As a back-to-school treat for My Book Corner readers, we’ve got an intriguing extract from Mark Lowery’s Charlie and Me to share with you. Isn’t it always great to read an extract from a book, to know whether or not it’ll grab you? Grab a cuppa, and enjoy. Love to hear what you think. Over…
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor is such a fun read – become immersed in the fascinating life of the wonderful Joan Procter as Patricia Valdez’s light, humourous prose takes you on her journey. “While other girls read stories about dragons and princesses, Joan read books about lizards and crocodiles.” Beginning this real life story when Joan…
Bee & Me, from Alison Jay, is a wordless picture book and has fast become one of our favourites in our house! Even before buying it, once I had told my daughter that it had no words and you can tell the story from the pictures, straight away she was sat flicking through the pages…
Earth Verse: Explore our Planet through Poetry and Art from Sally M Walker and William Grill does exactly what it says atop that sumptuous cover. Each verse is a perfect haiku – what a brilliant teaching resource already – Murphy begins her exploration by examining earth in context “third one from the sun” before getting…
Published in 1905, this is a classic tale (not tail, although many of those feature in this story) of an accidental cross-breed of wolf and dog – White Fang. Although it was written over 115 years ago, this book retains is excitement levels, relevance and its punchy tenacity. There’s not many upper middle-grade books I’ve…
This exciting, vibrant non fiction book is a real treat for fans of fabulous bugs and / or Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach. Inspired by the creatures who can be found in James’s own giant peach, James’s Giant Bug Book promises to take its own readers on an amazing journey of discovery turning…
One year, at the town fair, my Mum got roped into buying encyclopaedias. Back then, encyclopaedia and Tupperware salesmen door-stepped you almost as often as the Avon lady – all now sadly lost to a bygone era. But with no computer in the house (err bit early for that) and four kids in school, Mum…
How the Sun Got to Coco’s House, by Bob Graham, is a beautiful tale of the sun’s journey throughout the day. The journey begins while Coco sleeps and ends with the sun barging ‘straight through Coco’s window!’. Luckily for Coco, ‘the sun had time on its hands’ and spends the whole day with her. Bob…
“Even something very small can make a BIG difference” The theme of Poppy and the Blooms, the latest picture book by Fiona Woodcock, will appeal to little children who so often feel powerless in a grown up world. Four flower friends prove that with some determination and teamwork you can make a difference, whatever your…
Very rarely do I buy picture books just for myself, but there was something magical and seaside-fairytale about this one, The Storm Whale, and so I had to get it. Stunningly, beautifully and heartbreakingly illustrated by Benji Davies (who wrote the book too), this little story follows young coastal dweller Noi. We peek into his…
A compelling story about overcoming grief and how hope really can be a feathery friend. Gill Lewis’s Sky Dancer, due out in October 2017, opens with grief stricken Joe and his older brother Ryan scattering their father’s ashes with their mum on the moors in northern England. Having died from a heart attack in…
King of the Sky, a picture book written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Laura Carlin, is about a boy from Italy who feels alone in a new country. In a new land full of rain, and ‘little houses huddled on the humpbacked hills’ the young narrator feels lost. Wales is nothing like his old…
Lots: The Diversity of Life on Earth is an absorbing non-fiction picture book from Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton. It’s the companion book to the duo’s award-winning Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes. ‘How many different kinds of living things are there on our planet? One, two, three, LOTS!’ …and after that fabulous opening line…
Trees, from Lemniscates is a beautifully rendered picture book combining soft lyrical prose with captivating illustrations. The opening four pages show the reader how trees change during the four seasons. Then Trees delves a little deeper, encouraging curiosity in the important things that trees do. … how they adapt to their surroundings, use their roots…
The Night Box from Louise Greig and Ashling Lindsay is a wonderfully poetic picture book, it’s pure joy to read it. “Day is yawning. Quiet settles in the the trees. The birds fold their wings, the singing stops.” The opening lines set the calm, yet joyous tone of the narrative. It was really no surprise…
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