This is another one of those books I've been excited about for ages! I finally bought it this week and I think it's my favourite in Bethan Woollvin's wonderful fairy tale series so far. "The good witch Willow only uses good magic, and NEVER gets angry. But Hansel and Gretel test her patience to its... Continue Reading →
Even a review quote from the Mail on Sunday couldn't put me off this one (although the idea of the Mail positively reviewing a book whose main characters are Syrian refugees is still making my head spin). I loved the sound of it from the start and was thrilled to receive a copy to review... Continue Reading →
When we were looking at which picture books we wanted out on the table in work this month, this one jumped out. "Pants!" the 4-year-old inner me cheered. Of course, we had no way of knowing at this point if it would actually be any good, but the illustrations looked promising (how can anyone resist... Continue Reading →
Meet all kinds of slippery, shimmery, powerful and surprising creatures from around the world in this first book of the ocean to share with young children. Already a big fan of Yuval Zommer's Big Books of Bugs and Beasts, I jumped at the chance to get hold of a copy of his newest book... Continue Reading →
Apparently Sunday was World Bee Day. I had planned to post this bee-themed post then, but the sun came out so instead I ended up sitting in the garden attempting to help plant things whilst avoiding spiders and, appropriately, watching bees and planning which plants to get so we get more of them once we... Continue Reading →
A brief note: this is NOT a brief post! It began as one, but soon became half a post on this year's holiday reads and half a review of one of them: East is Eden. Dip in and out as you like! Before I go on holiday, I like to make sure I have plenty... Continue Reading →
These books, and consequently this review, contain references to: mental health, depression, self-harm and suicide. In the last week, I've read both 'On a Scale of One to Ten' by Ceylan Scott (thanks to Chicken House for the arc) and 'Whistle in the Dark' by Emma Healy (thanks to Penguin Random House for that arc).... Continue Reading →
I was already a massive fan of Jon Klassen's hat books when Triangle came out last year. I spied it on the trolley and had to have a look, and that as they say was that - I loved Triangle (I still do). It cracked me up. I made everyone I worked with read it... Continue Reading →
Last Tuesday in work, I was beyond excited by the arrival of a platypus, a tortoise and Oliver Jeffers. The unicorn came later (or truth be told, earlier). Let's start with the first off the shelving trolley - new Oliver Jeffers! (Ok, not new, a paperback version of Once Upon an Alphabet, but since that... Continue Reading →
I'll be honest, this sat on my TBR pile for quite some time before I finally picked it up (it even came back into work with me and went back on the pile there before I brought it home again). I was a late-comer to Skellig, probably David Almond's most popular book, and while I... Continue Reading →
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