I’ve been keen to tell you all about Sophie Kirtley’s The Wild Way Home ever since I finished it. What a fabulous adventure! And. There’s a book map! Now you know you’re definitely on to a winner… Charlie loves a great adventure. He loves to play games in Mandel forest with his friends, the forest…
Ooo I devoured this wonderfully warm and funny story in one sitting. Do Not Disturb the Dragons is the first in a brand new series from Michelle Robinson and Sharon Davey. It follows the sisters Grace and Portia who live in a castle, protected by dragons. This is no ordinary land – the dragon’s poop…
Learning how to say sorry is hard. In fact, saying sorry is hard, no matter how old you are! This delightful book by Barry Timms and Sean Julian follows the friendship of woodland best buddies Scribble the squirrel and Swoop the owl. They are inseparable, until a lack of communication one day gets them into…
Asking for a Friend, the latest novel from Kate Mallinder, is a heart warming, feel good story. Just perfect for delving into at the moment. It really is! Hattie, Agnes and Jake start off as unlikely friends. But, a series of conversations and incidents send them off, together, on a holiday to Weston. They head…
This Book Has Alpacas, Bears, an Emma, a Ness, an Alice and a Rikin! When I got the email from my agent about “This Book Has Alpacas and Bears” I was a little scared. Scared because this was the first ever picture book I would be illustrating in a LONG time AND that is was…
Clap When You Land is a truly stunning read from the author of Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo. Acevedo has created a fast-moving, absorbing verse novel which delves into the very different lives of half-sisters Camino and Yahaira. Camino lives in the Dominican Republic, Yahaira lives in New York. Both are unaware they share a Papi,…
Super excited to see the next one in this series pop through the letter box, in a very polite manner I might add! We enjoyed How Rude! last year, and were keen to see what the duo were getting up to in the latest, How Selfish! Told mainly in dialogue, I love how the toddler…
I stormed through The Worst Class in the World from Joanna Nadin & Rikin Parekh, pausing only to giggle at 4B’s antics and marvel over Parekh’s illustrations. This is LITERALLY the funniest book I’ve read this year! It’s chock-a-block full of good humour with a fabulous cast of characters. 4B are a well meaning class…
The spider warriors are back with a vengeance in Emma Read’s exciting sequel to Milton the Mighty. This time the friendly cluster of arachnids and their human best friends see themselves flying to the tropical island of Hawaii for a holiday! Well, they were led to believe it was going to be a holiday ……
When a book is based on a true story it makes the words even more poignant. When the illustrations are stunningly detailed it tugs at your heart strings that little bit more. When you combine the two you get lost in a wonderful tale of love, loss and moving on. More so when the story…
Ooo I really enjoyed this. Clever, funny, warm AND it manages to tug at the heartstrings. So this is I’m Sticking With You from Smriti Halls and Steve Small, a picture book with friendship at its very heart. The first half is told from the viewpoint of Bear. Halls’s wonderfully lyrical narrative conveys Bear’s adoration…
This book is almost five years old, but I am very pleased to have just discovered it! The Thing About Jellyfish is a quirky, middle-grade coming-of-age novel about a young girl called Suzy with an unhealthy obsession with “jellies”. Set in small-town Massachusetts in America, the story centres around Suzy’s thought processes after her best…
This hilarious rib-tickling debut from Jenny Pearson & Rob Biddulph is a book that takes you on an emotional rollercoaster, lots of giggles, fun and laughs but a sprinkling of grief, sadness and frustration too. All dealt with in a comical but cleverly heart-warming and sensitive manner. Pearson’s easy to read, lucid prose will appeal…
The third instalment in the ‘Stan’ series by Elaine Wickson is an entertaining, light-hearted read with a super serious message at its core. This book will have you smiling and laughing as well as pondering the state of the globe today and what we, as individuals, can do to help bring about change. In this…
…And They Lived Happily Ever After. Then What Happened? Being asked to write a sequel to Milton the Mighty was both thrilling and daunting. On the one hand, I had the chance to play with my best spider-friends again. I was excited to catch up with them and find out what they’d been up to…
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