Japan, 1596. All Tarō wants to do is devour books. He is happiest when he his imagination transports him to magical worlds. However, his father, Lord Takeda Nobutora, wants Tarō to be a Samurai, just like him and the generations before him. Now that he is seven, he is given a wakizashi (traditional sword) and…
Perdita and Honor Cargill are no strangers to collaboration, so with their middle grade novel – Diary of An Accidental Witch with illustrations by Katie Saunders – hitting the shelves, we were super keen to chat to them about writing collaboratively. Diary of An Accidental Witch is such an imaginative and humorous story. Bea Black…
Lindsay Littleson’s latest novel – Secrets of the Last Merfolk – has just hit the shelves. Sarah Broadley ADORED it, and managed to track down Lindsay for this wonderful, wonderful interview. Grab a cuppa & enjoy… 1. The merfolk see the world in a totally different way to humans, how did you plan their characters…
Sarah Broadley read, reviewed and LOVED The Race from Roy Peachey. So, we were super keen to ask Roy over to MyBookCorner to tell us more about what it was about Eric Liddell that inspired him to write The Race Eric Liddell’s life story is truly remarkable. Born in China to Scottish missionary parents, he…
Lindsay Littleson has written another fantastic fast-paced middle grade novel in ‘Secrets of the Last Merfolk’, with illustrations by Samantha Woo. The Holiday cottage in Dunlyre on the west coast of Scotland is Finn’s home for the next week. Surrounded by family that seem to annoy him at every turn, he heads to the beach…
[row][/row] Super excited to be welcoming Sophie Kirtley to My Book Corner today. Her latest novel, The Way To Impossible Island… oh wow! Sophie has a way with words… agreed? This is an action packed novel which, at the same time, is so beautifully and lyrically written. It links so cleverly to Sophie’s previous book,…
A little bit of flour, some butter, a pinch of luck and a teaspoon of perseverance, not forgetting a dash of the Very Secret Ingredient – give it all a stir, bake in the oven for 20 minutes and what do you get? Monster-busting doughnuts! Grace is a monster hunter. Some monsters are scary and…
I adore Nicola Penfold’s writing. I love how she is able to weave environmental themes into her stories in a way that’s fresh, intriguing and full of wonder at the natural world. Come take a look at Between Sea and Sky – fast forward to the future, where a series of serious climate emergencies have…
Little Reena and her brother Luke are forced to move from big city life in Chicago to the seemingly boring countryside of Maine. Reena is a bit lost, until that is she meets old Mrs Falala and her moody moo cow, Zora. What follows is a fun, mischievous, heart-warming story about two children discovering the…
We’re HUGE fans of Maisie Chan’s Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths here at My Book Corner, and so Sarah Broadley jumped at the opportunity to ask her some GREAT questions. The result is a fascinating interview. Grab a cuppa. You’re going to love this… 1. Danny and Nai Nai are the main characters in…
I absolutely adore the Armadillo and Hare series – exquisitely written by Jeremy Strong and with wonderful artwork by Rebecca Bagley. Separate stories, but with an overreaching arc, this is ideal for little readers and listeners ready for longer stories. I love the quirkiness of these two characters, and the lovely dialogue exchanges between the…
When Danny Chung rushed home from school knowing there was going to be a ‘surprise’ from his parents, the last thing he expected to find was his Nai Nai from China sitting on his top bunk. He had never met his grandmother before and when he learned that his school holidays were to be spent…
All Lili wants to do is run. When she’s running she forgets all her worries, especially Tom and his constant remarks about her ethnicity. Born in China, Lili now lives in the UK with her adopted parents, she doesn’t remember much about her childhood but she loves the fact that she has two homes and…
When Harley’s grandparents AND her baby brother, Malcolm, disappear down an exploding toilet, she realises that their rustic caravan is not what it seems. Revealed as the Portal of Doom to the Land of the Dead, Harley has to take a leap into the unknown if she’s ever going to see them again. A family…
The Caravan at the Edge of Doom is hitting the shelves, we LOVED it! So we asked Jim Beckett to pop into My Book Corner to tell us how teaching has influenced his writing… Like many children’s books, The Caravan at the Edge of Doom is set during the school holidays. I suspect it’s no…
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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…