This is one of my most favourite contemporary adventure stories and so I’m not quite sure why I haven’t shared this before! Ever since Tom’s accident, he has struggled to walk. but he has a secret escape: Skylark, his drone. Through this technology, he can fly above his Lake District home, exploring the world from…
I don’t often share ’grown up’ reads on the blog, but I felt that this very much deserved a share. After a rubbish couple of weeks with very little reading going on, I treated myself to Cathy Rentzenbrink’s superb book and couldn’t put it down. If, like me, you are one of those people who…
A beautiful day here in South Lincolnshire and a beautiful book to accompany it! Birdsong is the latest addition to the brilliant Barrington Stoke super-readable novella series, principally designed to help dyslexic and reluctant readers develop a love of reading, but also great for readers who enjoy shorter stories. It tells the story of Annie,…
I’m not sharing this superb book just because it’s a fascinating and entertaining read about biomimicry, or that it’s been fabulously illustrated and has stunning end papers, I’m sharing it because I can’t believe that it’s the last factual book to ever be a Blue Peter Book Award winner. I’m so disappointed that after 22…
My son is a fan of both interactive books and non fiction, and so purchasing this brilliant hardback was a no-brainer when I came across it in our local indie. After making an emergency landing in the middle of the mountains and no idea where they are, readers have to decide both which route to…