John Condon has been writing picture book stories for six years. Before that he wrote screenplays and made short movies, a couple of which you can still find floating around on the web. His first picture book, The Wondrous Dinosaurium, was published by Maverick Arts in 2018, and has been nominated for several awards (it…
LOOK! who has popped into My Book Corner today. It’s the absolutely lovely Kate Foster. Kate writes children’s books about dogs and friendship and family! The fabulous PAWS will be jumping onto the shelves soon (NOW for our Australian readers! Lucky ducks!). So, of course, we waved our infamous questions under Kate’s nose… and she…
Hannah Foley lives in Devon in a little red brick terrace house with her children. She loves going for adventures in the countryside and by the sea in all the exact same places she used to go adventuring as a kid. Her debut novel The Spellbinding Secret of Avery Buckle won the Kelpies Prize in…
Ross Montgomery’s latest book, The Midnight Guardians, is OUT NOW! So, OF COURSE we asked Ross to pop into MyBookCorner to answer our infamous questions. Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I was a kid who wrote stories who became a teacher who wrote books in his spare time who is now…
Isabel Thomas is an award-winning science writer and author of more than 100 books for young audiences. Yep, over 100! Moth and Fox are just two of her recent releases. Created with illustrator Daniel Egnéus, Moth and Fox are powerful, narrative non-fiction books which tackle tricky questions in the most wonderful manner. I couldn’t wait…
Yippee! Emma Reynolds is HERE. Have you read her picture book, written by Aaron Reynolds? It is hilarious. Speaking from a teacher’s view point for a minute – children ALWAYS do a double take when they spot you outside the school grounds… and Rescuing Mrs Birdley captures that so brilliantly. After chuckling through the pages…
Our very own reviewer, Tracy Darnton, is celebrating the release of her 2nd Young Adult thriller this month – The Rules. Hooray! Well, we couldn’t let this moment pass – so we popped our infamous questions over to Tracy… and here are her answers. Enjoy! Tell us about you in 25 words or less. Sometimes…
Caryl Hart’s first real book was published in 2009 when she was 42 and by the end of 2020, she’ll have published more than fifty. Wowzas! With July seeing the release of two more to add to her collection, we couldn’t wait to see how Caryl tackled My Book Corner’s questions… Psst: We’ve got a…
Hugest welcome to Elizabeth Dale. A prolific children’s author, her latest book, Trailblazer: Lily Parr, the Unstoppable Star of Women’s Football – illustrated by Carolina Coroa, is based on the true story of English football player, Lily Parr. Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I adore writing for children – the best…
Debut non-fiction author, plant expert and ecologist, Michael Holland FLS, IASFB celebrates the plants in our lives from the mint in our toothpaste at breakfast through to the clothes we wear, the medicines we take and our cotton sheets at bedtime. His book – I Ate Sunshine For Breakfast – it is aimed at children…
I can’t tell you how excited I’ve been since I snaffled an early copy of Zoë Armstrong’s book – her debut! – Find The Spy, illustrated by Shelly Laslo. It’s SUCH a treat! Without hesitation I invited Zoë to pop over to MyBookCorner to answer our infamous questions… Tell us about you in 25 words…
Hugest welcome to debut picture book author, Julie Ballard. Her book, The Dinosaur Who Lost Her Voice illustrated by Francesca Gambatesa has just bounded on to the bookshelves. I really loved enjoying reading how it came to be, as I’m sure you will too… Tell us about you in 25 words or less. Feisty, feminist…
Horatio Clare took the Branford Boase Award last year (2016), for his impressive novel Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot. As the new winner for 2017 is soon to be announced, we reached out to Horatio Clare to find out what life has been like since winning the award. Huge congratulations on last year’s Branford Boase win. Describe…
Chitra Soundar and Frané Lessac have teamed up to produce the intriguing picture book, Pattan’s Pumpkin, an exciting, vibrant story from India. Here Chitra gives us a great insight in to how the picture book came to be… Pattan’s Pumpkin is proof that Googling is fun and I’m good at it. Long before social media became…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
His books are a great way help kids read while soaking up important Science concepts without even knowing it. Ironically,…
Ooh, this sounds fantastic!