Abie Longstaff, writer of books including The Fairytale Hairdresser and Aladdin, selects her Best Book of 2017… Jenny McLachlan’s Stargazing for Beginners Meg – a fifteen year old, science-mad girl – is left in charge of her baby sister when their erratic mother disappears. She’s determined to cope without alerting interfering adults but she’s got a science…
James Nicol, author of The Apprentice Witch, selects his Best Book of 2017… My favourite read of 2017 has simply got to be the brilliant Mold & The Poison Plot by Lorraine Gregory. It’s awesomely written in a unique voice and chock full of adventure & charming characters. It’s also guaranteed to tug at the…
Steven Lenton, illustrator of books including Shifty McGifty & The Hundred and One Dalmations, selects his Best Book 0f 2017… My choice is , The Curious Case Of The Missing Mammoth from Ellie Hattie and Karl James Mountford (Little Tiger Press). I just love the hardback version’s cover design and the beautiful palettes and characters…
Leisa Stewart-Sharpe, My Book Corner’s picture book specialist, selects her Best Book of 2017. The Lumberjack’s Beard from Duncan Beedie. What’s not to love about this BEARDiful book! All about friends, the forest and err facial hair! Big, burly Jim Hickory the lumberjack lives in a log cabin and has an enormous bristly beard.…
Claire Fayers, author of The Accidental Pirates series, selects her Best Book of 2017… It’s really hard to choose a favourite. I’m going to go with The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart by Stephanie Burgis. I’m choosing this book because it combines two of my favourite things – dragons and chocolate – and it’s so…
Patrice Lawrence, YA writer of Orangeboy and Indigo Donut, selects her Best Book of 2017… My favourite book of 2017 was Irfan Master’s Out Of Heart. Fifteen-year-old Adam’s family is recovering from tragedy, traumatised and judged by the local community. Adam’s grandfather, the most significant man in Adam’s life, dies and donates his heart. William,…
Emma Hamilton, My Book Corner’s Middle Grade Specialist, selects her Best Book of 2017… A Story Like the Wind by Gill Lewis, illustrated by Jo Weaver. Great things come in small packages. Gill Lewis’s A Story Like the Wind is easy to read in one sitting but will stay with you for months. The…
Sophy Henn, picture book author and illustrator of the Pom Pom series, & Pass It On, selects her Best Book of 2017… 2017 has been another amazing year for Children’s Books, so many wonderful offerings from writers and illustrators, old and new. To try and pick a favourite is impossible, but I will single one out for…
Kate Wiseman, Middle Grade Specialist for MyBookCorner, selects her Best Book of 2017… As a recent addition to the My Book Corner review team, I feel a bit of a fraud offering suggestions for my favourite book of the year. All the books I’ve reviewed have been excellent, for very different reasons. However, as a…
James Mayhew, Picture Book writer & illustrator extraordinaire, selects his Best Book(s) of 2017… For older readers, Moonlocket by Peter Bunzl, a rollicking good adventure that shouts “classic” from the very first page. I loved it. For younger children, it has to be The Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane and illustrated, magnificently, by Jackie Morris.…
Sarah Broadley, My Book Corner’s Middle Grade Specialist, selects her Best Book of 2017… Fir For Luck by Barbara Henderson is my book of 2017. When I heard there was a book coming out about the Highland Clearances I was intrigued as it was a subject I loved to research at school. I was excited…
Ele Nash, My Book Corner’s YA Specialist, selects her Best Book(s) of 2017. 2017 has been an interesting year for book reading, with a definite shift toward humour and fantasy led by the publishing world. My favourites have varied between old releases (A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle), established authors (The Wolf Wilder by…
The Shortlist for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2018, was announced live on Blue Peter Thursday 23rd November. It’s a particularly powerful list this year, with three wonderful novels making the Best Story Shortlist. My Book Corner always find the Best Books With Facts list incredibly intriguing. Here they are… Shortlist: Best Story The Island…
For the first time ever in the history of both the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, winners from the United States have triumphed in both categories announced today, Monday 19th June, at a ceremony at RIBA in London. CILIP Carnegie Medal Award Winner Ruta Sepetys wins the CILIP Carnegie Medal for the first…
The Overall Winner and Category Winners were announced at the FCBG Award Ceremony on Saturday 10th June. Former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo OBE and Michael Foreman are named overall winners of The Children’s Book Award 2017. Their book, An Eagle In The Snow also won the Books for Younger Readers category, before going on to win…
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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…