Today we had a very special guest for Under Fives Storytime - Hamish McHaggis!!
Author Linda Strachan read from Hamish's books, we had colouring-in fun, & we got to high five a haggis!
All part of a working day at the EB! 
We do like that high-fiving a haggis at a book reading is part of our job...
Who’s the deadliest cat in the world? Who’s the most dangerous dog? Which dog can sing, and which cat loves to swim? Find out in Cunning Cats and Daring Dogs, the next book in the Crazy Creatures series by Wesley Bare.
#childrensbooks #picturebooks #animals #nature
https://www.amazon.com/Cunning-Cats-Daring-Crazy-Creatures/dp/B0F3PHM2JQ/
Just a week till THE PINK PAJAMAS (Simon & Schuster) launches!
Did you know the pajamas in the book are inspired by the real ones my aunt sewed for me as a kid? Here's proof - thank you Ah Yi!
Four Fabulous Picture Book Biographies About Athletes
These picture book biographies about athletes will make even the most inside-kid reader want to get out there and play.
https://bookriot.com/picture-book-biographies-about-athletes/
The Medicine in the Magic: Writing Big Emotions in Children Stories
Author B.R. Duray shares thoughts on writing big (and sometimes difficult) emotions in children stories while keeping them fun to read.
https://www.writersdigest.com/the-medicine-in-the-magic-writing-big-emotions-in-children-stories
#Childrens #Genre #WriteBetterFiction #emotion #picturebooks
@indieauthors
More book events fun: my chum Rachel Plummer is the special guest for @TheEdinburghBookshop 's Under Fives Storytime with the charming The Big Day, for #PrideMonth
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/the-big-day-a-storytime-special-with-rachel-plummer
#WhatTheGruffalosReading : the G-Man is enjoying A Home For Spark the Dragon, by acclaimed and much-loved Welsh actor, Michael Sheen, Jess Webb, & illustrated by Sarah Massini, which raises funds for homelessness charity Shelter.
Signed copies available (while they last). And yes, of course we read it, and we thought it was rather lovely.
I am already in love with some of these picture books just from the sample illustrations in this article. Wow! Gotta check and see if my library has any of these! (I have a 5-year-old in my life, and I'm the book fairy!)
Oh, Carrots! Mariajo Ilustrajo's delightful picture book is Bunny Approved!
5 Lessons Learned: Developing a Picture Book Series With Recurring Characters
Author Teresa Argenbright shares five lessons learned about developing a picture book series with recurring characters.
https://www.writersdigest.com/5-lessons-learned-developing-a-picture-book-series-with-recurring-characters
#Childrens #Genre #WriteBetterFiction #picturebooks #RecurringCharacters
@indieauthors
Zoom sur l’image dans la grotte 
Je vous saurais gré de bien vouloir prendre la peine de lire le alt, qui est le alt le plus complet de l’histoire des alts de ma page, même si je n’ai pas mentionné qu’il y a un gros bonhomme bleu avec des longs bras ni que le rideau de la grotte est particulièrement cool pour un rideau de grotte.
D’autres images du même livre sur ma page pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/delphine.durand 
#wip #illustration #delphinedurand #cosmogony #creation #albumjeunesse #picturebooks
Une drôle de Bête - Martine Laffon & Delphine Durand - Ed. Les Foumis Rouge) #pictureBooks #litteratureJeunesse #illustration #delphinedurand #childrensBooks #animaux #nature #creation #cosmogonie #albumJeunesse #uneDroleDeBete
Nate Williams' bright and quirky children's book, The Centipede With Only 99 Feet, explores themes of differences, acceptance, and self-worth. It's available from Nate's website at https://www.n8w.com/99feet
Rabbit on the Rampage!!!
The G-Man is chortling over Lorna Watson &
Rikin Parekh's brilliant new picture book from Walker Books.
Peas being crushed by bottoms may be involved...
#WhatTheGruffalosReading : we're always delighted to have a new Oliver Jeffers and Sam WInston book.
Poor Dictionary has all the words, but none of the stories of other books - be careful what you wish for! We had to take a few moments to read this to each other in our bookshop today!
Oliver & Sam will be at
@edbookfest this month
Our three furriest staff members, Doug, Peter & the G-Man, are chilling outside at Holy Corner, enjoying some recent picture books.
New Ross Collins alert klaxon!
We read Ross's books so often at Storytime, always delighted to have a new one from Macmillan Children's Books!
Total cuteness overload warning!
I am I and Me is Me by Lea Hope Bonzer is a sweet heart-warming story of saving a baby bunny.
#childrensbooks #picturebooks #nature #rabbits
https://www.amazon.com/I-am-Me/dp/1648102298/
#CfP for the Symposium "Teaching (With) #Picturebooks: Context, Competences, #Criticism", which will take place at the University of Rostock on November 25-26, 2024.
Deadline for Abstracts: September 9, 2024
Further Information:
https://www.avldigital.de/de/vernetzen/details/callforpapers/teaching-with-picturebooks-context-competences-criticism/ #avldigitalnews @litstudies @germanistik @italianstudies #LiteratureArts #LiteratureVisual #LiteratureVisualArts #LiteratureYouth #Genre #LiteratureGenre
