By author Paula Harrison and illustrator Jenny Løvlie (Oxford University Press)
‘Don’t let fear hold you back
You’re braver than you think.’
Author: Lynda
To Night Owl from Dogfish | Book Review
By Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer (Egmont)
‘…no one can tell you what is or isn’t a family.
Well, they can tell you, but you don’t have to listen and you shouldn’t listen. You need to only listen to your heart.’
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The Midnight Hour | Book Review
By Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder (Chicken House)
When her parents go missing and aren’t answering their phones, Emily and her trusty hedgehog sidekick have no choice but to go in search of them.
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Knights and Bikes | Book Review
By author Gabrielle Kent, and illustrators Rex Crowle and Luke Newell (Knights Of)
Sometimes you find the best adventures…and sometimes the best adventures find you!
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Books 4 the Primary Bookshelf | Reviews
There’s a constant stream of exciting new titles being published at the moment, so we have decided to give an update of the books that we’ve recently read and added to our own primary-level bookshelf!
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Don’t Touch My Hair! / #Goldilocks | Picture Book Reviews
We recently came across two brilliant picture books that look at a couple of specific issues not often discussed in stories for younger readers. So we decided to do a double post to share them with you all!
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The Yark | Book Review
By author Bertrand Santini and illustrator Laurent Gapaillard (Gecko Press)
The monstrous Yark loves children – fried, filleted, in a sauce or stew, however he can get them! But bad children give him stomach ache, and good children are becoming harder to find…until he meets little Madeleine.
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Hilary McKay’s Fairy Tales | Review
By author Hilary McKay and illustrator Sarah Gibb (Macmillan Children’s Books)
With wonderful silhouette-style illustrations, McKay and Gibb’s ‘Fairy Tales’ is a book that goes far beyond a simple “retelling” of ten of the most well-known fairy tales.
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The Clockwork Crow | Review
By Catherine Fisher (Firefly Press)
Set in Victorian Wales, this is a tale full of mystery, suspense and winter frosts – perfect for the current chilly weather!
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How Winston Delivered Christmas | Review
An Advent Story in Twenty-Four-And-A-Half Chapters
Written and illustrated by Alex T Smith (Macmillan Children’s Books)
One of the books I brought back from my pre-Christmas visit to the West Country (and its lovely indie bookshops) was ‘How Winston Delivered Christmas’. And I’m so pleased I did!
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