Rose Metayer, from Boston Latin School and a reviewer for Youth Services Book Review has reviewed book one in the Class X series; Arlo, Mrs Ogg and the Dinosaur Zoo, by Alice Hemming and Kathryn Durst. This book was truly a joy to read. It reminded me of an episode of the Magic School Bus. In the …
The funny folks over at Snort! have got their hands on Jenny Moore’s latest middle-grade adventure, Audrey Orr and the Robot Rage; If you like fart gags (and you wouldn’t be here if you didn’t) Audrey Orr and the Robot Rage is going to be right up your gate. That’s Norwegian for ‘street’. You can laminate that …
David at What’s Good to Read has delved into Jenny Moore’s new Middle-grade fiction, Audrey Orr and the Robot Rage; Jenny Moore’s Audrey Orr and the Robot Rage is a comedy adventure for children aged 7-12 years. It is fast paced, filled with humour, adventure and robots wanting vengeance. It makes a good story but also has …
Jill Bennett from Red Reading Hub has ventured into the second addition in the Wolfsong series, The Whispering Stones, by Saviour Pirotta and illustrated by Davide Ortu; Once again this is a gripping tale during which its young protagonist narrator learns much about himself, about the importance of choices and their consequences, about acceptance of past mistakes …
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Terry Potter from The Letterpress Project has read and reviewed our upcoming, second narrative non-fiction picture book, Mister TV written by Julie Fulton with endearing illustrations by Patrick Corrigan; What was the most important and influential invention of the Twentieth Century? Up and down the country arguments will rage over dinner tables about what deserves that accolade …
Lorraine, otherwise known as the Merry Bookworm, has taken a journey to the Neolithic in Saviour Pirotta’s second installment in the Wolfsong series, The Whispering Stones with illustrations by Davide Ortu; This is the second in Saviour Pirotta’s historical junior fiction ‘Wolfsong’ series and just like the first, it’s a corker of a read. It’s an atmospheric …
Book Monster Ally has got her hands on our upcoming narrative non-fiction picture book; Why? A Sciencey, Rhymey Guides to Rainbows by Billy Dunne with incandescent illustrations by Rhys Jefferys. I think this must be one of the most perfect books for our currently Coronovirus-riddled climate. Not only are thousands of parents now finding themselves at …
US book review magazine, Kirkus, has read and rated book one in the Penpals on Pluto series by Lou Treleaven; A pair of grade school pen pals exchange a series of amusing letters between Earth and Pluto. Jon lives in England. His very creative teacher has assigned her students pen pals, with all of the …
Jill Bennett from Red Reading Hub has packed her bags and is off to join Audrey Orr in this Robot-tacular middle-grade by Jenny Moore; After a decade of competition entering, Audrey Orr’s mother has finally won a competition prize worth having – a luxury cruise to Norway. Then Audrey discovers a huge problem: the trip is during term …