600 and a Bit

006 and a Bit
by Nick Sharratt


my name is paige i have read 006 and a Bit and by Kes Gray and Nick Sharratt. I like the story and the picture and in the story i like when 600 and a Bit was talking spy language and when 600 and a Bit was talking to another spy called 0021 and a Bit and when the food was talking and the ice cream said pleased to meet you and the flake said how do you do and the cookie said hello and the drink said so glad you could come.

review by Paige

Picture Book Picks - Something Beginning with Blue

Something Beginning with Blue
written by Sally Symes
illustrated by Nick Sharratt

I picked up this book for the first time yesterday. It's a Nick Sharratt, so I knew it would be good. It's a spin on the travelling game eye spy, except instead of a letter, it is a colour. For instance "I spy with my little eye something beginning with green".

You can see the next colour through a pair of cut out eyes and there is a little description to give you a clue before you turn the page. As usual with a Nick Sharratt book, the illustrations are very bold and colourful. The story was greatly enjoyed by the nursery children I was reading to. This is going to be a firm favourite at storytime.

Here are a few other Nick Sharratt titles that I love:

Shark in the Park is one of my all time favourites. It is about a boy, Timothy Pope who is in the park with his telescope (see, already you can see the rhyme!) and is sure he keeps seeing a shark, but the shark turns out to be something quite different each time. Fabulous! Especially if you and the children make a telescope with your hand and look all around while you are reading the story.



I love this one too! The Foggy Foggy Forest. Peer through the fog, courtesy of some opague paper and try to identify the fairytale creatures.







Accidentally on Purpose is a split book featuring that little scamp Daisy. In this picture book, you have the choice of making Daisy do something good or something naughty, much to the delight of any children reading this book. This one is written by Kes Gray and illustrated by Nick. To find out more about Daisy and her antics you can visit the website - Daisy Club.

I could go on and on recommending books Nick Sharratt has written or illustrated, but I will stop here and let you explore for more yourself.

Picture Book Picks - The Foggy, Foggy Forest & Mrs Muffly's Monster

These two picture books are going down a storm at story times. If you are looking for a book to borrow from your local library or one to buy as a gift, then you wouldn't go wrong with one of these.














The Foggy Foggy Forest
by Nick Sharratt

Nick Sharratt writes a mean story! They are always great. Be it a novelty pop-up book or a story in rhyme, he always pitches it just right and children love his books.

The Foggy Foggy Forest is a real treat. The reader is invited to step into the forest and to guess which characters they can see as silhouettes in the fog.

The black illustrations are printed on something similar to a thick opaque tracing paper, but once you turn the page you see the characters in full, glorious colour. Cinderella and Snow White are having a water pistol fight, there is a unicorn playing the horn and an ogre doing yoga.












Mrs Muffly's Monster
by Sarah Dyer

Mrs Muffly is being very secretive!

Mrs Muffly is a strange little lady who lives alone in her house at the top of a hill. But is she living alone? Rumour is, she is living with a monster! On Monday, Mrs Muffly goes out on her motorcycle and buys a huge pile of sugar. Is this to keep the monster sweet? On Tuesday she buys 27 dozen eggs. Are they for the monster to style it's hair?

This hilarious book, with it's zany illustrations travels with Mrs Muffly through the rest of her week until a big surprise on Sunday.