A lovely warm book with some of the silliness a child can enjoy. At the same time it quietly addresses the development of a child’s existence as she becomes distinct and other than her parents. Alice’s mum and dad don’t notice there’s lion in the house for ages and when they do they have completely…
Jimmy and his little brother are evacuated to Wales along with some of his school. It’s the phoney war, so he doesn’t see the point and is hurting because of what’s happened at home. To make it worse his brother takes to it all like a duck to water and his best mate betrays him….
There comes a time when a child realises she knows something, maybe lots, that her parents don’t. Their paths become distinct from one another. Here, with pictures like chalky lithographs and with creatures a little reminiscent of Maurice Sendak’s wild things, Melissa Castillon guides us and Winnie through storms to build a bridge between the…
