Woohoo! It’s the next installment of Noah’s adventures. Simon James Green‘s debut novel, Noah Can’t Even, had us giggling in all the right places. Such a joy to delve back in to the life of Noah once again. Green takes us further in to the life of Noah – in this second novel we seem…
Julian Is A Mermaid, a picture book from Jessica Love, is a glorious and exciting celebration about being yourself. Whilst the end papers introduce Julian’s love of swimming underwater, the opening narrative begins with Julian and his Nana on a train. When 3 glamorous mermaids step on to the train Julian is captivated. In the…
I’m a HUGE fan of Morag Hood. I adore her ability to tell an engrossing story with a wonderfully low word count – she gets straight to the heart of her characters, their story and delves right in. And then of course are her illustrations – gloriously bold and full of humour. The result is…
Iguana Boy Saves The World With A Triple Cheese Pizza is the laugh out loud chapter book written by James Bishop, and illustrated by Rikin Parekh – and it’s really blooming funny. Dylan lives in a world where everyone has a super power – the only problem is it can take awhile for the power…
Last year, My Book Corner invited me to publish a guest post about my up and down journey to publication. A few people have very kindly contacted me to ask what has happened since then so, with thanks to them for their interest and to My Book Corner for their tolerance, and as Gangster School…
“That’s right, it’s round two… BOOK CLUB – THE SEQUEL, BIGGER, BOLDER… BOOKIER (yes that’s a made up word!).” My Book Corner is VERY excited to be able to share the news that Tom Fletcher has today launched his second WHSmith Book Club. We’ve also been lucky enough to see the ten books, for 7-11…
Gary’s Banana Drama, is a picture book from Jane Massey full of joyful mayhem… and one or two bananas – or are they?! When you really, really want something – a phone call, an important email – it’s downright impossible to forget about it. Right? We really felt for poor Gary, the gorilla. Gary adores bananas,…
I began reading this to Year 3 one afternoon. Within a week half a dozen of the class had sourced their own copy. By the time we had reached the fantastic ending of this one, I looked up to find five eager pupils offering me Book Two (Amelia Fang and the Unicorn Lords) to start…
My Journey to Publication – You’re Safe With Me As many of you know, I’m not a debut writer. My first book was published in 2003 in Singapore and my first picture book was published in 2006 in India. After a four year wait, my first book in the UK came out in 2010, with…
The New Neighbours is the latest picture book from Sarah McIntyre. When something new is about to happen – excitement builds, then speculations begins and rumours grow bigger and bigger, if left unchecked. That’s exactly what happens when the rats move into the the first floor of a lovely tall block of flats, in the…
A wonderfully familiar story has been given personality, oodles of humour and a brilliant, brilliant twist… thanks to Michelle Robinson and Tor Freeman. Delve into their new picture book, Ten Fat Sausages… “Ten fat sausages, sizzling in a pan. One went POP and the other went…” Well! Sausage Number Two isn’t going to stand for such…
The shortlist for Oscar’s Book Prize 2018 has been announced! Oscar’s Book Prize, now in its fifth year, aims “to celebrate a child’s love for magical stories.” The book prize was set up in the memory of Oscar Ashton who was three-and-a-half when he died from an undetected heart condition in December 2012. The judging pannel…
A fitting follow on from Super Bat, where Bat really wants to be a super hero, Matt Carr’s latest picture book – Spyder – features the world’s smallest secret agent… because why shouldn’t the little creatures get the great roles, right?! Spyder is cosy in her loft space, reading her copy of Charlotte’s Web (great…
Over the years I’ve developed a bit of an obsession with verse novels, you can read all about how it started over here. Following the above article, I received some intriguing suggestions re where to look next… hence my discovery of Marilyn Hilton’s beautifully written Full Cicada Moon, published in 2017. Mimi Yoshiko Oliver has…
Beyond delighted to be welcoming Karl Newson to answer the My Book Corner questions. Karl is a picture book author and illustrator. His latest publication – with Anuska Allepuz – A Bear Is A Bear, has had us giggling. Lots! Tell us about you in 25 words or less. A biscuit dunking (repeat), coffee drinking,…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
I often hope to find interviews with Margaret Wild who fascinates me and whose work I adore. Thoroughly enjoyed this…