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Not just a frilly dress
Eight inspiring picture books with powerful princesses We've been sharing empowering and stereotype-squashing stories all week for...
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Picture Book Snob
- Mar 13, 2021
- 3 min
Making mischief for royal twits
The Worst Princess by Anna Kemp and Sarah Ogilvie, Simon and Schuster What's it about? Princess Sue waits in a tower for a prince to come...
Picture Book Snob
- Mar 11, 2021
- 4 min
The Dos and Don'ts of Dragon Hunting
Here Be Dragons by Susannah Lloyd and Paddy Donnelly, Frances Lincoln What's it about? I'll try not to give too much away as I'd prefer...
Picture Book Snob
- Mar 9, 2021
- 3 min
The epic adventures of Bo the Brave
I Can Catch a Monster by Bethan Woollvin, Two Hoots What's it about? Bo's brothers tell her she is too little to join them on their...
Picture Book Snob
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes
Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights by Steven Lenton, Nosy Crow "I know you put me in a tower to keep me safe from...
Picture Book Snob
- Mar 7, 2021
- 3 min
Nursery rhymes for feminist times
What are little girls made of? by Jeanne Willis and Isabelle Follath, published by Nosy Crow What's it about? Seventeen classic nursery...
Picture Book Snob
- Mar 7, 2021
- 2 min
A delicious adventure in outer space
You Can't Eat a Princess by Gillian Rogerson and Sarah McIntyre, Scholastic What's it about? It's Princess Spaghetti's birthday and an...
Picture Book Snob
- Feb 26, 2021
- 4 min
Why straying from stories is fun!
Little Red Reading Hood by Lucy Rowland and Ben Mantle, Macmillan What's it about? This is a clever, innovative and highly amusing...
Picture Book Snob
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
Laughing our cares and fears away
Imagine! by Patricia Forde and Elīna Braslina, Little Island Books What's it about? A little girl shares her fears with her grandmother...
Picture Book Snob
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
See the world with this wonderful book
Travels with my Granny by Juliet Rix and Christopher Corr What's it about? Granny trekked all over the world in her youth. Now she is...
Picture Book Snob
- Feb 10, 2021
- 3 min
Love is the strongest thread
The Longest Strongest Thread by Inbal Leitner What's it about? A little girl and her family are moving far away, leaving Grandmother...
Picture Book Snob
- Feb 3, 2021
- 4 min
Take a walk on the wild side
Howl by Kat Patrick and Evie Barrow “It had been one of those days. First of all, the sun was the wrong shape, in a sky that was too...
Picture Book Snob
- Nov 28, 2020
- 2 min
Meet T. Rex's bigger sister
She Rex by Michelle Robinson and Deborah Allwright "She Rex is a big and burly, multi-coloured dino girly..." Ed won't let his sister...
Picture Book Snob
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
The warming glow of a gorgeous book
Ella's Night Lights by Lucy Fleming "Nestled in a little nook of an old oak tree, lived a teeny tiny girl. Her name was Ella." Ella's...
Picture Book Snob
- Nov 18, 2020
- 5 min
There's no end to the things that a princess can do
The Princess and the Shoe by Caryl Hart and Sarah Warburton This is a remarkably clever, interesting and progressive twist on Cinderella...
Picture Book Snob
- Oct 24, 2020
- 3 min
A small act of kindness mends more than wings
Albert the Dragon by Gareth Chapman and Andrea Rossi This gorgeous picture book demonstrates how powerful kindness can be and celebrates...
Picture Book Snob
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
The Powerful Magic of Finding Your Voice
Wanda's Words Got Stuck by Lucy Rowland and Paula Bowles A wonderful story about overcoming your fears and channelling the strength you...
Picture Book Snob
- Sep 5, 2020
- 5 min
We Love This Fierce and Funny Fairy Tale
Don't Mess with a Princess! by Rachel Valentine and Rebecca Bagley A rampaging ogre causes havoc in a kingdom far, far away. Meanwhile,...
Picture Book Snob
- Aug 13, 2020
- 2 min
Rhinos and Baboons and Bears - Oh My!
I Have to Start at School Today by Simon Philip and Ged Adamson This is a fantastic story which acknowledges how issues that might seem...
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