Word Wednesday: Author Onjali Q. Raúf
We review Onjali Q. Raúf’s pair of excellent children’s novels that focus on difficult issues whilst remaining filled with empathy and hope
Continue ReadingWe review Onjali Q. Raúf’s pair of excellent children’s novels that focus on difficult issues whilst remaining filled with empathy and hope
Continue ReadingM.T. Hill’s ‘The Breach’ is a slow burning urban horror that chills with its creeping sense of dread.
Continue Reading‘Echo Cycle’ is intriguing and compelling specualtive fiction, that tips its hat to Orwell whilst also taking its readers to Ancient Rome.
Continue ReadingA book that uses infographics to examine the structure, themes, and tropes of genre movies – what’s not to love?
Continue Reading‘Make a Living Living’ is a book about how to follow your dreams and make a living out of it.
Continue ReadingStephen Biesty’s ‘Incredible Cross-Sections’ has inspired children for a quarter of century. It’s easy to see why in this anniversary edition.
Continue ReadingEver wondered how your brain worked? Ever wondered how you wondered? Find out with DK’s excellent new book ‘How the Brain Works.”
Continue ReadingScarlett Thomas’s ‘Worldquake’ series is top-notch children’s storytelling. It’s a new and improved Harry Potter for the 2020’s.
Continue Reading‘I Don’t Like Books. Never. Ever. The End’ is a well thought out, tactile reading experience, designed to switch children onto the magic of books
Continue Reading‘China Through Time’ travels through 2,500 years of history of China’s Grand Canal in 14 beautifully illustrated panels.
Continue Reading‘The Bat Book’ by Chalotte Milner contains everything you ever wanted to know about the nocturnal echolocating superhero-inspiring mammals.
Continue ReadingWhat’s the Point of Math? If you don’t already know, you can find out in this excellent primer that informs and entertains in equal measure.
Continue Reading‘Breath’ by Tim Winton is a captivating book about limits and the worrying habit teenagers have of trying to break them.
Continue ReadingStart the year off with a bang by reading Dave Hutchinson’s excellent ‘Return of the Incredible Exploding Man!’
Continue ReadingThe Droid Memoir You Are Looking For: ‘I am C-3PO – The Inside Stroy.’ Anthony Daniels reveals his experiences from episodes I-IX
Continue ReadingFollowing hot on the heels of last week’s review of Ultimate DC, I’m back with another glorious DK book, Ultimate Star Wars.
Continue Reading‘DC Comics: Year by Year’ is a slipcased hardback perfect for those who want to immerse themselves in comic book lore.
Continue ReadingThe ‘Star Wars: Ultimate Pop Up Galaxy’ brings the saga to life in an amazing feat of cardboard engineering.
Continue ReadingInstragram sensation ‘Strange Planet’ has arrived in book form. It’s designed to make you laugh & fill festive foot fabric tubes everywhere.
Continue ReadingStay on target with ‘The Rebel Starfighters Owners Workshop Manual.’ Everything you ever wanted to know about maintaining your X-Wing.
Continue Reading‘Big Ideas for Curious Minds’ will help your child understand themselves and the wider world. This excellent book will help bring families closer together.
Continue ReadingSeeing Gender is an excellent book about free expression and understanding the multi-faced subject of gender identity.
Continue ReadingWe love books and boardgames here at GeekDad and we love this book about boardgames too! Ian Livingstone’s ‘Board Games in 100 Moves.’
Continue Reading‘You Smell!’ and ‘Poo!’ two excellent books that will help slake your child’s fascination with bodily functions.
Continue Reading‘Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life’ from DK Books. Everything you ever wanted to know about life before humans in a single awesome volume.
Continue ReadingA history of female DC characters and creators, ‘Women of Action’ is a lovingly crafted homage to some of greatest ever comic book characters.
Continue Reading‘Flight’ by Zack Scott offers a detailed look at the physics and engineering of flight. It’s a sumptuous visual history of aircraft.
Continue ReadingThis Week’s Word Is “Wonderland.” This week I bring you a classic story, but not in a book, in a box. Laurence Kings’s Alice in Wonderland Story Box lets children retell Lewis Carroll’s classic, whilst making an 8-foot-long story in the process. I reviewed a similar product back in 2016 and this one is just as much […]
Continue Reading‘The Truth Pixie Goes to School’ A wonderful rhyming children’s story that extol’s the virtues of being the “best you can be.”
Continue ReadingDK’s ‘My Very Important World’ is perfect for explaining the world to our children, whilst putting them at the heart of it.
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