Vi Spy - Never Say Whatever Again by Maz Evans @MaryAliceEvans Illustrated: by Jez Tuya Published by: @chickenhsebooks Published: 3rd February 2022 First line? Agent Day...Agent Day...Vi! Genre? Spy/Comedy Age? Years 4-6 What's it about? This is the second installment of Valentine Day and her quest to become a fully fledged spy. She currently attends... Continue Reading →
Edie and the Box of Flits by Kate Wilkinson Published: 22.7.2021 £6.99 ISBN: 9781848129108 Illustrated by Joe Berger Illustrator Contact Details: @_JoeBerger Published by: Piccadilly Press Publisher Contact Details Twitter: @PiccadillyPress Under 100 characters summary: Edie finds a box of Flits (small human like creatures) and tries to protect them against evil adversaries. My review:... Continue Reading →
AFTER THE WAR By Tom Palmer Cover design by Barrington Stokes and illustrated by Violet Tobacco Published by Barrington Stoke Ltd ISBN: 978 1 78112 948 7 £6.99 I was emailed over the summer by the Head at the school I work at to see if I would be interested in attending a virtual conversation... Continue Reading →
The Astonishing Future of Alex Nobody by Kate Gilby Smith. Illustrated cover by Thy Bui. Published by Orion Children's Books. £6.99 ISBN: 978 1 51010 837 0. What a fantastic idea! I needed to know the answer to the statement posed on the blurb and front cover - just what is it that Alex has... Continue Reading →
The Elephant in the room by Holly Goldberg Sloan OUT IN MARCH 2021! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elephant-Room-Holly-Goldberg-Sloan/dp/0735229945 Published by Bonnier Books£6.99ISBN: 9781800780002Pages: 250Author contact details:www.hollygoldbergsloan.com @HGoldbergSloan Publisher contact details:@bonnierbooks_UK @PicadillyPress Under 100 characters summary: Loyalty and longing combine to show a young girl a new way of surviving her life and helping others to do the same.The first... Continue Reading →
Marie Curious Girl Genius Saves the World By Chris Edison https://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-Evil-Engineer-G-M-S/dp/1408359987 Published by Orchard Books £6.99 ISBN: 978 1 40835 998 3 Pages: 243 Publisher website:https://www.hachette.co.uk/ @HachetteKids Under 100 characters summary: A group of girls save the world, defeat evil and invent new machines – science is power!The first line: As soon as she got... Continue Reading →
Freedom by Catherine Johnson Cover artwork by Two Dots Published by Scholastic £4.99 ISBN: 9781 4071 85484 Published: 2nd August 2018 138 pages Author’s contact details: http://www.catherinejohnson.co.uk @catwrote Illustrator’s contact details: http://www.thetwodots.com Publisher’s website: http://www.scholastic.co.uk @scholasticuk Under 100 characters book review: Beautifully written story about a slave boy in Jamaica and the continuing battles he... Continue Reading →
The Vanishing Trick by Jenni Spangler Illustrated by Chris Mould Published by Simon and Schuster £6.99. ISBN: 9781 4711 9037 7 Published: 30th April 2020 295 pages Author’s contact details: http://www.jennispangler.com @JenniSpangler1 Illustrator’s contact details: chrismould.blogspot.com @chrismouldink Publisher’s website: http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk @simonschusterUK Under 100 characters book review: Victorian orphan, captured by a medium, wades through the... Continue Reading →
ISBN: 9781471409141 Published by Hot Key Books Main Review: This book begins with a very serious note from the author himself explaining how he was diagnosed with cancer and how the book explores a lot of his own experiences. However, the story itself is not difficult to read, even if it is a challenging subject.... Continue Reading →
What is more important to you when you read a book: characterisation or a sense of place? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pear-Affair-Judith-Eagle/dp/0571346855 Published by FaberPaperback: £7.99 Ebook: £5.99ISBN: 9780571346851Pages: 274Author contact details:Twitter: @EagleJudith #ThePearAffair #PearAffairCover illustrated by: Kim Geyer https://www.kimgeyer.com Twitter: @kim_geyer Instagram: kimgeyer63 Publisher contact details:https://www.faber.co.uk/ Twitter: @FaberBooks Instagram: faberbooks Under 100 characters summary: Nell hunts through the... Continue Reading →
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