I am a huge fan of M.A.Bennett’s The Butterfly Club and am delighted to feature her guest post on the blog. In line with the spirit of her time-travelling adventure, it’s smoothly written and chock-full of fascinating historical snippets. The book itself has all of this, plus a gripping storyline that sees time-theives…
Anne-Marie Conway’s HOW TO BE MORE HEDHOG has recently hit the shelves so we’ve been talking to the author herself about drama (the theatrical kind!), dark chocolate and diaries! Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I teach Drama and am an author of middle-grade fiction. I have a gorgeous dog, Jesse, who…
Only the wonderfully talented Leisa Stewart Sharpe can make you laugh out loud and cry into your cuppa in the very same sentence, with her signature style of fuzzy feelings and hearty humour. Her guest post about the inspiration behind her new picture book THE BEASTLY BUNCH, illustrated by uber-arty Pippa Curnick, made me do…
It’s 1746 and the Battle of Culloden is near its end. Young Archie and his cousin Meg, both too young to fight, watch from afar as each clan falls to the enemy who had appeared as if out of nowhere. The Jacobites defeated, the moor is now eerily silent as they count the cost of…
When sixteen year-old Lim Mei Mei (Ah Mei) is sent to the home of the Eminent Mister Lee, she must embrace her new life as a mui tsai, an indentured servant girl. It’s 1931 in British Malaya and Ah Mei steps across the threshold of her new home with fear and trepidation. She knows what…
Ross Montgomery’s latest book, The Midnight Guardians, is OUT NOW! So, OF COURSE we asked Ross to pop into MyBookCorner to answer our infamous questions. Tell us about you in 25 words or less. I was a kid who wrote stories who became a teacher who wrote books in his spare time who is now…
When the new picture book from my favourite 1980s Play School presenter arrived I must admit I did a little bit of a happy dance! As a fan of the original ‘Coming to England’ I am just so delighted that this version has been created aimed at a younger audience. Not least because my own…
With the weather getting cooler and the nights about to draw in, this is just the book you need to curl up with at the end of the day this Autumn. Grab a blanket, hot chocolate and embark on a wonderful, feel-good adventure, courtesy of Natasha Farrant. Encapsulating all the feels of the adventure stories…
It’s the year 1300, 12 year-old Ada’s life is in danger from powerful enemies, especially those within her home of Caerlaverock Castle. While a battle rages on between King Edward’s men and the small number of loyal soldiers standing firm to defend Caerlaverock from the clutches of the King, Ada is well aware that time…
Set in the harsh, deadly coastal winters of 19th Century Lyme Regis, in England, Anthea Simmons’ gritty, compelling book about the real-life palaeontologist Mary Anning is as inspirational as it is educational. I was lucky enough to grow up along the Jurassic coastline where this book is set, and one of the things I enjoyed…
When Tam O’Shanter stayed out too late he was warned by the local tarot card reader to be careful on his way home. She saw ghostly ghouls, witches and the like in his readings but Tam took no heed. One stormy night as he was travelling home on his trusty steed Meg, frightened and wary…
The Stolen Spear by Saviour Pirotta, illustrated by Davide Ortu Wolf dreams of being brave. Every night he prays to the spirits to make him the bravest boy the village has ever known. But every day he wakes up and nothing has changed. When a sacred spear goes missing from a burial site, Wolf is…
The Goose Road by Rowena House, published by Walker Books World War One has begun and 14 year-old Angelique finds herself with only one option if she is to save the farm, the only home she has ever known. With her father and brother off to fight in the bloody war, and convinced they will…
A Secret Diary of the First World War by Gill Arbuthnott, illustrated by Darren Gate It’s August 1914 and 14 year-old James Marchbank is no longer a delivery boy. He’s going to fight in the war. Sent to the trenches in France, James’s story unfolds as he spends the next four years fighting to survive…
Black Powder by Ally Sherrick is a really fun, indulging and involving gunpowder plot adventure where a boy called Tom Garnett sets out to rescue his father from the hangman’s noose. Poverty-stricken Tom and his little pet mouse, Jago, discover they have rich relatives, and – amongst the backdrop of a Catholic-hating society – they try…
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