Inspiring Young Readers
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You’re Snug With Me posted on 28 Oct 2018
This is the second impressive picture book collaboration between this author and illustrator
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Children’s books and the adult reader posted on 26 Oct 2018
During this year’s Cheltenham Literary Festival I went along to hear the great children’s book author and illustrator, Helen Oxenbury......
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Sock Story posted on 25 Oct 2018
‘Surely a sock isn’t interesting enough to have a whole story written about it?', you might well ask.
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Lollie the Rough Collie and the Magic Kiss posted on 23 Oct 2018
Most children respond enthusiastically to a sprinkle of magic in a book
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An Interview With Sandra Van Doorn posted on 21 Oct 2018
An Interview With Sandra Van Doorn
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Still Water posted on 19 Oct 2018
I have to admit that I do love a well-written, spooky chiller and Chris Priestley’s latest from the ‘super-readable’ Barrington Stoke stable....
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Not Yet A Yeti posted on 17 Oct 2018
What happens when you realise that you are a bit different from the rest of your family?
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Walter Crane posted on 15 Oct 2018
If I had to choose a pioneer of children’s book illustration whose style most captivates me...
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The Lost Diary of Sami Star posted on 14 Oct 2018
Twelve year old Hannah isn’t just finding her relationship with her friends, Robyn and Zadie, increasingly difficult...
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Race to the Frozen North: The Matthew Henson Story posted on 09 Oct 2018
Appropriately enough for the start of Black History Month, Barrington Stoke’s ‘super-readable’ series has published Catherine Johnson’s excellent fictional