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This is a great take and addition to some of the traditional Greek Myths, looking at a 'Brownstone' family member, Leo, who inadvertently...

This first person recount of the journey from Syria to the UK is eye-opening and thought-provoking, and is guaranteed to make you stop an...

'A toot or a blow, a honk or a squeak Each fart is special, each fart is unique. ' A riotous journey through the subject of 'bottom-burps...

I've been enjoying the company of this book for a month now, and it's still amazing and intriguing me with every reading... A wordless pi...

This lovely little book, written by Irish author LJ Sedgwick, and illustrated (aptly!) by Josephine Wolff, has gone down a storm in my ho...

MY FIRST BLOG TOUR! (and I'm so pleased it's for this book!) Let me make it clear from the start - I'm already a big fan of this author's...

This beautiful, colourful, fun-fact-filled book is a fabulous addition to my classroom library. Packed with bold, modern, detailed illust...

This retelling of classic Greek myths is given a fresh spin and an interesting slant as the stories are told to Little Owl by her grandpa...

If you've ever wondered where the idea of a wolf as a cunning and wily creature came from, then read this book and the story of 'Lobo' an...

This is another book that I recommended on a recent #BrewEdFindYourVoice talk I gave about kindness (https://youtu.be/lwyArlAcTMo ). A be...

Another of the plethora of books arriving last week, this one has some serious 'clout' behind it, being the follow-up novel from Jasbinde...

Amongst the flood of new releases and publications last week was this hardback gem of a pciture book, telling the story of Victor, a hunt...

Publishing 24th September 2020, Pushkin Press This is a beautifully descriptive and emotional story, telling the tale of Freja and her jo...

This is a lovely book with messages of kindness, sharing, compassion, hope and possibility. Following a girl called Clara as she moves th...

Oh, I do love a book about the Amazon...Katherine Rundell's 'The Explorer' being one of my favourite class texts to use in Y6 each year! ...

This is one of THOSE books. The ones that affect you by being more than just 'a good read' - the ones that have that personal appeal or c...

This is a sad but ultimately hopeful story based on true events around the life of 'Sudan', the last male Northern White Rhino. Told in f...

This is a lovely book about a girl called Mae living with asthma, who makes frequent, frightening visits to hospital as a result of her c...

I heard Kirsty reading an extract from this on Pie Corbett's online radio show during lockdown, and was hassled into buying it there and ...

As part of my my summer challenge, this was a step away from my normal fodder of children's books and spy thrillers, to the genre of HORR...