WRITING A KILLER SERIAL (GET IT?) – Katherine Wiseman – Guest Post
Author Katherine Wiseman shares her insights into writing series fiction…
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Bruised
Read more: BruisedDonna David’s fantastic young adult story, Bruised, centres on a boy who has had to change everything he knows for his own safety and of those around him. Losing contact with his friends has made him isolated and lonely, a predicament many young people find themselves in today. Dean and Finn are best friends. They…
I Swapped My Brother On The Internet
Read more: I Swapped My Brother On The InternetWith a title like this, how could this not be an instant hit? Two siblings I know jumped at the chance to read it and I had to literally wrestle it off them in order to write this review. Jo Simmon’s premise is simple, but genius. A younger boy, fed up of being tormented by…
Time for Bed, Miyuki
Read more: Time for Bed, MiyukiTime for Bed, Miyuki, from Roxane Marie Galliez and Seng Soun Ratanavanh is a deliciously sublime picturebook. Wonderfully produced, with beautifully thick pages… it has the stroke-ability factor that’s awarded to the very best in picture books. French writer Galliez has penned an exquisitely imaginative book about bedtime… and the lengths some children, namely Miyuki, will…
A Chase In Time
Read more: A Chase In TimeA Chase in Time is the first book in a new time-travelling adventure series from Sally Nicholls. Alex Pilgrim and his sister Ruby spend two weeks every summer at their Aunt Joanna’s B&B, the very grand Applecott House. But this is their last summer: Joanna is struggling financially and has to move out, much to…
The Elsewhere Emporium
Read more: The Elsewhere EmporiumStepping inside the glossy cover of Ross Mackenzie’s The Elsewhere Emporium, the reader is immediately taken back to the original Emporium, this time through the eyes of the Man with the Crimson Scarf. Together with fellow members of the Bureau of Magical Investigations they search for their missing colleagues amid stories of their demise by the…
Early Readers: King Carl & Jim and the Big Fish
Read more: Early Readers: King Carl & Jim and the Big FishKing Carl and the Wish – At last! The funfair has come to town. There are so many exciting games to play, which will King Carl play first? A surprise is waiting for him at the hoop stand where he meets a wizard who grants him a wish. If you were given a wish, what…
We Travel So Far
Read more: We Travel So FarWe Travel So Far: exploring the wonders of our wandering wildlife. This beautiful, hardback book (Laura Knowles & Chris Madden) takes readers on a journey around our Earth as companions of some of the creatures that spend their lives migrating. We travel first through water – crisscrossing the oceans with whales and lobsters and swimming…
The Dress and the Girl
Read more: The Dress and the GirlThe Dress and the Girl is a touching picture book from Camille Andros and Julie Morstad, delicately told with feeling and emotion. “Back when time seemed slower and life simpler, there was a dress. A dress much like many others, made for a girl by her mother.” …and so Andros’s narrative begins. The girl and…
Extract: Charlie And Me
Read more: Extract: Charlie And MeAs a back-to-school treat for My Book Corner readers, we’ve got an intriguing extract from Mark Lowery’s Charlie and Me to share with you. Isn’t it always great to read an extract from a book, to know whether or not it’ll grab you? Grab a cuppa, and enjoy. Love to hear what you think. Over…
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Missing Masterpiece
Read more: Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Missing MasterpieceThe Missing Masterpiece is the fourth picture book adventure for Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam, two dogs who transferred their affections from burglary to baking long ago – but crime still seems to follow them wherever they go! This time they’re off to… ‘Paris! So – ooh la la – smart, with cafés and cheese…
Black Snow Falling
Read more: Black Snow FallingLiz MacWhirter’s debut Young Adult historical novel, Black Snow Falling, will entrance you as soon as you open the beautiful embossed cover and begin Ruth’s incredible story. With only a trinket around her neck to remind her of her father as he travels far and wide, Ruth is left in the company of her malevolent…
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
Read more: Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved ReptilesJoan Procter, Dragon Doctor is such a fun read – become immersed in the fascinating life of the wonderful Joan Procter as Patricia Valdez’s light, humourous prose takes you on her journey. “While other girls read stories about dragons and princesses, Joan read books about lizards and crocodiles.” Beginning this real life story when Joan…
The Day War Came
Read more: The Day War CameThe Day War Came is a powerful, moving picture book from Nicola Davies and Rebecca Cobb. Their picture book opens on what many would recognise as a normal day, and is all the more powerful for that. Flowers are on the window sill, Dad is helping baby brother get to sleep, Mum makes breakfast and…
Bee & Me
Read more: Bee & MeBee & Me, from Alison Jay, is a wordless picture book and has fast become one of our favourites in our house! Even before buying it, once I had told my daughter that it had no words and you can tell the story from the pictures, straight away she was sat flicking through the pages…
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