With all the madness and disruption that Coronavirus has caused, there hasn’t been much time for books these past couple of weeks. I really enjoyed, therefore, sitting down last night to read Jennifer Killick’s latest release. Lance and his Year 6 classmates embark on a school residential to Crater Lake activity centre, which turns into…
Many children first experience loss and grief through losing a pet. While we have lost 2 dogs since our kids were born, the children were a bit too young to understand what was happening first time around, and so my 6-year-old in particular was hit quite hard when we had to say goodbye to Chester…
Cerrie Burnell’s first middle grade book, The Girl With the Shark’s Teeth, was without doubt my favourite read of 2019 and so I was quite excited when my copy of The Ice Bear Miracle, which was released last month, arrived. Life with bears is dangerous, as Marv Jackson knows – the large crescent moon shaped…
Not a full book review today, rather a short recommendation for International Women’s Day. There are so many amazing girls and women I could highlight and so many fantastic books available which celebrate their hard work, determination, passion and success. However, I’ve decided to do things a little differently this year, and shine the spotlight…
If I asked what type of illustrated fiction parents love to hate, I suspect most would say anything fairy or unicorn related due to the overload of glitter, magic kingdoms and flying over rainbows… What if, however, I introduced you to a series that does indeed include unicorns and a magic kingdom, but that’s where…
Not a full review, but I wanted to highlight this brilliant picture book on the blog today in memory of the phenomenally talented Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, whose brilliance and determination in the face of adversity will hopefully continue to inspire generations of girls and boys to reach for the stars. RIP Katherine. Hidden FiguresAuthor:…
I’ve been waiting for The Monster in the Lake to come out ever since I read Louie Stowell’s first junior fiction story, The Dragon in the Library, and it’s definitely just as good as the first. Both stories are the sorts of reads I would have loved as a kid, where libraries are magical places,…
Regular visitors to the blog will know that fantasy isn’t a genre I naturally gravitate towards; however, I’d heard so many good things about North Child on #bookstagram that I decided to give it a read. Despite her mother’s protestations to the contrary, Rose was born facing North, which according to local lore means that…
I do like to see a well-used book… My 6-year-old is hugely into spy stuff at the moment and this fab Usborne Official Spy’s Handbook, brilliantly illustrated by Colin King, is his bible: it contains all the essential info a good spy needs to know, from dead drops to secret codes, spy rings to decoding…
My son and I have had such a laugh sharing this over the weekend. Polar Bear has lost his underwear (or has he?!) and heads off with his friend, Mouse, to find his pants, discovering many differing styles along the way. My favourites were Cat’s ‘I❤️🐭’ pair, whereas Hugo was particularly amused by Bunny’s carrot…