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Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the dead. But he pays a price for this gift – by...

1835. Cabin boy Syms Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the world-famous scientist Charles Darwin. Bu...

I loved this...being able to claim that you're reading a book for school/work but because it's by one of your adult favourite authors you...

We were very lucky to have been given a set of these as a class read by Usborne and I've been running a book club in school with my y5 an...

Two guys named Tom Bone. A spaceman speaking only lyrics from pop songs, confusing the aliens. A Gogolesque telesales agent with a dog pr...

There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that's what April's father tells her when his scientific research takes them to t...

We love this book in this house...and not just because it's a lovely story, brightly and beautifully illustrated, but because there was a...

This fantastic book, full of brilliant facts, stories and theories about UFOs is an absolute delight. I loved the style of the illustrati...

These great novellas from Pushkin Press are action packed recounts of real life historical events, but told from a different perspective ...

This is a delightful picture book looking at the fears and worries of a little girl, and her wonderful granny's answers to them. From spo...

Maggie Blue is an outsider, both at home and at school. She lives with her eccentric aunt Esme, and has no friends other than the irascib...

Out today! What a great little collection of poems, in which every reader is sure to find a new favourite.... A mix of funny and serious,...

Three charming stories about a young girl who lives in a flat in Lagos with her sister, Moji, who is very clever; her brother, Dapo, who ...

What's happened here...how have I missed not just one, but FOUR, books in this series, leading up to this fifth and final instalment??? I...

A fast-paced adventure, racing through the streets of Victorian London, this is a funny, magical, slightly scary, and ultimately feel-goo...

This spooky little novella from Emma Carroll is the perfect dark Winter's eve mystery, and will sit perfectly alongside other creepy stor...

Having loved the thrilling first instalment in Joseph Elliott's Shadow Skye trilogy, I was very excited to be asked to be on the blogtour...

This little book packs a big punch, tackling big themes such as loss, grief and depression, but in a beautifully kind, gentle and compass...

I've seen lots of people praising this, so despite my December book-buying ban, this somehow fell in my basket on a visit to my local boo...

This brilliant follow on from the original Dickens classic quite literally does what it says, introducing us to another Twist...the also-...