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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...

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'...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...