Love is in the Little Things Written by Stella J Jones Illustrated by Jane Massey It only took my first read through of this book for it to resonate with me on a level not reached by every book all or any of the time, and that is because of how beautifully this book has … Continue reading Beautiful Board Books to gift Mums this Mother’s Day
The Uninvited Written by Ross MacKenzie Published by Andersen Press I have loved everything Ross Mackenzie has ever written and I know this was going to be the same with this book. When the Faerie folk flee their world and come to ours, running from the nightmare of war, nobody in the everyday knows what to … Continue reading Middle Grade Must Reads – February 2026 (Part Two)
Nora Nightsky Written by Rebecca Lewis-Oakes Published by Scholastic I was lucky enough to have been sent a sample booklet of this book which left me wanting to read the entire book. Nora Nightsky is a star - literally. Her glamorous mum is the North Star, and their dazzling family works hard, bringing to life the … Continue reading Middle Grade Must Read – February 2026 (Part Two)
Medusa Gorgon's Bad Hair Day Written by Bethany Walker Illustrated by Katie Abey Published by Scholastic There is one thing you can guarantee from a Bethany Walker book is laughter, lots of laughing out loud laughter. And this book is no different. Twelve-year-old Meddy Gordon has serious anger issues. In this hilarious book for middle-grade readers, … Continue reading Middle Grade Must Reads – February 2026 (Part One)
Whizzy Wheels - Bizzy Bear : Train Those of you that regularly check out my Board Book content on here will know we are HUGE fans of the Bizzy Bear series, so imagine the excitement and squeals when a Bizzy Bear book that has 4 wheels to be able to push the book along with … Continue reading Brilliant Board Books – January 2026
All The Lost Souls Written by Amie Jordan Published by Chicken House. This is the second book in the All the hidden Monsters series, and last summer I reviewed book one for the blog. So it was great to catch up with these characters and see what they had got up to. A feud between witches … Continue reading YA titles to escape into
Room on the Broom : A Lift-the-Flap Book Published by Macmillan I never thought it possible for any of the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler books to get any better, yet they do with each year that passes through the new formats they are released in (the Queen Mary Dolls House edition of The Gruffalo … Continue reading Gift ideas for younger readers this Christmas (Part One)
Image owner : Victoria Williamson Twinkl Originals I have been lucky enough over the years to have read some of the Twinkl teaching books and we have some in our school library. So when my personal favourite author Victoria Williamson contacted me about this book that she had written I jumped at the chance to … Continue reading Wildcat Summer
Based on the original text and illustrations by Lewis Carroll and Sir John Tenniel Illustrated by Filippa Widlund An interactive Alice Adventure, with letters to open and a game! Ever since first coming across The Jolly Postman with my children, and falling in love as a family with the interaction it offers readers through the … Continue reading Letters from Wonderland
Screenshot Written by N D Stevenson Published by Quill Tree Books ND Stevenson is the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator of Nimona and The Fire Never Goes Out and the cocreator of Lumberjanes and was the showrunner for the award-winning Netflix series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. He currently lives in Los Angeles. Getting … Continue reading Scarlet Morning
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