Books for Topics recently posted reviews of two of our latest picture books:
Beware the Mighty Bitey by Heather Pindar and illustrated by Susan Batori
‘This highly original story features a group of Mighty Bitey Piranhas who are lurking in a jungle water pool waiting for their next unsuspecting snack to come along. Filled with music and mayhem, this brightly illustrated and delightfully rhythmical story is heaps of fun. The piranhas are not the only things surreptitiously lurking in the pages of this book, however, as there is also an unexpected twist at the end that we never saw coming!’
Bears Don’t Eat Egg Sandwiches by Julie Fulton and illustrated by Rachel Suzanne
‘We’ve had plenty of fun enjoying Bears Don’t Eat Egg Sandwiches this week and we can’t get enough of this humorous story with an irresistible repeated refrain! This story features a small boy called Jack, who is busy preparing a plateful of egg sandwiches when he is interrupted by the appearance of a large bear. Undaunted, Jack tries to offer the bear some sandwiches but as the story climaxes it becomes apparent that the bear has a very different sort of lunch in mind! The story evokes elements of both The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Green Eggs and Ham, creating a wonderfully amusing new world of its own where boys negotiate lunchtime with bears in the most matter-of-fact kind of way. We love the bold, colourful illustrations that contrast the cartoon-like enormous bear with the photo-style collages of egg sandwiches, perfectly encapsulating the way in which the story merges the mundanity of lunchtime with the ludicrousness of the bear. We highly recommend this book and we are certain that this one will quickly become a story-time favourite.’
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