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Grandma’s House of Rules – Book Review

News | 27th September 2021
Grandma's House of Rules - Book Review

A tale about coping with responsibilities and finding surprising solutions to problems, our young hero discovers his Grandma is not quite what she seems.

Les Sardines A L’Huile – Book Review

News | 1st September 2021
Les Sardines A L'Huile - Book Review

This book is jam-packed with gold and silver delights, says reviewer Karl Foster. From the debossed cover to the skilfully rendered designs within you will discover the range of items that reside in the category of tinned oily fish. All drawn by Glynn Boyd Harte.

Mistaken For A Bear – Book Review

News | 23rd August 2021
Mistaken For A Bear - Book Review

This book shows the consequences of the British Empire at work within the class system, the collecting of ‘specimens’ from across the globe and the fact that London has always been a cosmopolitan city devoted to the amassing of capital.

The Story Thief – Book Review

News | 13th August 2021
The Story Thief - Book Review

Olive, who lives by the shores of a small port town loves books. She is a shy child and will only leave the house to borrow them from her Library in Craggy Bay. After Olive loses her latest Library book there begins a mystery that affects the whole town. Just what is going on? Asks reviewer Karl Foster.

A Match for a Mermaid – Book Review

News | 3rd August 2021
A Match for a Mermaid - Book Review

Malu, the Mermaid Queen decides it is time to find a consort and she employs her chief hand-maid Brooke to make it so. Reviewer, Karl Foster, says the story is designed to help us to understand that each time that you look far and wide you also need to remember to look closer to home for solutions

One of a Kind – Book Review

News | 24th February 2021
One of a Kind - Book Review

‘One Of A Kind’, a picture book by Neil Packer is an excellent publication that allows you to stop, be still and take the time to think. Inside our protagonist is a youngster called Arvo, whose journey takes us from Linnaean nomenclature to the Dewey decimal system by way of aspects of time and space.

Beneficial Shock – issue 5 Magazine Review

News | 12th January 2021
Beneficial Shock - issue 5 Magazine Review

The theme for this issue is SECRETS & LIES. The Features articles drill down into the conceits that are inherent in the very structure of film, and how classic and modern narratives are shaped by geo-political, cultural and societal upheavals.

This Book is Anti-Racist – Book Review

News | 2nd September 2020
This Book is Anti-Racist - Book Review

Reviewer Karl Foster believes that This Book Is Anti-Racist will help children to help their elders to understand the inequities of racial prejudice and the work necessary to help them to ‘change their minds.’

The Bird Within Me – Book Review

News | 21st July 2020
The Bird Within Me - Book Review

Writer and Artist Sara Lundberg’s story takes place on a farm in the spare landscape of rural Sweden in the 1920’s and is inspired by the paintings, letters and diaries of the artist Berta Hansson. It begins when Berta is young and standing at a crossroads in her life. Our hero has to decide whether to stay or go.

Ways of Drawing – Book Review

News | 29th May 2020
Ways of Drawing - Book Review

In Ways of Drawing we are able to glimpse the personal, reflective and in some cases passionate evocation of the compulsion to make sense of the world through mark-making.

The Garden of Inside-Outside – Book Review

News | 17th April 2020
The Garden of Inside-Outside - Book Review

Written by Chiara Mezzalama Illustrated by Régis Lejonc Published by Book Island ISBN 978-1-911496-16-8 Reviewed by Karl Andy Foster This is a story that sets out its context carefully as […]

The Golden Cage – Book Review

News | 7th April 2020
The Golden Cage - Book Review

The story of an obsessive Emperor’s daughter who demands extraordinary birds. She wants a talking bird to fill the golden cage.

Greta and the Giants – Book Review

News | 2nd March 2020
Greta and the Giants - Book Review

Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old, Swedish school child who has become famous through her stand to save the world, has been cast in a fictional tale to help children grasp the concept of activism.

Shaun Tan on The Bird King, An Artist’s Sketchbook – Interview

News | 18th December 2019
Shaun Tan on The Bird King, An Artist’s Sketchbook - Interview

One of the world’s most popular illustrators, Shaun Tan – known for a series of fascinating picture books – has just published The Bird King, An Artist’s Sketchbook. A book containing ‘much fun, wit and wisdom’, according to our reviewer, Karl Foster, who spoke to Shaun about sketchbook vs tablet, the influence of his Australian location and how he pursues the use of scale in his artwork.

Otto Blotter Bird Spotter – Book Review

News | 2nd October 2019
Otto Blotter Bird Spotter - Book Review

This highly detailed illustrated book alive with textures and vibrant imagery is from the hand of artist and printmaker Graham Carter. The main excitement comes from his spectacular bird illustrations: the vivid colour and dynamic shapes helps to drive the narrative and grab our attention.

Cassandra Darke – Book Review

News | 27th August 2019
Cassandra Darke - Book Review

Featuring an unlikely female anti-hero who is well into middle age and has hardly any redeeming features, with this graphic novel Posy Simmonds has put her finger on the zeitgeist, presenting to the reader a world no longer sure of itself, where pigeons always come home to roost.

The Graphic Design Reader – Book Review

News | 2nd August 2019
The Graphic Design Reader - Book Review

This scholarly and engaging collection of key readings provides an excellent body of work for those who wish to understand how the subject of graphic design is moving from a field towards a discipline.

Stagdale – Book Review

News | 18th April 2019
Stagdale - Book Review

In the first part of Stagdale, nostalgia is as vivid as the swallows that dart about in the cauldron heat of the summer of 1975. The drawing style and character design of this credible world combines modulated lines with delicate textures and sumptuous colour with somber tones.

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