It was Anti-Bullying Week in the UK recently and my children got involved with a few associated school events. It brought to mind this moving (but ultimately hopeful) middle grade story that I read earlier in the year but for some reason didn’t review at the time. The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle tells…
In The Sky is a fascinating book that I spotted on Instagram recently. It’s all about how nature has inspired human designs and inventions over the years, from transportation to architecture, communication to energy creation. It’s one of those books that sucks you in: you intend to quickly dip in to it and then, suddenly,…
If you liked Bad Nanna then you’ll love Pizazz: the first in a fab new series (for readers aged around 7+), written and illustrated by Sophy Henn. It has bold illustrations and creative, mixed typefaces, coupled with comic-strip layouts interspersed throughout, which make it a real feast for the eyes – brilliant for those readers…
I really like these Barrington Stoke middle grade (UK Key Stage 2+) novellas: written by an array of superb children’s authors, they have a dyslexia-friendly paper stock and typeface, a length of circa 100 pages and are edited to a reading age of 8 with an interest age of up to 12, so they can…
With the ongoing election in the USA, the impact that COVID is having on the UK economy, BREXIT and the fact my kids seem to think we have an invisible money forest growing in our postage stamp of a garden, there have been lots of questions about politics, the economy and money recently. These books…
It’s been another slow reading week. I have no idea where the time goes at this time of year – I seem to rush from one thing to the next without actually achieving anything. I have, though, finally managed to read A Chase In Time, which was originally published in 2018, but has been re-released…
It’s been a slow reading week as, like many people in England, I’ve been rushing around trying to get lots of stuff done before the start of Lockdown 2. I hope you are all keeping well. I read this story by Tom Palmer a few weeks ago, and it’s one of those books that I…