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 …
Kate Poels has cruised through Jenny Moore’s second adventure middle grade, Audrey Orr and the Robot Rage; What’s to be done when your family have won a cruise to Norway but your headteacher won’t give you time off school? For Audrey there is only one solution. Commission a robot double to stand in for you in …
Kristin Guay, former youth services librarian has headed into outer space with the first book of Lou Treleaven’s Penpals on Pluto series, Letter to Pluto; What did you like about the book? This book is a series of letters between two penpals– Jon on Earth and Straxi on Pluto. In an attempt to preserve the …
Kristin Guay, former youth services has reviewed Book One in the Class X series; Arlo, Mrs Ogg and the Dinosaur Zoo, by Alice Hemming; There is another side story to this book besides the children going on a dinosaur field trip. Arlo documents in his journal some of the problems that this class has had …
Loved listening to all the adventures in Daddy and I?! Grab your own copy here! What’s new from Lou?! Check out Lou Treleaven’s upcoming picture book about one unlikely hero! The Knight Who Might Coming August 28th!
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Kate Poels has taken a trip back to Roman Britain in Jenny Moore’s SPI-tacular, Agent Starling: Operation Baked Beans; Oliver thought his day was going to be pretty normal when it started. But a stranger in a long coat and fake beard has other ideas for him. With top marks in a recent school project about …