Released at the beginning of the month, The Secret Starling is the debut Middle Grade (age 8-12) book by Judith Eagle. There’s been lots of excitement about it on Twitter, so I was keen to read it as soon as it was released. Clara lives with her mean uncle in a crumbling, old manor house,…
There are so many good books being released this month, that I’m meeting myself coming backwards trying to keep up! I wanted to quickly write a piece on this picture book, though, as I think it’s rather special… We are big fans of Clare Helen Welsh in the Merry Bookworm household, The Underwear Wolf being…
This is a very quick review as I’m a tad short on time at the moment; however, I wanted to make sure that I recorded my thoughts on this new book by Fleur Hitchcock, an established and accomplished writer whom some of you will know due to her dark thrillers for older children. Clifftoppers: The…
Back to the blog after a short break over the Easter holidays – we hope the Easter Bunny was kind to you all! This Is How We Do It is an informative and interesting picture book which allows us to live a day in each of 7 children’s lives from around the world. We can…
I’ve been quite envious seeing proofs of Louie Stowell’s debut book being reviewed on Twitter, so I was completely thrilled to win a signed copy of The Dragon in the Library in a Nosy Crow competition recently. After a bit of a tussle with my daughter to determine who was going to read it first,…
I first found out about Little Bird Flies while reading an interview with Karen McCombie in the latest edition of Carousel magazine. I’m a big fan of historical fiction and the idea of a 2-part series detailing the life of Bridie – aka Little Bird – intrigued me. Little Bird Flies – the first book…
Wow, this beautifully written and illustrated book socked me right between the eyes when it arrived last week. As you might guess by its title, Kind is a book about kindness. It has been published to help raise money for Three Peas, a charity that provides vital, practical help to those who have had to…
I bought this after catching the title on Twitter, thinking it was about the night sky which my son is really into at the moment. However, I was pleasantly surprised when it arrived to find out that it’s so much more than that – it’s effectively a celebration of night time, which makes for a…
Some of you will know that I am a huge advocate of reading for pleasure, so even though my daughter has been a ‘free reader’ for nearly a year now, I still love to find her books that she will enjoy, as opposed to her reading primarily for academic purposes. Anna loves stories with lots…
I have been a member of Twitter’s #PrimarySchoolBookClub since its inception last year and Ghost is its current read. I actually hadn’t heard of the book until I found out it had been crowned ‘March’s pick’ in the vote at the end of February. However, I was aware of the publisher – Knights Of –…