Terror in the fog

The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham uses the famous London pea-souper as the backdrop to her convoluted plot.

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Kicking off

Seeing Red is the third book in Eve Ainsworth’s Lightmoor Lionesses series and once again demonstrates the author’s ability to weave issues of social and personal concern into the very fabric of engaging and pacy stories of young girls with football as their passion.

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A first outing for a major illustrator, artist and author

The story of how Posy Simmonds illustrated her first book jacket

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A cosmic school project

The World’s Worst Alien by Alice Primmer, illustrated by Fred Blunt has a compelling plot with comic book style illustrations throughout 

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The Beautiful Room is Empty

Guest writer, Alun Severn pays tribute to the work of Edmund White, who died in June of this year.

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Crossing the desert by robot camel

The Amulet of Hath by Vashti Hardy is the second book in Vashti Hardy’s ‘Relic Hunters’ series and it’s fun to welcome back Mabel and Will Greystone and their intrepid Aunt Lucy.

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Inspiring Young Readers

Come into the wonderful world of children's literature.

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Inspiring Older Readers

Ideas for reading and collecting books of all kinds.

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