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Month: March 2022

Fiction, Illustrated/Junior

The Book Cat by Polly Faber

March 26, 2022

A beautiful morning here in South Lincolnshire, with such a lovely book keeping me company. The Book Cat is based on real-life cat, Morgan, a stray who set up home at Faber and Faber during WW2 as resident mouser and door cat. In this story, Morgan embodies the Blitz spirit, helping those felines less fortunate…

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Inclusion, Picture Books

My Hair by Hannah Lee and Allen Fatimaharan

March 13, 2022

I absolutely love this picture book – a joyous celebration of black hair and culture, with glorious illustrations (and the most superb endpapers) to match. A young girl needs a new hairstyle in time for her birthday. After rejecting her dad’s offers for a trim (in fairness, he has been practising on the dog!), she’s…

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Anthologies, Fiction

Happy Here, Introduced by Sharna Jackson

March 12, 2022

This fabulous book is the only ray of sunshine to be found in South Lincolnshire this morning – what a miserable day weather-wise! I love it when I discover new books that I haven’t seen or heard of before. I was mooching around WH Smith on Thursday, killing time while waiting for a school music…

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Chapter Books for Young Readers, Illustrated/Junior

The Fabulous Cakes of Zinnia Jakes: The Super Spy

March 8, 2022

My daughter loves books that feature her hobbies and interests, so this brilliant chapter book series, The Fabulous Cakes of Zinnia Jakes, is perfect for her. The Super Spy is the latest book to be published and just like the first 2 books (which can be read as standalones) it’s full of adventure, fun and…

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Fiction, Humour, Inclusion

Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian

March 5, 2022

Today’s Saturday morning ‘hanging around in the car park’ read was the first book in the Planet Omar series – Accidental Trouble Magnet – and what a brilliant story it is. Not many books can boast a new school, a stinky class bully, a dragon and a zombie, an Eid fest and presents, and a…

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Picture Books

All I Want is an Octopus by Tracy Gunaratnam and Valentina Fontana

March 1, 2022

Right, I’ve got a HUGE apology to make to Maverick Books. The lovely Kate kindly sent us this brilliant picture book last Summer, but a couple of days after it arrived, it disappeared off my review shelf and despite searching high and low, I couldn’t track it down for love nor money. Until last week,…

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