I absolutely adored Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup, and I’ve said so many times that it is my favourite book of 2022. It has everything I need in a book, and I cannot wait to read the next books that are written by author Andy Sagar. I had the absolute pleasure of … Continue reading Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup – Exclusive Author Interview
Echo North Written by Joanna Ruth Meyer Published by Pushkin Press I couldn’t wait to start this book. Then when I did I had problems putting it down. At a young age Echo was badly scared by a wolf attack, all the villagers kept themselves away from Echo, including her stepmother. When her dad disappears … Continue reading YA titles I highly recommend..
Publishes on 31st March 2022Features stunning illustrations by Levi Penfold throughoutPublished by HarperCollins Rio felt proud to be joining something bigger than himself. But it wasn't just that. Being out in nature and watching the whales gave him something back too. Not just the feeling of calm or the taste of adventure but the sense … Continue reading The Lost Whale by Hannah Gold
Written by Derek KeiltyIllustrated by Mark ElvinsPublished by Scallywag Press Flyntlock is a young orphan cabin boy on the Blackhound and we join him on his third adventure. He is an amazing pirate investigator. In this adventure the Countess of Bohemia has had her jewels stolen, stolen by a ghost. The ghost of Captain Scarletbeard. Now … Continue reading Flyntlock Bones – The Ghost of Scarletbeard
Bear looked at her with his dark brown eyes, twinkling not just with the reflection of the sea but with something far deeper. It was a look that covered time and space and everything in between. And it could have lasted forever or it could have lasted seconds. Looking back she was never quite sure. … Continue reading The Last Bear by Hannah Gold
Written by Kate Hale Illustrations by Andy Smith Published by Britannica Books What do a Dinosaur and a Beaver have in common? Well it all has to do with their bottoms. You see scientists once thought that dinosaurs had a second brain located near their bottom , ok I know your wondering what this has to … Continue reading Return to Factopia! Follow the Trail of 400 More Facts
Eirlys Hunter is the author of eight children’s books as well as a novel and short stories for adults, and has taught children’s writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. Was there an inspiration for the stories of the mapmakers? As a child I was obsessed with … Continue reading The uprising- The Mapmakers in Cruxcia – Interview with Eirlys Hunter
By Holly Rivers Sam- Following on from the incredible storytelling that Holly Rivers revealed in her debut Demelza and the Spectre Detectors I am absolutely delighted to share my review of her brand new publication, The Boy in the Post. When I first heard the title I was so intrigued as to how a boy … Continue reading The Boy in the Post
Written by Kristen Ward This is book 2 in the series, and to really know what is going on its best to read book 1 first. This book carries on straight after the first one. After being cruelly betrayed Fiadh returns home to the forest to rediscover her people and herself. Exploring her birth right … Continue reading Blood of the Lost Kingdom. Daughter of Erabel
Every time I have the opportunity to read an upcoming publication by Darren Simpson I lose sleep! I quite literally cannot put the book down through how immersive the environment within the respective book is, and will find myself reading into the early hours of the morning, completely losing track of all sense of time … Continue reading BookBound double review feature of Furthermoor by Darren Simpson
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