Diving into the deep blue sea, Setsuko swims around and around, marvelling at the creatures alongside her. Sadly the fish are not the only things that catch her eye. The longer Setsuko swims the more litter she encounters – from plastic bags to old fishing nets, all of it is dangerous to marine life and…
I LOVED what Radiya Hafiza created here, Rumaysa is a Rapunzel retelling set in a fictional version of South Asia and it is EVERYthing. Rumaysa was stolen from her parents as a child. She was imprisoned in a tower, her only friends being books (lots of books!) and Zabina, a talking owl who flies by…
Lucy has a knack for fixing things, from broken phones to ancient electrical items and everything in between. The only thing she can’t fix is her mum. When her mum ends up in hospital and she moves in with her chilled out Aunty Sheila, Lucy blames herself. She concocts a plan to enter the Record…
When I started reading this book, I honestly wasn’t expecting such a sharp, grown-up, witty murder-mystery involving a hedgehog, a badger, and a pig. Jefferson Ponsonby-Smythe, the hedgehog, is a gentle little soul who lives with many other walking-talking animals in the Animal Kingdom, which is separated by about seven miles to where the humans…
Roll up! Roll Up! For the fabulous An Alien in the Jam Factory, the simply hilarious debut chapter book from the fabulous Chrissie Sains. With illustrations from Jenny Taylor, An Alien in the Jam Factory features Scooter McLay. His cerebral palsy affects how quickly he can move his body, but his hyper-creative brain is a…
I’m such a fan of this series – the evocative writing, the brilliantly drawn characters, the wonderful worlds L D Lapinski creates, plus the top-notch pacing – I have been on the EDGE OF MY SEAT waiting for book 2. The premise of this series had me hooked from the very beginning. In the Strangeworlds…
When Lenny the Lemur slips on some stinky yellow stuff, he’s not exactly sure what it is he’s stepped in. He asks all the animals he can find but no-one owns up to the slippery mess until he meets a Caribou who helps him solve the mystery. Lenny soon learns what not to do when…
This is a series that I’ve fallen head over heels in love with. I adored the first one in the series – Too Small Tola, by Atinuke and Onyinye Iwu, which introduced the fabulous Tola and her family. This second one – gosh, it really does pull at your heart strings. It’s so full of…
Sometimes you sit reading a book and think I can’t wait to tell the world about this one! Beauty and the Bin by Joanne O’Connell is most definitely one of those reads! There is so much more to this story than first meets the eye! I currently smell like the dessert trolley at a 5*…
LOOK! who has popped into My Book Corner today. It’s the absolutely lovely Kate Foster. Kate writes children’s books about dogs and friendship and family! The fabulous PAWS will be jumping onto the shelves soon (NOW for our Australian readers! Lucky ducks!). So, of course, we waved our infamous questions under Kate’s nose… and she…
You KNOW how much I enjoyed Emmy Levels Up from Helen Harvey, right? Warm, funny, heartfelt and so sensitively written… I’ve barely stopped talking about it since I finished it! Well, I NEEED you to see how good it really is. So. How about… a sneaky read of the opening chapter?? Perfect way to get…
When part girl, part cat, Avery Buckle gets the feeling she is being followed, her senses are on high alert. Not really sure where she fits in in the human world, the Halloween party at school is the only night of the year she can really be her true cat-self but this year the party…
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…
The Perfect Fit from Naomi Jones and James Jones is one of those glorious picture books, which, at first glance appears deceptively simple. Yet. Like all great picture books… there is much to discover. There are plenty of layers to this gorgeous story about fitting in – by being true to yourself. Triangle LOVES playing…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
His books are a great way help kids read while soaking up important Science concepts without even knowing it. Ironically,…
Ooh, this sounds fantastic!