KING OF CAPRI by Jeanette Winterson
Gorgeous writing that whirls around the pages with the wind.
CLEVER POLLY AND THE STUPID WOLF by Catherine Storr
Great conversations and just scary enough.
FIVE CHILDREN AND IT by E Nesbit
Double bubble - Victorians and psammeads. Read it before you see the film.
THE BFG by Roald Dahl
For the best fantasy friendship with a human bean. BFG and Sophie forever.
THE LITTLE PRINCESS by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Characters against cruelty!
JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA by Eva Ibbotson
For an enthralling 'girl's own' adventure with boys thrown in.
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, by C S Lewis
For lampposts, snow, beavers, Mr Tumnus, lions, witches and er...wardrobes.
THE HOBBIT by J R Tolkein
Classic high fantasy quest with an unlikely and loveable hero. Go Bilbo!
PRIVATE PEACEFUL by Michael Morpurgo
The most perfect Morpurgo. WW1. Bring tissues.
All right, there are eleven here, I know. But ten just isn't enough!
Brilliant list! It features some of my favourites.
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