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Middle School Monday: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Body Under the Piano by Marthe Jocelyn with Illustrations by Isabelle Follath 

Ever since her father died, 12-year-old Aggie Morton has developed a Morbid Preoccupation of imagining gruesome stories. But she never expects that her own life will soon be affected by a real-life gruesome story, or that she will be the first one to discover the dead body under the piano! This story has plenty of entertaining characters, including shy but smart Aggie, her patient nursemaid Charlotte, a friendly constable, and Aggie’s new friend, a Belgian boy named Hector Perot.

This smart, funny, and twisty story is inspired by the famous mystery author Agatha Christie. So while this book is geared towards younger readers, anyone who has read Christie before will appreciate the references to her fictional stories and characters. Give this book to older kids and younger teens who appreciate kid detectives and imaginative mysteries!

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Book Review: Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gablesby Katherine Woodfine  (adapter),Isabelle Follath (illustrator) 5 out of 5 stars I loved this edited version of Anne of Green Gables! It is simplified for younger readers, but still captures all the charm of the original. It’s still all the same dialogue and basic story, but it has just been shortened and condensed. Continue reading Book Review: Anne of Green Gables

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Exploration and Artist research

Artist Research

Laura Ellen Anderson

Isabelle Follath

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Isabelle Follath "CHUNKY KNIT"

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A little Joy goes a long way...

A little Joy goes a long way... @quartokids @nubeochobooks

Joy the Elf, by Carmen Gil/Illustrated by Zuriñe Aguirre, (June 2018, NubeOcho), $15.95, ISBN: 9788494692611

Recommended for readers 4-8

Mateo is a boy who loves his tiny elf friend, Joy. She can be found in the most unexpected of places; his daddy’s beard, or in the sound of his grandparent’s car when they arrive for a visit. But the mean Ragdoll Witch doesn’t want Joy hanging around, so she…

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BOOK REVIEW : THE BEAST AND THE BETHANY BY JACK MEGGITT-PHILLIPS, ISABELLE FOLLATH (ILLUSTRATOR)

BOOK REVIEW : THE BEAST AND THE BETHANY BY JACK MEGGITT-PHILLIPS, ISABELLE FOLLATH (ILLUSTRATOR)

TITLE : The Beast And The Bethany

AUTHOR : Jack Meggit-Phillips

ILLUSTRATOR : Isabelle Follath

GENRE : Children’s Fiction, Middle-Grade, Fantasy

FR RATING : ⭐⭐⭐⭐( 4 Stars)

DATE OF PUBLISHING :   1 Oct 2020 

FR REVIEW

DISCLAIMER : Thank you, Netgalley and Egmont Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this book. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

The Beast And…

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The Write Reads Blog Tour: The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

Author/illustrator: Jack Meggitt-Phillips, Isabelle Follath

Genre: MG Fantasy

Published by: Egmont

Publication date: 01/10/20

Pages: 256

My rating:  ★★★★★

I received a free review copy from The Write Reads and Egmont in exchange for an honest review.

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Review: Revenge of the Beast by Jack Meggitt-Phillips and Isabelle Follath

Last year, I was lucky enough to take part in the blog tour for the first instalment in this witty, madcap middle-grade series. This year, I’m lucky enough to take part in another blog tour with The WriteReads and Farshore for the follow-up to The Beast and the Bethany -Revenge of the Beast.

The beast has ruled 500-something Ebenezer Tweezer’s life for centuries and now it has finally gone. He and reformed prankster Bethany are now determined to become do-gooders and transform the neighbourhood’s opinions of them. But this proves harder than both of them thought and Ebenezer finds that he’s strangely missing the beast. Claudette the parrot is also feeling and behaving a bit strangely, so what’s really going on?

The book is accompanied by Isabelle Follath’s quirky, charismatic illustrations. As well as the full page images, we are treated to double page spreads and decorative borders throughout the book. They add an extra engaging dimension, which I adored.

Meggitt-Phillips’ humour is ridiculously silly and ideal for imaginative children’s writing. It manages to be slapstick with enough cheek and sass for it to appeal to older readers too. At their heart, these books are intrinsically dark but the comedy prevents them from being nightmare fodder. 

I don’t think I’ve ever read a building described as ‘an architectural equivalent of someone who freely picks their nose in public’ but it works wonderfully well for the orphanage. I am still in awe of the unique descriptions that Meggitt-Phillips puts to paper and I know that kids will laugh themselves silly over them.

I think Gloria was one of my favourite additions to the sequel. She is an incredibly precocious, aspiring starlet, who has been left at the orphanage by her parents who aren’t dead -they have simply had enough of her! It might seem harsh to some readers but I found the whole idea incredibly funny!

Revenge of the Beast is a very funny, deliciously dark second book in the Beast and the Bethany series. Full of Dahl and Snicket-esque humour and stacks of imagination, I’m already looking forward to the third book!

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#Joy #NetGalley by Corrinne Averiss

#Joy #NetGalley by Corrinne Averiss

Title: Joy Author: Corrinne Averiss Illustrator: Isabelle Follath Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens

Publish Day: July 19,2018!

Rating: 5/5

Description 

Fern’s Nanna has not been herself of late. And when Mom remarks that all the joy seems to have gone out of her life, Fern decides to fetch the joy back. With her catching-kit at the ready, she goes to the park and finds joy in all sorts of…

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Joy, written by Corrinne Averiss and illustrated by Isabelle Follath, is one of those darling picture books where the words and accompanying artwork have a symbiotic relationship. When Fern’s grandmother, Nanna, feels happy, the colors on the page are vibrant and full of life. The joy that Fern attempts to capture outside for Nanna overflows with colors and swooshes and, well, happiness. Conversely, when Nanna feels down, the illustrations mirror that mood, inviting the reader to search the image for clues to her sadness. This is a fabulous book to teach students that reading goes beyond just decoding the words on the page - meaning is made by taking in the totality the text that lies in front of them. Great read aloud for grades 2-3. Author: @corrinneaveriss Illustrator: @isabellefollath Publisher: @quartokids I received this book from the publisher and @netgalley in exchange for an honest review. #netgalley #joy #quartopublishing #corrinneaveriss #isabellefollath #bookreviews #teachersofinstagram #teachingliteracy #thatbooklife #picturebooks #2ndgrade #3rd grade

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What Are Little Girls Made Of? - by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Isabelle Follath

What Are Little Girls Made Of? – by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Isabelle Follath

What Are Little Girls Made Of? – by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Isabelle Follath, Nosy Crow – an imprint of Candlewick Press, 9781536217339, 2021 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Poetry What did you like about the book? If one were to judge this book by its cover, he or she may think they are in for a poetic trip down Mother Goose’s memory lane.…

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The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, illustrated by Isabelle Follath

The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, illustrated by Isabelle Follath

The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, illustrated by Isabelle Follath. Aladdin, 2020. 9781534478893 Format: ARC (12/20 pub date) Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Genre:  Fantasy/horror What did you like about the book? Ebenezer Tweezer is 511 years old, going on 512. The reason for his great age and good looks? The monster in his attic vomits up an…

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Isabelle Follath "FLOWERS"

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Hope you love illustrations as I do 😍...this one from Isabelle Follath is so sweet. Check her IG account for more beautiful drawings #Repost @isabellefollath ・・・ I sometimes wish I had a little rose colored cloud floating above me, making everything easy and fun! #illustratorsoninstagram #childrensbookillustration #characterdesign #kidlitart #sommerfeeling #womenillustrators #childrensillustration #pencilandwatercolour

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Review: The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips

I was extremely lucky to be invited on the blog tour for this upcoming middle-grade book, so thank you so much to the lovely people at The WriteReads and at Egmont for sending me this wonderfully quirky and intriguing ARC.

At 511 years old, Ebenezer Tweezer doesn’t look a day over 20. He has been taking a special potion provided for him by an ancient beast that has been in his care for centuries. However, the Beast has a terrible price for Ebenezer’s youth -Ebenezer must feed the Beast whatever it demands. Over the years, he has fed it countless objects, pieces of art, plants and animals but now the Beast wishes to eat something it has never eaten before... a child.

Ebenezer is a less than savory character from the very beginning but he has a strangely childlike innocence about him that gives him all the potential for redemption, so I suspected that would happen at some point. The above quote definitely made me stop and think because I’d never heard privilege described in quite this way before but it is of course true and the perfect, simple way of explaining it to kids.

Bethany is an extremely badly-behaved orphan but as the story develops, we learn that she has a very pure heart and actually just wants to be loved and understood. She is Ebenezer’s lesson on alternate realities to the one he has been living for 500 years and ultimately, it’s her fearlessness and empathy that inspires him to become a better person.

As well as being a funny, kooky fairytale, The Beast and the Bethany also has quite a bit of depth. The idea that sometimes seemingly decent humans are the most dangerous monsters is a lesson that everyone should learn as early as possible, so it’s important that this is a regular theme in children’s books. However, so is the theme of owning and learning from one’s mistakes, which is exactly what Ebenezer does. 

This little rhyme is at the very start of the book and despite there not being any other songs or poems in it, it set me up for a Roald Dahl vibe right from the beginning. Meggitt-Phillips keeps up this dark whimsical humour that is so reminiscent of Dahl and I found myself both laughing and curling my toes at how deliciously evil the Beast was.

There are also these wonderful illustrations by Isabelle Follath that bring extra life to the story. The whole gruesome tale has a fairytale-esque feel to it and these sketches really reminded me of some of the spooky story and poetry collections that I had as a kid. I know that these gorgeous pieces of art will pull even the most reluctant readers right into the magic of the story.

The Beast and the Bethany is an original, funny, addictive read that is ideal for 8-12 this Halloween. With added elements of Lemony Snicket and Dorian Gray, a touch of Walliams-esque weirdness and packed full of wisdom and important life lessons, it’s a possible future staple for every child’s bookshelf.

The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips will be published by Egmont on 1st October 2020.