For the last 3 years, I’ve really loved New Year as it has meant a new release from the fab author, Lisa Thompson. She’s the sort of author I would have loved to have read when I was younger, as she focuses on real-life, often gritty, issues. The Day I was Erased is no exception…… Read More The Day I Was Erased by Lisa Thompson
To my mind, there is something very special about festive reads – while the children clearly don’t need any help to get excited, I find that snuggling down with the kids to share a Christmas story actually helps me to be a little less scrooge-like! While most book blogs tend to focus on new festive… Read More Favourite Festive Picture Books
I find myself regularly drawn to non-fiction books. I love being able to just dip in and out when I feel like it and there’s something very satisfying about finding out something new – every day is a school day, and at that… My children seem to be following in the same footsteps, particularly my… Read More The Big Book of The Blue & The Clue is in The Poo
We do love a bit of non-fiction action in our house and these brand-new, informative hardbacks, published by Wide Eyed Editions, have really hit the spot. Firstly, Maps of the United Kingdom is basically a compendium of maps, broken down by country and county, which aims to celebrate the diversity, talent and history of Great… Read More Maps of the United Kingdom & Atlas of Adventures: Wonders of the World
If, like me, you have a young child who is bored of school reading books, you’ll know it’s not always easy to find alternatives that match their reading ability. You might find, however, that a new range of Early Readers, published by Maverick Arts Publishing, solves your problems! Maverick have taken fun, interesting picture books… Read More Maverick Early Readers (banded readers)
This is my first Christmas book purchase of the year, and what a cracker (excuse the pun…) it is! How Winston Delivered Christmas has been ingeniously devised, written and illustrated by the multi-talented Alex T Smith (of both Mr Penguin and Claude fame) and is certain to be a festive hit. The book has been… Read More How Winston Delivered Christmas by Alex T Smith
When I first saw this book, it’s eye-catching cover made me instantly think that it was going to be similar to ‘Eye of The North’ or ‘The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club’ (both excellent adventure stories, by the way), but I was spectacularly proved wrong. You would think by now that I would know not to… Read More Race to the Frozen North by Catherine Johnson
‘Don’t forget who you are. You are a fighter. As the dark in the sky makes the stars shine brighter, you will find the bad stuff has good bits too. The bad days are the days that make you you.’ This book caught my eye as the author, the phenomenal Matt Haig, described it on… Read More The Truth Pixie by Matt Haig
‘For the record, seeing your mum miserable is one of the worst things in the world. Being separated from your almost-twin is another. Knowing it was your fault is a third… All of them together is a pancake stack of bad things.’ Apologies – due to some technical difficulties, we have been off-line for what… Read More What Lexie Did by Emma Shevah
‘Often the journeys we take inside ourselves are more difficult than the stormiest seas’ The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle is the #PrimarySchoolBookClub read for August, and was also the Waterstone’s Children’s Book for July 2018. Some people might be aware of Catherine Doyle through her Young Adult trilogy, Blood for Blood, but this… Read More The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle