The beach puppy by Holly Webb After the arrival of Ruby’s baby brother her parents buy her a dog. She adores Coco, and when they go on a family holiday Coco comes too. Everyone is having a great time, that is until Coco goes missing. Arctic star by Tom Palmer Three best friends join the … Continue reading The Brilliance that is Barrington Stoke titles this Spring
Wolfstongue
Written by Sam Thompson. Illustrations by Anna Tromop. Published by Little Island. Silas is a young boy, a young boy with speech difficulties. When ever he tries to speak the words just won't come out. One day he comes across some nasty foxes, only to be saved by a friendly wolf. He becomes friends with … Continue reading Wolfstongue
Top Ten Wolf-Themed Books For Children – Blog Tour guest post by Sam Thompson, author of Wolfstongue
Wolves have been prowling through human storytelling from the very beginning, scaring and enticing us, standing for the ferocity of the natural world and for the wildness we sense inside ourselves. Sometimes our stories are about metaphorical wolves, and sometimes the wolves are very literal. Here are ten wolf books that are important to me: … Continue reading Top Ten Wolf-Themed Books For Children – Blog Tour guest post by Sam Thompson, author of Wolfstongue
The Girl in the Wooden Armour
Written by Conrad MasonPublished by David Fickling Books Hattie goes to visit her Granny for the first time in years, she has always found her to be a strange person, but this time she has gone missing This time every thing is strange, the people, the old people’s home and what exactly is the Un … Continue reading The Girl in the Wooden Armour
Wolf Girl
Written and illustrations by Jo Loring Fisher Sophy is shy and she finds it difficult to talk to other children at school. But at home she likes to become a wolf cub and be part of the pack, she evens has her own den in her house. She has a costume of a wolf which makes her … Continue reading Wolf Girl
Great Rivers of the World
Written by Volker Mehnert Illustrated by Martin Haake The Colorado river is very important. Millions of people rely on the Colorado river, people living Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Denver get their water supply and their electric energy from the Colorado river. The river supplies two artificial lakes in north America, which in turns … Continue reading Great Rivers of the World
Beautiful and Brilliant Board Books
Octopants - Suzy Senior and Claire Powell Published by Little TigerRRP - £6.99 This is a fun to read tale of an Octopus that longs to find somewhere to buy underwear from that is intended for a sea creature with eight legs, and as it is told in rhyming sentences you immediately find the awaiting … Continue reading Beautiful and Brilliant Board Books
Can Bears Ski
Written by Ted Hughes award winning poet Raymond Antrobus Illustrated by Polly Dunbar Published by Walker Book’s on 4th February 2021RRP - £9.99 (Hardback) Dad bear tries really hard to wake boy bear up in the mornings, but it’s a struggle. Dad bear tries to talk to boy bear but it’s a struggle, boy bear … Continue reading Can Bears Ski
Leo and the Octopus
Written by Isabelle Marinov Illustrated by Chris Nixon Published by Templars books on 7th January 2021 32 Pages Leo sees the world different to you and me, colours are too bright , sounds are too noisy, and there are far too many people around. Leo thought he was an alien, people didn't understand him and he … Continue reading Leo and the Octopus
Q&A with Mark Elvins, illustrator of the FLYNTLOCK BONES series
1. What does your working day look like? Like so many other people, we’re home-schooling at the moment. My son is surging through his History and Politics A Levels, so sketching and inking-in take place against the background thrum of Lenin and the UK Constitution. I’m lucky to live in Harrogate, so I can take … Continue reading Q&A with Mark Elvins, illustrator of the FLYNTLOCK BONES series
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