The Picture Book Box

Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019   Oh Edinburgh Book Festival... you have my heart!       I had been looking forward to visiting the Edinburgh Book Fest since I first heard about it last summer (I know, where have I been?!) and I can honestly say that it went above and beyond everything that I thought it was going to be! Positioned across George Street & Charlotte Square, you'll find two HUGE book shop tents, an assortment of  'event tents', a 'signing tent', a café, a bar, a children's play area... so many places to explore!     The Charlotte Square book shop tent is jam-packed with carefully selected treasures that are moved or swapped around every day so that you always have something new to gaze wistfully over. Note to self:- bring a larger suitcase next year so that you can take more books home! (I didn't even make it into the George St. book tent because I knew I'd find more books that I'd have to be...

Welcome to The Picture Book Box! I just wanted to say a big hello to you all and that I'm so happy to be here, sharing some of my favourite stories with you. I recently heard someone refer to this current era of children's books as 'The Golden Age' of children's literature, and I have to say that I think I agree with them! As a child, I was always enchanted by stories - Harry Potter mostly - and I certainly have fond memories of visiting my local library with my lovely Mum and siblings... But if I look back now, I feel that I never ventured too far from the worlds and characters that I was familiar with: The Jolly Postman; The World of Peter Rabbit; Roald Dahl's Matilda... All of which are still favourites for me I hasten to add, however, when I started working in education almost 10 years ago, my eyes were reopened to the wonders that lie within picture books! I fell head over heels for them. Which is why I've started to spread the word about the vast ...