#MGTakesOnThursday – Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

#MGTakesOnThursday was created by Mary over at Book Craic and is a brilliant way to shout about some brilliant MG books! To join in, all you need to do is: Post a picture of the front cover of a middle-grade book which you have read and would recommend to others with details of the author,...

The Girl Who Became a Tree

I was lucky enough to request and receive a free copy of this from Bounce. All views and opinions are my own. The Girl Who Became a Tree by Joseph Coelho, illustrated by Kate Milner Those of you who've been around the blog for a while will know I'm a sucker for a novel in...

Fri-YAy – The Black Flamingo

I was lucky enough to request and receive a copy of this free from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. All views and opinions are my own. Whether or not this becomes any kind of regular thing depends both on a) me reading some more YA like I keep saying I will and...

Toffee

I was lucky enough to request and receive a copy of this from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. All views and opinions are my own. Toffee by Sarah Crossan I read Moonrise by Sarah Crossan back in 2018 and was convinced I'd reviewed it but can find no trace of said review...

Everything, All At Once

I was lucky enough to request and receive a copy of this from the publishers in exchange for an honest review. All views and opinions are my own. Everything, All At Once by Steven Camden A collection of poetry for - I'd say - late KS2 upwards. It opens with the transition from primary to...

A First Book of Animals

I requested and received a copy of this free from the publishers, in exchange for an honest review. All views are my own. A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Petr Horáček Polar bears playing on the ice, tigers hunting in the jungle, fireflies twinkling in the evening sky and nightingales singing...

Poetry Thursdays: Fierce Fairytales

So, a couple of weeks ago, on National Poetry Day, I posted about how much I enjoy poetry, but rarely choose to read it. This evolved into the idea of making my Thursday posts (weekly when I can, fortnightly when life takes over!) poetry posts. In strangely serendipitous timing, I had just started reading 'Fierce...

WWW Wednesday 10/10/18

Hosted by ‘Taking on a World of Words’, every Wednesday we ask and answer the 3 W’s: It'll be a short one this week as I've not managed much reading at all. I don't know where this week has gone! What are you currently reading? I pre ordered this, having been ridiculously excited about it...

Hello Old Friend

Today is National Poetry Day. We have a funny old relationship, poetry and I. Like a friend you realise you've not seen in ages - you make an effort to meet up and have a ball. There's stories shared - laughter, tears drama, the everyday & the big events. There's disbelief that it's been so...