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?
Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos Author: Andy Sagar @andysagarbooks Illustrator: Marine Gosselin instagram - @phlox.art Published by Orion Books @orionbooks Price: £7.99 First line: There was once a teashop that wouldn't stay put. Genre: Magical, fantasy Age: 9+ ISBN: 978 1 51010 952 0 What's it all about? This is the second book... Continue Reading →
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