Further books illustrated by Axel include Room on the Broom, Stick Man, Zog and The Smeds and the Smoos – all of which have been made into much-loved animated films by Magic Light Pictures. The books are wonderful, interactive in a variety of ways, are inclusive/diverse with a variety of subjects. When Fox loses his socks in the “Fox’s Socks” book in the series, he isn’t portrayed with the same worry or sadness. You can read about more adventures from Acorn Wood in other titles from the series such as Cat’s Cookbook and Rabbit’s Nap. 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.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages. She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. I love these little books for my little one, but some of them are not particularly good for rhyming and this is one of them.With sturdy flaps on every spread and rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud, Mole’s Spectacles is the sixth story in the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood series, which features Fox’s Socks, Postman Bear, Rabbit’s Nap, Hide-and-Seek Pig, Cat’s Cookbook and Squirrel’s Snowman.

What if my glasses were never found - am I supposed to feel worried and sad and comfort eat for all time?On my next visit on the 1st May she was able to tell parts of the story because of frequent reading. Mole’s Spectacles is the newest title in their lift-the-flap board book series, ‘Tales from Acorn Wood’. Her other books include The Hospital Dog illustrated by Sara Ogilvie, The Christmas Pine illustrated by Victoria Sandøy and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures illustrated by Lydia Monks. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

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. 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.With sturdy flaps on every spread and rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud, Mole's Spectacles joins the bestselling Tales from Acorn Wood which have been delighting parents and children for over twenty years.