Magic Fiction Since Potter

  The final part of the Half Bad trilogy is here. No way are these books for children. They are young adult, possibly with a plus. They a...

  Pushkin Children's Books are doing a wonderful thing in publishing English translations which open the doors for our children to a who...

The very recent publication of this latest book from Canadian author Kenneth Oppel provides me with the prompt to record reflections on his ...

  Here is the very fine and delightfully original start to another new fantasy sequence for younger (MG) readers. Linda Sue Park is already ...

  For some unknown reason I didn't read The Dreamsnatcher when it was published last year, and have only made amends following the rece...

Delighted to see this excellent title winning a Blue Peter Award. I always thought it was good. (See my post from May '15.) Posted with ...

It was devastating to hear the news of the very recent death from cancer of extraordinarily talented young writer Nigel McDowell. You can s...