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Thursday, 10 February 2022

Nisha’s War by Dan Smith

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Cover: Matthew Land / Steve Wells Joining the ranks The Second World War, especially the UK ‘Home Front’, has served children’s fiction ver...
Friday, 4 February 2022

Escape Room by Christopher Edge

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Cover art: David Dean ‘The Neanderthal stares blankly at me. In the darkness of his eyes all I can see is my own reflection.’ (p153) Game on...
Tuesday, 1 February 2022

The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust 2) by Philip Pullman

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Cover illustration: Chris Wormell We may need food to stay alive, but we need stories to stay whole. Not sticking with it  Yes. It has take...
Thursday, 27 January 2022

The Blue Book of Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros

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Cover: Becka Moor ‘I took them, as many books as I could carry in the back seat of my car. I drove home with the smell of paper distracting...
Tuesday, 25 January 2022

When the War Came Home by Lesley Parr

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Illustration: David Dean Wonderfully told (again) I greatly enjoyed Lesley Parr’s first book The Valley of Lost Secrets. This, her second, ...
Sunday, 9 January 2022

Children As Artists

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And now, for once, something completely different. If anyone is interested, I have just started a new blog where I will be building up an ar...
Monday, 6 December 2021

My recommended (children’s) reads for Christmas

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Here is a small selection for anyone seeking to read or share books that have a seasonal feel without being overtly connected to specific r...