Front cover The latest instalment in the Isadora Moon series, Isadora Moon has a sleepover tells of the adventure the books namesake has after her teacher sets a weekend based homework. The task given is to design and bake a cake like those seen on a hit tv show, and the cake that outshines the … Continue reading Isadora Moon has a sleepover
Front cover An absolutely stunning graphic novel from David Almond with beautiful, thought-provoking illustrations by Dave McKean. The first thing that really draws you to pick up this book is the cover. It is absolutely stunning to look at, grasping your imagination with both hands and evoking so many thoughts from it and there is … Continue reading Joe Quinn’s Poltergeist
Welcome to my March picture book blog post featuring titles due for publication on March 7th (World Book Day) and 12th, so if your looking for a recommendation to help you decide what to use your world book day token on look no further because here are 10 amazing picture book titles to help you … Continue reading Peeking at Picture Books – March 2019
The Maker of Monsters front cover Brat lives on a desolate island with Lord Macawber, a man who was banished from society for his use of dark magic. From his lab on the island Macawber creates monsters as he plots his revenge on the society that banished him and believes it to be the only … Continue reading The Maker of Monsters
I have read so many amazing books this February and blogged as I have gone along, this is my post on two books that I missed when they had already been published but are now firm favourites of mine. The Clockwork Crow Telling the story of an orphan named Seren who is sent to live … Continue reading February Favourites
Scavengers - Front cover The instant I saw the cover to Scavengers I was curious about the story within and keen to explore its pages, characters and plot. " What happens when you break the rules?" the front cover asks, whilst depicting the silhouette of a child on top of a junk pile in the … Continue reading Scavengers
Kiss the Crocodile This story is about three animal friends enjoying playing together in the jungle when they get invited by Crocodiles mum to take part in a new game with little crocodile. " The rules of the game are simple : you've got to KISS the little crocodile! MWAH! Just one thing... DON'T WAKE … Continue reading Peeking at Picture books – February 2019 (Part Two)
Swimming against the Storm proof front cover When I first saw that Jess Butterworth had a new book out in April I was absolutely delighted. Having read her debut title Running on the Roof of the World I was sure that Swimming against the Storm would be an equally inspirational story and a worthy title … Continue reading Swimming against the Storm (Jess Butterworth)
Picture books - Out February Wishing for a Dragon Wishing for a dragon - Becky Cameron A beautifully illustrated picture book written by Becky Cameron celebrating small childrens imaginations, this book tells of the adventures three children go on relevant to what they each imagine. Ella would secretly like to meet a dragon but is … Continue reading Peeking at Picture books – February 2019 (Part One)
The Closest Thing to Flying cover The story of Semira and Henrietta (Hen) is a hugely empowering read, written in current times for Semira's portion of the book and a century earlier in diary form for Henrietta. This format really drew me into the book as I not only wanted to see how the diary … Continue reading The Closest Thing to Flying (Gill Lewis)
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