Hello, my name is Tita! I am a children’s writer and illustrator from Brazil and I am really happy to be writing for the prestigious My Book Corner. For my first review I chose a wonderful wordless picture book by Alice Hoogstad. The book starts at the endpapers, where all we can see is an…
Oh my! Just look at that gorgeous inky blue cover… isn’t it divine? And what greats you inside the cover is equally gorgeous. Come and meet mole, the creation of Tom Percival and Christine Pym… Mole is feeling a little sad, as she watched all the animals flying, swimming and leaping, oh how she wished…
Donna Amey Bhatt’s debut Non Fiction book HOW TO SPOT A MUM embraces and celebrates mothers everywhere, and would make the perfect gift for any mum, seasoned and new, to share with their children. Indeed this original book really does have ingredients that will appeal to both! My own children pounced on it as soon…
Stop That Dinosaur, is the fabulous collaboration between Alex English and Ben Cort. It’s a gorgeous, smile inducing rhyming picture book about a dinosaur who kidnaps Granny! Yikes! There’s our little character, enjoying “extra-special cake” in Granny’s kitchen, when there’s a knock on the door and, “…a brontosaurus snatched her up and ran away again!”…
This picture book will have you giggling through the bookshelves. “You Live Where?!” from John Hay and Garry Parsons may well be filled with lots of silly phrases… but it’s all super factual, fact fans!! Down by the pool, at the start of the holidays, Kookaburra decides to get the conversation started by asking the…
Swan Song is a very special book by Gill Lewis. It’s a melancholic journey through a young boy’s mental health struggles (and how he climbs out of them), depicted in a gentle, not-too-heavy way. Dylan is a boy who isn’t suited for school. He gets into all kinds of trouble because he simply cannot handle…
Rat, from Patrice Lawrence is a super readable chapterbook which launches you straight into the life of Al. Al lives with his mum, who is just out of prison. They’ve been moved away from Mum’s “friends” to avoid their influence. This is their chance. A fresh start. Isn’t it? When Mum gets caught shoplifting at…
Come and dive into to this perfectly delectable poetry collection written by Alex Wharton and illustrated by Katy Riddell, Daydreams and Jellybeans. There’s a huge range here – both content wise and stylistically. Capturing the world from a child’s point of view Wharton’s love of language is abundantly clear. From the playful ‘Jellybean’, the thoughtful…
DISCLAIMER! I am Welsh, and therefore I may have been absolutely inclined to love this book before I read it, but I am sure I would have loved it anyway. I was completely swept away by this heartfelt book about evacuees from debut writer Lesley Parr, not because it’s set in Wales, but because Lesley…
Grab a cuppa and enjoy our latest Guest Post, Top Tips for Budding Authors by Andy Shepherd, author of The Boy Who Grew Dragons series. The Boy Who Sang With Dragons, flew out on 7th January 2021. I devoured it! What a warm, heart-felt ending to this endearing series. I love the sense of friendship…
Sally Nicholl’s Young Adult novel, The Silent Stars Go By, will whisk you away from the present day to the end of WWI – a time when Christmas was an old-fashioned affair, and societal expectations could be old-fashioned too, especially for young women. When Margot, a reverend’s daughter, returns to her village for the festive…
Middle Grade readers are in for a treat with this hilarious fantasy adventure – The House At The Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes. And while we all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, Ben Mantle has done a wonderful job of illustrating the extraordinary house which is just bursting at the…
Come and sink your imaginations into Nirana Farook’s latest adventure, The Boy Who Met a Whale… Wow! What an opening chapter – a storm, a shipwreck, two escaping villans and a boy with a thirst for adventure. When Zheng washes up on the island of Serendib (a fictional island in Sri Lanka), Razi and his…
Yes! 4B are back! From the fabulous duo Joanna Nadin and Rikin Parekh the next instalment in The Worst Class in the World series is here. Surely 4B can’t get any worse… or entertaining?! Well, urm, yep! The latest antics of Stanley, his fabulous friends and the long suffering Mr Nidgett are sure to entertain…
The atmospheric The Creature Keeper has to be one of my favourite novels from 2020. Just the right blend of spookiness, mystery and adventure beautifully told by Damaris Young. Cora lives with her Ma and Pa on a farm at the edge of Hazelglen Town. Cora is treated as an outsider by the other children…
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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!