Inspiring Young Readers
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Tiger’s Last Roar posted on 09 Sep 2025
A long time ago I used to teach child-care students at a local FE College.
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What it was like to be an ANCIENT GREEK posted on 04 Sep 2025
In 2023 and earlier this year, I reviewed two previous instalments of David Long’s ‘What it was like to be…’ series
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Blitzers posted on 31 Aug 2025
As a grandparent to two young grandsons who love technology, I thought that this book might give me some useful insight
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Five Little Friends: A Collection of Finger Rhymes posted on 26 Aug 2025
When I was training to be a teacher back in the last century, we were told that a confident repertoire of a dozen finger rhymes ...
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The Tour at School ( Because You’re the New Kid) posted on 21 Aug 2025
It’s nearly that time of year again when teachers and children begin to think about going back to the routine of school
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Ant Life posted on 12 Aug 2025
I was delighted to see this fascinating picture book as my young grandsons and I are fans of the earlier publication ....
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The Fall posted on 07 Aug 2025
A new book from the excellent Anthony McGowan is always welcomed here at Letterpress
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When the Storm Comes posted on 29 Jul 2025
We’re probably all having to come to terms with living in an age of weather extremes driven by climate change
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Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody: The HAT of great importance posted on 24 Jul 2025
This is the second instalment of the Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody written by the twice Carnegie Medal winner, Patrick Ness and illustrated by Tim Miller.
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My Perfect Cousin posted on 20 Jul 2025
I am pleased to see another skilfully told story by this prolific author who always manages to pack lots of actin into a slim volume.