The Past Master Written by: Patience Agbabi Published by: Canongate Published on: February 2024 Price: £7.99 First line: It's New Year's Eve 2051, the eve of the leap year 2025. Age: 9+ Genre: Time travel, Science Fiction, Hope, Family, Teamwork Thanks to the Imagine Centre for the review copy: the full and comprehensive review can... Continue Reading →
Describe something you learned in high school. NOTHING. Now, unusually, this is not a funny facetious remark by me, but actually the truth. Mainly because I didn't go to high school. I went to secondary school, which is what we call high school in England. I think the main thing I learnt was more about... Continue Reading →
Robin of Sherwood Written by: Michael Morpurgo @MichaelMorpurgo Illustrated by: Michael Foreman Published by: Wayland @Watts_Wayland Published: March 1998 Price: £8.99 First line: There had never been a storm like it. Genre: Historical, Family, Adventure Age: 9+ Thanks to my school library for the review copy! What's it all about? The story starts in the... Continue Reading →
The Creatures of Killburn Mine Written by: Dan Smith @DanSmithAuthor Illustrated by: Chris King @ChrisKingArt Published by: Barrington Stoke @BarringtonStoke Published: January 2024 Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, ContemporaryPrice: £7.99. ISBN: 978 1 80090 250 3. First Line: Pete Brundle was one of the few people in Crooked Oak to see the strange light in the... Continue Reading →
What job would you do for free? Read! If you wouldn't do your current job for free, you need to keep searching, as you clearly haven't found the right job yet. Work to live, live to work?
Marvin and the Book of Magic Written by: Jenny Pearson @J_C_Pearson Illustrated by: Aleksei Bitskoff @Bitskoff Published by: Barrington Stoke @BarringtonStoke Published: January 2024 Price: £7.99 First line: My name is Marvellous Marvin. Genre: Magic, Contemporary, Humour Age: 7+ Thanks to the UKLA's 4-11 magazine for the review copy. A review can be found in... Continue Reading →
Millions Written by: Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b Illustrated by: Steven Lenton @StevenLenton Published by: MacMillan Children's Books @MacmillanKidsUK Published: February 2004 Price: £6.99 First line: If our Anthony was telling this story, he'd start with the money. Genre: Contemporary, Comedy, Neurodivergent Age: 9+ Thanks to my school library for letting me borrow a copy! What's it... Continue Reading →
Murder At The Museum Written by: Alastair Beckett-King @MisterAbk Illustrated by: Claire Powell @misspowellpeeps Published by: Walker Book @WalkerBooksYA @WalkerBooksUK Published on: February 2023 Price: £7.99 First line: It always seemed to be dusk inside the Hornville Museum. Genre: Mystery Age: 9+ Thanks to @imaginecentre for the review copy, and the full review can be... Continue Reading →
A Kind Of Spark Written by Elle McNicoll @BooksandChokers Published by: Knights of @_KnightsOf Published on: June 2020 Price: £6.99 First line: "This handwriting is utterly disgraceful." Genre: Contemporary, Witches, Scotland, Neurodivergent Age: 10+ Thanks to Barnet Library for letting me borrow this copy! What's it all about? Addie is a young Scottish girl who... Continue Reading →
So, here on Kinkajousreadtoo, it's double author interview week. I recorded these a while back, so, sorry for the delay in publishing them. My second interview this week is with adventurer and author, Alastair Humphreys. He who wrote: The Boy Who Biked The World, The Girl Who Rode The Ocean and Against The Odds among... Continue Reading →
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