By: Alice Ahearn* I was very excited to be invited to The Merlin School to read some of Tiny Owl’s stories to children! On Tuesday 9 May, I visited four reception classes during their morning lessons to read two Tiny Owl titles: A Bird Like Himself and The Elephant’s Umbrella. I picked these stories because they’re full of the joys of […]
Alive Again is now out in paperback! First published in hardcover in 2015, Ahmadreza Ahmadi’s simple yet profound poem of loss and hope is a wonderful way to discuss concerns of life, death and rebirth with young children. There’s a universal appeal in the themes of Alive Again. Everyone has to learn to trust that the […]
Hay Festival: a magical melting pot of international ideas! The Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, is the biggest event of the international literary calendar. At the edge of the Brecon Beacons, it’s a magical melting pot of ideas from all over the world, attended by writers and artists, thinkers and scholars, performers and publishers… including […]
The Elephant’s Umbrella has been listed as a Perfect Picture Book! On her lovely blog To Wander, Ponder, Write, Patricia Nozell picks one picture book to review every Friday. Read on to find out why she thinks it’s so wonderful that The Elephant’s Umbrella ‘presents sharing as a win-win situation’, and to see some resources and suggestions for exploring the […]
Tiny Owl has a surprise in store: a storytelling performance using the ancient Persian art of pardekhani! Storyteller Alia Alzougbi will be performing Tiny Owl’s The Parrot and the Merchant in an event at Greenwich Book Festival on 27 May. At the centre of the event will be a beautiful canvas decorated with Marjan Vafaian’s stunning illustrations – the […]
Read a wonderful review of A Bird Like Himself by Mirrors windows doors: When an eclectic collection of animals come across an egg, they swiftly also find themselves cast in the role of parents. What they lack in bird-ness, they make up for with love and dedication. As Bird grows, he benefits from the diverse […]
We are thrilled to see this blog (below) from amazing children’s librarians in Porirua, New Zealand and all the great work they have done to show books from around the world to their members. We love all the bottles of happiness drawn by children in these photos.Well done all of you! The past school holidays saw […]
Greenwich Book Festival celebrates all the wonderful journeys of discovery we embark upon when we read. Held at the Old Naval College at Greenwich, it’s a place where you can both meet authors and illustrators you already admire, and also discover new emerging voices – in an environment that includes everyone. It includes tours, workshops […]
The Parrot and the Merchant Illustrator: Marjan Vafaian Age: 5+ Key stage: 1 The Parrot and the Merchant is now out in paperback! Based on a fable by Rumi, the 13th-century poet, philosopher and Sufi mystic, this retelling by internationally-renowned artist Marjan Vafaian was released in hardback in 2015. The tale of the merchant Mah […]
By Anahita Teymorian (Taymourian) Buy A Bird Like Himself hardback, 32 pp, £11.99 (discounts may apply) Buy A Bird… Read more…
By: AhmadReza Ahmadi Illustrations by: Nahid Kazemi Buy Alive Again paperback, 24 pp, £7.99 (discounts may apply) Buy Alive Again hardback,… Read more…
Buy The Parrot and the Merchant
Based on a fable by Rumi Illustrations by: Marjan Vafaian The exquisitely illustrated story is an enchanting fable exploring how… Read more…
By Anahita Teymorian (Taymourian) written and illustrated by Anahita Teymorian, translated by Azita Rassi Buy The Clever Mouse hardback,… Read more…
Buy When I Coloured in the World
By: AhmadReza Ahmadi Illustrations by: Ehsan Abdollahi Buy When I Coloured in the World, hardback, 32pp, £11.99 (discounts may apply)… Read more…
