This book is full of discovery. Each double page spread is filled with information about a famous explorer from history. The information is clearly written, with perfect language to expand the minds of 7 and 8 year olds. The diagrams and pictures are beautiful and fulfilling. The explorers range in sex, age, age in history... Continue Reading →
Edie and the Box of Flits by Kate Wilkinson Published: 22.7.2021 £6.99 ISBN: 9781848129108 Illustrated by Joe Berger Illustrator Contact Details: @_JoeBerger Published by: Piccadilly Press Publisher Contact Details Twitter: @PiccadillyPress Under 100 characters summary: Edie finds a box of Flits (small human like creatures) and tries to protect them against evil adversaries. My review:... Continue Reading →
This is the Mexican version of the classic story of Cinderella. It follows that story quite closely at the beginning with the story arc being the same, but the settings and cultural context has been changed. There are no pumpkins! Adelita has a happy life at the beginning, but then tragically both her parents die... Continue Reading →
Is there enough respect for the older generation? Anisha Accidental Detective: Granny Trouble! By Serena Patel, illustrated by Emma McCann. Published by Usborne Books. ISBN 978 1 4749 5954 4. £5.99 This book is the latest in a very successful series of books all about Anisha, a young girl who has a knack for finding... Continue Reading →
AFTER THE WAR By Tom Palmer Cover design by Barrington Stokes and illustrated by Violet Tobacco Published by Barrington Stoke Ltd ISBN: 978 1 78112 948 7 £6.99 I was emailed over the summer by the Head at the school I work at to see if I would be interested in attending a virtual conversation... Continue Reading →
PLANET OMAR: EPIC HERO FLOP By Zanib Mian, illustrated by Kyan Cheng Published by Hachette. ISBN: 978 1 444 96098 3. £6.99 This is another installment in the popular 'Planet Omar' series of book, of which I have already read 'Incredible Rescue Mission'. It, like all the books in the series, is written in a very... Continue Reading →
The Astonishing Future of Alex Nobody by Kate Gilby Smith. Illustrated cover by Thy Bui. Published by Orion Children's Books. £6.99 ISBN: 978 1 51010 837 0. What a fantastic idea! I needed to know the answer to the statement posed on the blurb and front cover - just what is it that Alex has... Continue Reading →
Big Sky Mountain Written and illustrated by Alex Milway. Published by Piccadilly Press. £6.99 ISBN: 978 1 848 12972 6 My review: What a fantastic little book this is! From the bright, engaging front cover, to the black, white and blue illustrations festooned across the pages, to the simple, yet elegant story inside. The story... Continue Reading →
Kate on the Case by Hannah Peck £6.99 ISBN: 9781848129702 Pages: 145 Publication Date: 8th July 2021 Author and illustrator: Hannah Peck Author Contact Details: Twitter: @hpillustration_ Instagram: @hannahpeckillustration +44 207 326 9140The Bright Agency103-105 St John's Hill, London SW11 1SY Published by: Piccadilly Press Publisher Contact Details: Twitter: @PiccadillyPress @BonnierBooks_UK Molly.Holt@bonnierbooks.co.uk lizz.skelly@bonnierbooks.co.uk Under 100... Continue Reading →
Morgana Mage in the Robotic Age by Amy Bond. Published by Chicken House, £6.99. Illustrated by Nan Lawson. ISBN: 978 1 912626 52 6 Publication Date: 7th January 2021 Author contact details: Twitter: @AmyLouiseBond Illustrator contact details: Twitter: @NanLawson Publisher contact details: Chicken House Books - Home Twitter: @chickenhsebooks We all know of the age... Continue Reading →
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