Mole's Spectacles: A Lift-the-flap Story (Tales From Acorn Wood, 7)

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We havwe been receiving our storybook subscription for around 18 months and I can't see us stopping anytime soon.

The books are still better than most on the market and are sturdy, easy to wipe clean and fun to read with their ‘open and see’ sections but the author really could have done better with the wording, it’s like a GCSE attempt at writing a rhyming poem in some points. Our pick this month for children aged 0-2 is Mole’s Spectacles, which comes from the bestselling author/illustrator team of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty, gift and poetry books for Macmillan, such as Fish Who Dream of Trees (Two Hoots) and the bestselling The Bedtime Bear , The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes – and of course, he is the illustrator of some of the world's best-loved picture books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child , which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide. More lift-the-flap adventures from Acorn Wood: Cat’s Cookbook, Squirrel’s Snowman and Badger’s Band.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

This story’s emphasis on worry, sadness, comfort eating and all of that being solved by finding the lost glasses (that in the real world may never be found) sends a superficial message, and in fact destructive way, of coping with life’s challenges and losses. Axel’s artwork is exhibited internationally; he has illustrated for many charities and designed the Royal Mail Christmas stamps in 2012. You can read about more adventures from Acorn Wood in other titles from the series such as Cat’s Cookbook and Rabbit’s Nap.Lift the flaps and join in the fun with Mole's Spectacles, a brilliant story in the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. Lift the flaps and join in the fun with Mole's Spectacles, a brilliant story in the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood preschool series by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.