Blitzers Written by: Alastair Chisholm Illustrated by: Francesca Ficorilli Published by: Barrington Stoke Published on: 5th June 2025 Price: £7.99 Age: 8+ ISBN: 978 0 00 872371 2 Thanks to the UKLA for the review copy. What's it all about? Blitzers (a bit like a Tamagotchi, if you're old enough to remember them) are electronic... Continue Reading →
Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt Written by: Rik Worth Illustrated by: Jordan Collver Published by: Wren and Rook - Hachette Children's Group Published on: July 2025 Price: £9.99 Age: 8+ ISBN: 978 1 5263 6662 7 Thanks to the UKLA for the review copy. What's it all about? Find out all about some of the... Continue Reading →
Guardians of the New Moon: The Year of the Ox Written by: Eric Huang Illustrated by: Phung Nguyen Quang Published by: Little Tiger Published on: July 3rd 2025 Price: £6.99 Age: 8+ ISBN: 978 1 78895 756 4 Thanks to the UKLA for the review copy. What's it all about? Miaow, Ming and Xiao Nioh... Continue Reading →
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Written by: Susan Martineau Illustrated by: Vicki Barker Published by: b small Published on: 24th July 2025 Price: £12.99 First line: Bugs are everywhere. Genre: Non-fiction, Animals, Science Age: 8+ ISBN: 9781916851252 Thanks to the UKLA for the review copy. What's it all about? Not a topic to excite many people, I... Continue Reading →
The Lucky House Detective Agency Written by: Scarlett Li #TheLuckyHouseDetectiveAgency Illustrated by: Sian James @sianjart Published by: Knights Of @_KnightsOf Published on: June 2025 Price: £7.99 First line: "Clues hide in plain sight," I say. Genre: Detective fiction Age: 8+ Thanks to the UKLA for the review copy. What's it all about? Nei ho ma?... Continue Reading →
Hi from Outer Space Written and illustrated by Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas Published by: Allen and Unwin @allenandunwin Published on: 21st November 2024 ISBN: 978 1761069260. Price: £7.99 First line: I sometimes wonder what my life would've been like if I hadn't left a banana peel in the middle of the kitchen floor - right where... Continue Reading →
The Pinchers and the Dog Chase Written by Anders Sparring Illustrated by Per Gustavsson Translated by Julia Marshall Published by Gecko Press @geckopress Published: June 2024 Price: £8.99 First line: Remember me? Genre: First chapter book, crime Thanks to the UKLA for the review copy! What's it all about? This is the second stretch for... Continue Reading →
Emil and the Detectives Written by: Erich Kastner Illustrated by: Walter Trier Translated by: Eileen Hall Published by: Vintage Books Published on: 2012 (first published in Britain 1931) Price: £6.99 First line: "Now then, Emil," Mrs Tischbein said, "just carry in that hot jug of water for me, will you." Genre: Detective mystery Thanks to... Continue Reading →
Michael The Incredible Super-Sleuth Sausage Dog Written by: Terrie Chilvers @cowfishdreams Illustrated by: Tim Budgen @timbudgen Published by: Firefly Press @FireflyPress Published: 2nd May 2024 Price: £6.99 First line: My name is Michael the Amazing Mind-Reading Sausage Dog. Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Animals Thanks to Brenda at 4-11 magazine for the review copy. What's it all... Continue Reading →
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Written by: Ian Fleming @TheIanFleming Illustrated by: Thomas Gilbert Published by: Ian Fleming Publications Published: June 13th 2024 Price: £7.99 First line: Most motor-cars are conglomerations (this is a long word for bundles) of steel and wire and rubber and plastic, and electricity and oil and petrol and water, and the... Continue Reading →
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