[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…
Come and meet Bad Panda – the fabulously hilarious new young fiction novel from Swapna Haddow and Sheena Dempsey. (Psst: at the bottom of this review, you’ll be rewarded with a fun Panda Quiz!). From the dynamic duo that brought us Dave Pigeon, I’m quite sure that Bad Panda is also going to be huge…
Monika Singh Gangotra is the author of the glorious picture book, Sunflower Sisters. With the most vibrant, eye-catching and spectacular artwork by Michaela Dias-Hayes, Sunflower Sisters is a celebration of colour, of self, of friendship – whilst offering a window into the lived experiences of those affected by colourism. We’re very excited to welcome…
Come and look at THIS! The Cat and the Rat and the Hat is a zingy, tongue-twisting, smile inducing picture book delight, from Em Lynas and Matt Hunt. Meet cat, who loves his mat. Then he meets rat, with a FABulous hat. Hmm cat likes the hat… oops! Add in a bat, and a cravat.…
Oh my. This picture book is EVERYthing. Nen and the Lonely Fisherman by Ian Eagleton and James Mayhew is truly delightful. “deep below the whispering waves” lived a Merman named Nen. He loved the seas, but, something was missing – his heart felt empty, and he sang a sad song to the twinkling stars. Despite…
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…
How To Mend a Friend with words by Karl Newson, and artwork by Clara Anganuzzi is a beautiful, gentle, rhyming picture book all about how to be a friend. This fabulous duo have combined words and art to celebrate the different ways you can be there for a friend in need, and how each way…
Tyler loves basketball. He also loves to draw. When it comes to being selected for the team for a Very Important Game AND completing an art project with the potential of winning a secret prize – he is torn between the two! Paired with classmate Emmie, they have three weeks to create a comic worthy…
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…
Feast your eyes on the glorious cover adorning this picture book from Dapo Adeola, Hey You! A picture book quite unlike any other, because each double page spread features the artwork of a different artist. Oh yes! Seamlessly connected via Dapo’s narrative and the inclusion of details such as the sunflower print this really is…
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…
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