The Diamond of Dury Lane By Julia Golding @jgoldingauthor Cover illustration by Tim Spencer ISBN: 978 1405237581 £4.69 Published: 4th February 2008 First line: Genre: Fiction- adventure/historical Age: 9+ Thanks to my former colleague, Daniel, a fellow Year 5 teacher, 15+ years teaching experience and English Lead for recommending and lending me this book. Hopefully,... Continue Reading →
Storm ISBN: 978 0 435 15998 6 £5.75 Written by: Kevin Crossley-Holland https://www.kevincrossley-holland.com/ Illustrated by: Alan Marks https://www.marksonpaper.co.uk/ Published by: Pearson First line: Genre: Folk tale Age range: 7-11 What's it about? A young girl, lives in the marshland surrounded by the beautiful flora and fauna (wonderfully illustrated). It's a remote existence, especially as her... Continue Reading →
Beyond Belief By @RealAlexWoolfe. Illustrated by @jasminefloyd_ Published by @LittleTigerUK £14.99 ISBN: 978 1 83891 401 1 Published: 3rd March 2022 First Line: We are living in truly exciting times... Genre: Non-fiction, science and technology. Age: Year 4 upwards (8+) Thanks to @lr4schools for the copy! What's it all about? Well, that's a little hard... Continue Reading →
Swarm Rising By Tim Peake @astro_timpeake and Steve Cole @SteveColeBooks Published by Hodder Children's Books @HodderBooks @HatchetteKids £12.99 ISBN: 978 1 444 96084 6. Published: 30th September 2021 First line: It's time to get serious about aliens. Genre: Science Fiction Age: Year 6 upwards (10+) Thanks to the UKLA for sending me a copy of... Continue Reading →
Monster Dougnuts: Cyclops On A Mission ISBN: 9781 80078 0842 £6.99 Written by Gianna Pollero @GiannaPP Illustrated by Sarah Horne @sarahhorne9 Published by Picadilly Press @PicadillyPress Published: 20th January 2022 First Line: Grace yanked the tentacle out of her nose and wiped the trail of snot-like slime off her face, as she held the squirming... Continue Reading →
Vi Spy - Never Say Whatever Again by Maz Evans @MaryAliceEvans Illustrated: by Jez Tuya Published by: @chickenhsebooks Published: 3rd February 2022 First line? Agent Day...Agent Day...Vi! Genre? Spy/Comedy Age? Years 4-6 What's it about? This is the second installment of Valentine Day and her quest to become a fully fledged spy. She currently attends... Continue Reading →
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 →
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