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…
Emmy Levels Up is hands down one of the best novels I’ve read on bullying – sensitive, warm and with added gaming for great page-turning action. Helen Harvey explores the effects of name-calling, of underhand bullying, in a school setting. And she does it in a wonderfully age-appropriate manner which, I’m sure, will give her…
Look who’s back!! Picklewitch and Jack… one of my absolute favourite duos in children’s literature from Claire Barker, illustrated by Teemu Juhani. Don’t worry if you haven’t read books 1 and 2 yet, it’s perfectly ok for you to dive in here – then go back to the others after. Professor Bright announces a field…
Tamsin Mori uses the atmospheric setting of Shetland to great effect in her magical Middle Grade novel – The Weather Weaver – a story about family and friendship, and weathering the storms that shake those all-important foundations. When 11-yr-old Stella arrives on Shetland for the summer holidays, she is filled with expectations and excitement about…
Mina and the Undead by Amy McCaw is a fabulous YA novel to sink your teeth into. Whilst it unleashes in April, I was lucky enough to dive into an early copy. Set in New Orleans, a serial killer is on the loose, just as Mina arrives to visit her sister. The result is a…
Amari Peters lives in the Projects and attends a posh school where she doesn’t fit in. Add to that her despair over her brother Quinton having gone missing six months earlier and you have a girl struggling to find her way in the world. But she is ambitious and bright and determined to succeed like…
Blue Wing has always wanted to be a Shark Caller. She has learned everything there is to know about the ways of the sea and the creatures that swim in the darkest depths and yet she is not as ready as she thinks she is. When Maple and her father arrive in Blue Wing’s village…
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…
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…
I often hope to find interviews with Margaret Wild who fascinates me and whose work I adore. Thoroughly enjoyed this…