A Journey Through Greek Myths - Marchella Ward & Sander Berg
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...
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simpsonrd
Sep 13, 20203 min read
The Wolves of Currumpaw - William Grill
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'...
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simpsonrd
Sep 12, 20202 min read
The Smile Shop (updated) - Satoshi Kitamura
THIS BLOG POST HAS BEEN EDITED AND UPDATED TO COINCIDE WITH THE BLOG TOUR FOR THIS BOOK IN FEBRUARY 2021, WITH LINKS NOW ADDED TO...
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simpsonrd
Sep 5, 20203 min read
Tamarind & The Star of Ishta - Jasbinder Bilan
Another of the plethora of books arriving last week, this one has some serious 'clout' behind it, being the follow-up novel from...
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simpsonrd
Sep 5, 20201 min read
Victor - Jacques & Lise
Amongst the flood of new releases and publications last week was this hardback gem of a pciture book, telling the story of Victor, a...
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simpsonrd
Aug 31, 20203 min read
The Hungry Ghost - H.S. Norup
Publishing 24th September 2020, Pushkin Press This is a beautifully descriptive and emotional story, telling the tale of Freja and her...
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simpsonrd
Aug 31, 20202 min read
Umbrella - Elena Arevalo Melville
This is a lovely book with messages of kindness, sharing, compassion, hope and possibility. Following a girl called Clara as she moves...
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simpsonrd
Aug 24, 20204 min read
My Name is River - Emma Rea
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!...
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simpsonrd
Aug 24, 20204 min read
After the War - Tom Palmer
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...
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simpsonrd
Aug 11, 20202 min read
Last - Nicola Davies
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...
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simpsonrd
Aug 10, 20201 min read
My Other Life - Polly Ho-Yen
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...
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simpsonrd
Aug 8, 20203 min read
The Middler - Kirsty Applebaum
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...
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simpsonrd
Aug 3, 20202 min read
Harrow Lake - Kat Ellis
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...
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simpsonrd
Aug 3, 20201 min read
#Morning BrewEd - picture books talk
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1vAxRrpbnQRxl?t=11 This is a link to the video of a Sunday morning online booktalk I took part in in July, with a...
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simpsonrd
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Bearskin - James McLaughlin
A sicario with a bloody past seeks the quiet life on the run from his past and the drug cartels by taking a remote job as a ranger in a...
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simpsonrd
Aug 3, 20202 min read
The Explorer – Katherine Rundell
With what I think is one of the best sets of opening lines I read to a class (‘Like a man-made magic wish, the..’), this is one of my...
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simpsonrd
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Clifftoppers: The Thorn Island Adventure – Fleur Hitchcock
A great adventure in the classic tradition of Blyton and the Famous Five. I didn’t notice any mention of ‘lashings of ginger beer’, but...
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simpsonrd
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Crater Lake mini-review and task ideas – Jennifer Killick
Perfect for year 6, this tale of a group of year 6 pupils on a residential-gone-wrong is action-packed and just the right amount of scary...
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simpsonrd
Aug 3, 20201 min read
Boy in the Tower – Polly Ho-Yen
A very poignant novel for our times, this is the story of a boy left behind with his mum in a tower-block when all around him escape to...
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simpsonrd
Aug 3, 20204 min read
Bookkeeping...
Books, and the importance of keeping up to date and changing what we use/what we do with it. Lockdown provided me with a great...
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