Time Travelling with a Tortoise Author: Ross Welford @rosswelford Illustrated by: Tom Clohosy Cole Published by: Harper Collins @HarperCollinsCh Published on: 4th January 2024 Price: £7.99 First line: I should really do one of those 'Previously on...' things like they do on Netflix. Genre: Science Fiction Age: 8+ What's it all about? This is the... Continue Reading →
Howl's Moving Castle Author: Diana Wynne Jones Illustrator: Marie-Alice Harel https://www.maharel.com/ @maharelillo Published by: The Folio Society @foliosociety Published on: 2021 Price: £45 First line: In the land of Ingary, where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born the eldest of three. Genre:... Continue Reading →
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre Author: Abridged by Patrice Lawrence @LawrencePatrice Illustrations: Hannah Peck @hpillustration_ Published by: Walker Books @WalkerBooksUK Published on: 4th January 2024 Price: £7.99 First line: The sun is setting and the rain beats against the window. Genre: Classic Age: 9+ ISBN: 978 1 5295 0662 4 What's it all about? A young... Continue Reading →
The Boy Who Biked The World By Alastair Humphreys @Al_Humphreys Illustrated by Tom Morgan-Jones @TomMorganJones Published by: Eye Books @EyeAndLightening Published on: April 2011 Price: £7.99 First line: Tom forced himself to keep smiling as the chief handed him a bowl of steaming blood and milk. Genre: Adventure Age: 8+ ISBN: 978 1 903070 75... Continue Reading →
What are your thoughts on the concept of living a very long life? I would love to live forever - rather than a very long life! Nothing could be better. I don't want to ever die. The things you would see. The changes you could navigate. The opportunity to teacher others to learn from what... Continue Reading →
Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story Author: Catherine Johnson @catwrote Illustrator: Katie Hickey @katiehickey195 Published by: Barrington Stoke @BarringtonStoke Published on: 2018 Price: £7.99 First line: Matthew Henson was the first American to reach the North Pole. Genre: Biography, adventure. Age: 8+ ISBN: 978 1 78112 840 4 What's it all about?... Continue Reading →
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why? This is a great questions. I think in the past (no pun intended) I used to not just think about the past, but more dwell on it, and possibly even dwell in it, which I think has quite negative connotations. Now, I... Continue Reading →
The Sky Over Rebecca Author: Matthew Fox @mattfoxwriter Illustrated by: Ben Mantle @BenMMantle Published by: Hodder Children's Books @Hachettekids Published on: April 2022 Price: £7.99 First line: Somebody had made a snow angel in a perfect white snow drift down by the lake. Genre: Historical fiction Age: 9+ ISBN: 978 1 444 96470 7 What's... Continue Reading →
What is the greatest gift someone could give you? Pretty boring as an answer to this one, but it has to be - pay off my mortgage! I'd have so much spare money then and would know exactly what to do with it! I wouldn't be like any of those weirdos who spend their money... Continue Reading →
What colleges have you attended? I've been to quite a few (I assume you mean what we call universities in England): The University of Reading, Exeter University, Hertfordshire University, University College London (UCL). How about you? Have you attended any of the same ones? What did you study?
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