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Sunday, 24 April 2022

News: ‘From the Story Chair’

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Still some issues From time to time I am asked by Primary teachers for recommendations of books to read aloud to their classes. I usually re...
Sunday, 17 April 2022

The Sky Over Rebecca by Matthew Fox

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Cover: Ben Mantle ‘She knew what was going to happen because it already had happened.’ (p 176) Refreshingly original Sometimes children’s b...
Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Wished by Lissa Evans

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Cover art: Sarah McIntyre Classic in more ways than one  Having already penned a couple of entertaining children’s books (as well as some ve...
Monday, 4 April 2022

The Light in Everything by Katya Balen NOW OUT IN PAPERBACK

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Cover: Sydney Smith Quite some writer You can very often tell from the first few pages of a book that you are in the presence of a truly wo...
Saturday, 26 March 2022

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

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UK paperback. Cover illustration: Amanda Yoshida Some of our finest contemporary children’s fiction writers come from the USA and Kelly Barn...
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...