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March 2018

Ivy’s Guest Book: Shona Chambers from Space at 61

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Space at 61Tell us a little bit about yourself and your family

I’m Shona and I am the owner of a South London venue – Space at 61 – which I started 16 months ago.  I live in Forest Hill (SE London). My business is in Nunhead, so I spend 99% of my time south of the river. I have two children who are aged 9 and 2.

What is your toddler’s favourite book?

My daughter’s favourite book at the moment is The Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson. I think even 2-year olds have a lot of empathy, and she gets sad seeing the animals who the Rat steals from. But she also loves the rhymes and refrains and loves to spot the Gruffalo biscuits in the bakery at the end of the book. It was a real treat for her seeing it on TV at Christmas this year.

Which book do you most like reading to her and why?

The book I most like reading to my daughter is The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse by Beatrix Potter. It was given to us when she was born by a very dear friend. The lovely thing about this book is the little mouse and my daughter share a name, although it is only used once in the book. Whenever it gets to the place where it gives the character’s full name, my daughter smiles so much and says, ‘like me’! As with all of Beatrix Potter’s books it has the most beautiful illustrations as well.

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Abigail By Catherine Rayner

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AbigailAbigail is a beautiful giraffe who loves to count – however the things she wants to count won’t keep still!

A ladybird scuttles away when she tries to count his spots. Then she tries leaves but the zebra gobbles them up faster than she can count them. As each attempt at counting is scuppered she starts to get frustrated and when night falls she is ready to give up.

However when they look up, Abigail and her friends discover that nature has given them a whole sky full of twinkling stars which they can count together.

The illustrations in this one are breathtaking and there’s a fantastic fold out page where you can stretch Abigail’s long neck up to the sky. Ivy was super excited when she discovered that page and now she squirms in anticipation as we get to the end of the story.

Gorgeous!

Buy it now: http://amzn.to/2oOzTyt

Like Books About Animals? Enter Our Competition!

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Competition

Here at Ivy’s Library we have a lot to celebrate. It’s World Book Day, we’ve just launched a new website and we’ve racked up over 2,300 followers across Facebook and Instagram!

To say thank you for being part of this little community we’re giving one lucky follower the chance to win a prize bundle worth £80!

The theme for this competition is ANIMALS and our prize bundle contains 8 books and some snuggly toys!

 

Prize includes:

  • There’s A Tiger In The Garden (By Lizzy Stewart)
  • The Squirrels Who Squabbled (By Rachel Bright)
  • Oi Frog! (By Kes Gray)
  • Big Hid (By Roisin Swales)
  • There’s A Bear On My Chair (By Ross Collins)
  • The Storm Whale (By Benji Davis)
  • The Highway Rat (By Julia Donaldson)
  • Lost And Found (By Oliver Jeffers)
  • & 1 pack of 6 mini woodland animal soft toys from Living Nature

We have 2 prize bundles – one for Facebook followers and on for Instagram followers.

Click here to enter on Facebook

Click here to enter on Instagram

Contest is open internationally and will run for 2 weeks. The 2 winners will be selected at random at 8.30pm GMT on Thursday, March 15th.

GOOD LUCK!

Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book By Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler

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Charlie Cook's Favourite BookOur choice for World Book Day is Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson. Why? Because it’s not just a book – it’s a book in a book in a book in a book!

This really clever story takes you on a little adventure through a whole host of different stories and styles in just a few short pages.

Charlie Cook is sitting in an armchair reading his favourite book, which is about a pirate. In the story he’s reading, the pirate finds a copy of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and reads it. In the Goldilocks book one of the bears talks about his favourite story which is about a knight. And the knight is reading a book about a frog … And so on and so forth until we come right round to a headless ghost who is reading a book about Charlie Cook!

It may sound a little confusing but it’s a simple story and the rhyme is really catchy.

We also love the way that each page looks completely different as technically they’re each from a different book!

Buy it now: http://amzn.to/2F4oq4Q