J.B. Spins

Who needs a brain, if you’ve already found the one? Harry O’Hay and Betty O’Barley are perfect for each other, but he could lose her, becaus...

This little fish feels very self-conscious about his supposedly drab grey scales, but instead of taking pride in his delicious taste and hea...

Everyone knows the bond between dogs and humans can transcend miles and even lifetimes (as in A Dog’s Purpose ). In contrast, cats can large...

In the new Avatar movie, the blue humanoids like to splash around in water. On this planet created by Julia Donaldson, it is the red creatur...

The old fellow might be a dragon, but he is also the original jaws of life—and the wings too. Although it took him a while to sharpen his dr...

In Julia Donaldson’s fantasy world, it isn’t the damsel who is in distress. It’s the dragon. “Distress” might be too strong a word, but ...

The BBC’s latest Julia Donaldson animated special is sort of like the fable of “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” but the freeloader is more...

Evidently, some animals think it’s a good gig to be a witch’s familiar.  One hospitable witch already has the requisite feline, but they...

This bogeyman has become an Academy Award nominated Christmas tradition. Like its predecessor, The Gruffalo’s Child (trailer here ) debut...