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…
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…
The Midnight Guardians hooked me in from the very beginning and kept me up way past my bedtime as I raced to the finish line, desperate to find out how Ross Montgomery’s pacy middle-grade adventure was going to pan out. Set during the Blitz, grief-stricken Col is evacuated to the home of an unsympathetic aunt…
This story feels like a passion project by writer Steve Cole, it is full of heart, soul and some genuinely moving moments. About a boy called Carlos – who lives in the Amazon – the story follows him as he is kidnapped by a gang of illegal gold miners. He’s taken to the middle of…
Sophie Anderson weaves a wonderful story of self-belief, magic and adventure in The Castle of Tangled Magic. Olia and her family lives with her family in the old and crumbling Castle Mila. It’s not as elaborate as it once was, but it means a lot to both Olia and her family. During a terrible storm,…
Hmmm, what if we HAVE got the story of Father Christmas completely and utterly wrong. What if… Mrs Claus had a LOT more to do with it. Because, we don’t really hear much about her story do we? Until now… Meet Blanche Claus, an orphan living on the streets. It’s winter, it’s cold and an…
Martha knows that it’s her fault the dead never made it back to their final resting place and now they won’t leave her alone. Preyed upon by the spirits of those she betrayed, Martha must decipher the clues left by the Norse gods if she has any hope of surviving the ghostly onslaught of those…
Victoria Stitch: Bad and Glittering is the start of a fabulous new series from the talented Harriet Muncaster (Isadora Moon). I adored the world Harriet has created here, the world in which twins, Victoria Stitch and Celestine are trying to find their place in the magical land known as Wiskling Wood. The problem is, the…
“Hello! Ooh, look who it is! It is Claude. Claude is a dog. Claude is a small, plump dog. Claude is a small, plump dog who is quite the snappy dresser.” HE IS BACK! Yippee! Claude is here, with his trusty side-kick the most fabulous, Sir Bobblysock. Against Mr Bobblysock’s better judgement the pair venture…
YES! It’s here! The next instalment, shining a light on the VERY strange goings-on at Sticky Pines. The Thing At Black Hole Lake sees Milo Fisher come to the forefront after a strange encounter with something very strange lurking at the bottom of Black Hole Lake. He needs to get investigating QUICK, if only he…
The Good Bear is a warming winter tale that explores our need to connect with loved ones and the wild world around us. Twelve-year-old Thea dreams of being a writer and is convinced that, if only she had a typewriter, she could write her way into her father’s heart and forge that relationship she deeply…
If you’re looking for a light-hearted, adventure-filled fun little middle-grade novel, then this is definitely one to consider. Co-authored by Mikki Lish and Kelly Ngai, the story follows young brother and sister – Hedy and Spencer – as they go and stay with the Grandpa John at his big house near Christmas. Grandpa John used…
Elsie has a boring summer ahead with her Uncle John, except it turns out to be a lot more interesting when she magically travels back in time to a tiger hunt being led by…her uncle John as a young boy! Elsie gets to know John, and his friend Mandeep, who are both on different quests…
Elsetime is such a wonderful, heart-warming, quirkily-written little book that it will make you fall in love with its story by the end of page two! It’s been ages since I’ve read a children’s adventure novel that has put such an – oddly beautiful – spin on time-travel and show us how changing events in…
The Silver Arrow is a magical middle-grade adventure, written by Lev Grossman, that takes place aboard a talking steam train and is packed with exciting creatures from the indignant porcupine to the lost polar bear and the adorable baby pangolin. A story about saving our endangered animals and the places they live. At My Book…
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Ooh, this sounds fantastic!
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…