This picture book about a mischievous racoon has an eco-friendly message about the importance of recycling. It is by Lou Kuenzler, with illustrations by Julia Woolf and is published by Faber & Faber.
September 6, 2022
Meet Me in Mumbai is a novel in two acts – told eighteen years apart – gives voice to both mother (Ayesha) and daughter (Mira) after an unplanned teen pregnancy led Ayesha to place Mira up for adoption. Our review liked that the book does [...]
September 4, 2022
Festergrimm is all about a town called Eerie-on-Sea where strange things happen. It is the fourth book in the Eerie-on-Sea series of mysteries written by Thomas Taylor and published by Walker Books When an old enemy attempts to attack Eerie-on-Sea by releasing a giant robot [...]
From bestselling fantasy writer Kieren Larwood The Treekeepers is the first book in a brand new series published by Faber & Faber described as ‘an epic tale of trees of power and a world under threat’. Liska lives in Arborven, a city surrounding an extraordinary [...]
This is the graphic novel edition of The £100 Million Game, concluding the third season of Roy of the Rovers . If you don’t already know Roy of the Rovers it is popular football series of stories about a Melchester Rovers F.C. written by [...]
August 26, 2022
Owing to the popularity amongst readers of Noodle the Doodle – Wigley Primary’s favourite classroom pet, here is another story about his antics on Sports Day. This charming series about a dog and his human friends is written by best-selling author Jonathan Meres, illustrated by [...]
August 25, 2022
Coming in October is debut novel about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship from author Natasha Hastings. It’s a cold winter during the Great Frost of 1683. Thomasina and Anne are the best of friends, one running her father’s sweet shop [...]
Let our young reviewer Lyra (aged 9 years) introduce you to Ophelia Cleopatra Cressida Cordelia Goneril Hippolyta Portia Perdita Juliet Bottom… Ophelia is a 10, nearly 11 year-old girl, who wishes to have a normal life but that is hard when her parents are Shakespearian [...]
Isobel Stanhope has a lot of secrets. One, she works for a secret agency that helps to dig up dirt on powerful misogynistic men. Two, she is madly in love with the Duke of Roxton. And three, she is in serious financial trouble. Join [...]
August 21, 2022
This is described as a ‘vibrant’ story and it certainly is! It is also joyful, fun, educational and empowering. The book is about a child who is creative, curious, determined and imaginative and independent. It strikes me that these are all admirable qualities that [...]
August 10, 2022
The Bad God ‘Loki’ has captured the imagination of a generation of young readers aged 7 – 11 years. The stories are accompanied with lots of doodle-style illustrations that will appeal to children who like reading Tom Gates and Diary of a Wimpy Kid-style [...]
August 5, 2022
From bestselling author Tom Palmer is a story about the incredible work of the WWll Dutch resistance, in a story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn. As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch [...]
Here is a romantic story featuring central characters with disabilities. Daisy has cerebral palsy, and Noah suffers with severe anxiety. Both are talented and ambitious musicians. Despite their different approaches to risk-taking they they find a harmony when they play together that takes them [...]
July 22, 2022
Hailed as the first of new fantasy series for Key Stage Two readers is this book: Mia and the Lightcasters by Janelle McCurdy. The author is a prolific gamer and her pacy writing captures that adventurous quest in a fantasy world vibe and thrilling [...]
July 18, 2022
From writer and illustrator Elys Dolan is the first of a comical series of illustrated stories for children aged 6 – 9 years about a dinosaur called Rex who wakes up in today’s world, having been frozen for 65 million years. Now he has [...]
From bestselling author Anna James is a motivating read about a group of friends who are reunited by their passionate determination to save their school library. This book is celebrates reading, friendship and is an empowering reminder to young people of their capacity to [...]
July 7, 2022
Fern has spent her whole life in the rainforest, and loves nothing more than climbing, exploring and talking to the trees. When she suddenly has to leave all that behind and move to London, with only an eccentric uncle for company, Fern feels entirely [...]
June 5, 2022
Following on from Jennifer Bell’s Wonderscape friends Arthur, Ren and Cecily are now transported to the year 2493, where the secretive villain Deadlock has uncovered powerful time-travelling technology. To stop Deadlock, the friends must enter Legendarium ‘s dangerous Irontide Tournament, where one wrong move could [...]
Sade and Her Shadow Beasts is a a story about a twelve-year-old girl who has been escaping to an imaginary world ever since her mum passed away. In a fantasy world she goes on endless adventures atop her purple-winged bird, Nix. But soon she [...]
May 26, 2022
Following on from the fantastical adventures of the Brightstorm twins in Brightstorm and Wildspark Firesong is the exciting conclusion to this adventure-packed trilogy by Vashti Hardy with illustrations by George Ermos. This book is published by Scholastic. To find out more about the first [...]
