Monthly Archives: July 2012

Jazzy in the Jungle

Posted on July 31, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Fils cadet‘s all time favourite book is Jazzy in the Jungle by Lucy Cousins of Maisy fame. First published in 2002 by Walker Books, I’m not sure if it’s even in print any more – our copy was secondhand. (I’ve … Continue reading →

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Down the Rabbit Hole – Juan Pablo Villalobos

Posted on July 26, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Down the Rabbit Hole  made a bit of a splash on publication – innovative publisher And Other Stories’ first book, it was immediately shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize – so it had been … Continue reading →

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Behold a Pale Horse by Peter Tremayne – a rant

Posted on July 19, 2012 by forwardtranslations

I normally wait until I’ve finished reading a book before posting about it, but this is going to be more of a rant than a review! Having finished the excellent but mammoth Traveller of the Century, I was in the … Continue reading →

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Traveller of the Century

Posted on July 14, 2012 by forwardtranslations

This book looked dauntingly large when the review copy arrived, and it weighs in at 584 pages, which is why it’s taken a while to appear on my blog. Anyone following the #translationthurs hashtag on Twitter will also have noticed … Continue reading →

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The Yoga Ogre

Posted on July 13, 2012 by forwardtranslations

This is another of fils cadet‘s library books from the other day, but he has so far refused to actually read it! Fortunately, fils aîné has taken a shine to it instead. Written by Peter Bentley, the winner of last … Continue reading →

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Tadpole’s Promise – horrific or hilarious?

Posted on July 8, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Now here’s an odd one. Fils aîné loves this book and so, apparently, do a lot of other people – it won the Smarties Book Prize silver award, was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and has heaps of positive … Continue reading →

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Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels, The Movie Story Book

Posted on July 6, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Everything about the title and cover of this book fills me with dread: it’s brash, it’s loud, it’s “based on the DVD!” I don’t know exactly what it is about the books of children’s TV programmes that puts me off … Continue reading →

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Sharing a Shell

Posted on July 3, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Lydia Monks is another of fils cadet‘s library books from the weekend. It’s interesting to note the difference made by a change of illustrator – the rhyming text is still obviously Donaldson … Continue reading →

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Busy Day (The Little Red Train)

Posted on July 2, 2012 by forwardtranslations

You may remember that I didn’t think much of Green Light in the Little Red Train series, so I was mildly amazed to find myself pointing out Busy Day to fils cadet at the library the other day. To be … Continue reading →

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On Taking the Younger Son to the Library

Posted on July 1, 2012 by forwardtranslations

Fils cadet loves going to the library. Fils aîné kind of likes it too, once he gets there, but gets a lot more attached to his books and reluctant to take them back, whereas fils cadet has to be discouraged … Continue reading →

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