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Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Fire Girl, Forest Boy by Chloe Daykin

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‘Sometimes you have to pull the strings of your heart and go.’ (p 25) The two before this one  In a totally metaphorical (non-violent) way,...
Tuesday, 30 July 2019

The Unexpected Find by Toby Ibbotson

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Cover: Matt Saunders ‘ In the Valley of the Quest one must change one’s state.’ (p 251) Mother’s son I do not generally think it is right o...
Monday, 29 July 2019

The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, newly illustrated by Chris Mould

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Classic The Iron Man is truly one of the  all-time classics of children’s literature. I am generally no advocate of proscribed books for ch...
Thursday, 11 July 2019

The Curse of the School Rabbit by Judith Kerr

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Pink Rabbit I do not usually review books for a children’s audience as young as this one’s (6-8 say?), but a final, posthumous publication ...
Wednesday, 3 July 2019

Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell

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‘Ignore those who would call it mindless escapism: it is not escapism: it is findism. Children’s books are not a hiding place, they are a s...
Friday, 21 June 2019

The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell

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Cover: Anna Morrison ‘New York waited outside the window, stretching up to the sky like the calligraphy of a particularly flamboyant god.’ ...
Thursday, 20 June 2019

The House of Light by Julia Green

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Cover: Helen Crawford-White ‘The sea never stopped. Wave after wave after wave, day and night, from since time began until time ended. Gran...