Regular visitors to the blog will know that we are big fans of Maverick Arts Publishing’s Early Readers as they have had such a big impact on Hugo’s reading journey. Maverick has really invested in its reading scheme over the past 18 months or so and now has over 100 in the range. Up until…
I hope you’re all enjoying the Summer holidays! I’ve not had much time for reading recently, but I came across this on my reading list which I’d completely forgotten about, and thus I decided that I really needed to turn my attention to it… Rosalind, the lead character of Being Miss Nobody, has selective mutism. …
Patina, the second in Jason Reynolds’ middle grade Track/Run series, has just been published in the UK by the brilliant Knights Of and it’s so good I read it in one sitting. Patina is the fastest runner on the team: she is fiercely independent, sets herself high standards and she’s all about the win. Her…
I’ve unexpectedly found myself with a spare 5 mins and so I thought that I’d quickly tell you about a new sci-fi mystery novella published earlier this month. The Starlight Watchmaker tells the story of an android, Hugo, who was abandoned at an elite academy, but who luckily managed to establish himself as a watchmaker…