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 →
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 →
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 →
ESCAPE THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE: USE THE CLUES, SOLVE THE PUZZLES, AND MAKE YOUR ESCAPE Author: Stella Caldwell Published by: Weldon Owen @WeldonOwenUK Published on: 6th October 2022 Price: £11.99 First line: Are you ready to travel more than 600 years back in time, to the heart of a medieval castle? Genre: Historical, Reader choices Age:... Continue Reading →
Diver's Daughter By Patrice Lawrence Author: Patrice Lawrence @LawrencePatrice Illustrated by: Alette Straathof Published by: Scholastic Children's Books @scholasticuk Published on: 2019 First line: I hit the water. Genre: Historical fiction Age: 9+ Price: £6.99 ISBN: 978 1 407191 40 9 What's it all about? Eve, a 12 year old girl, lives in 16th century... Continue Reading →
The Children of Swallow Fell Author: Julia Green @JGreenAuthor Illustrator: Helen Crawford-White @studiohelen Published by: Oxford University Press @OxUniPress Published on: August 2020 Price: £6.99 First line: This is how it starts. Genre: Dystopian, Nature, Adventure Age: 9+ ISBN: 978 0 19 277158 2 What's it all about? A girl, Isabella, who lives comfortably in... Continue Reading →
The Time Travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess Author: Julia Jarman @JuliaJarman Published by: Andersen Press @AndersenPress Published on: Originally November 2006. This version 3rd August 2017. Price: 978 1 7834 4573 8 First line: Genre: Historical, Mystery Age: 9+ ISBN: What's it all about? Topher lives with his dad, as his mum has past... Continue Reading →
Author: Atinuke Illustrator: Kingsley Nebechi @KingsleyNebechi Published by: Bloomsbury @KidsBloomsbury Published on: 31st August 2023 Price: £12.99 First line: This is a book about British history - the history of some grey-green, rainy islands in the North Sea. Genre: History Age: 8+ ISBN: 978 1 5266 3571 6 What's it all about? A comprehensive study,... Continue Reading →
Mermedusa Author and Illustrator: Thomas Taylor @ThomasHTaylor Published by: Walker Books @WalkerBooksUK @WalkerBooksYA Published on: 7th September 2023 Price: £7.99 First line: Time. Genre: Mystery Age: 9+ ISBN: 978 1 5295 0213 8 What's it all about? This is the fifth and final book in the Eerie-On -Sea mystery series, accompanying Herbie and Violet in... Continue Reading →
The House With A Dragon In It Author: Nick Lake @nicklakeauthor Illustrator: Emily Gravett Published by: Simon and Schuster @simonkids_UK @simonschusterUK Published on: June 2023 Price: £12.99 First line: When Summer was little, her real mum used to tell her, that if she ever saw a glass bottle lying on the ground, she should not... Continue Reading →
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