Good morning everyone! To celebrate the release of Laura Dockrill's new book, The Dream House, I am honoured to be on the blog tour!! Laura is popping along today to share some recommendations about grief for younger readers, and I think these will come in so handy for teachers, parents and anyone who works with … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Laura Dockrill
Good morning everyone! It's finally time to share what I read in August. As we all know, the Summer holidays is the best of times to read and I always get through so so many books... and this year was no different! I read a massive chunk of kids books and they all made my … Continue reading August in books
Morning everyone! Today is my stop on the blog tour for the brilliant, football-tastic book by Seth Burkett and Matt Oldfield. I know the kids at my school were football crazy before we broke up and all of the football books were constantly out of the library, so new football books are always welcome in … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Seth Burkett and Matt Oldfield
Kissing Emma: a story full of fight, falling and family Emma and her mother are down on their luck. They're taking turns sleeping on the sofa in her nan's tiny flat - and desperately trying to come up with an escape plan. Emma is struggling with her family, struggling at school where the girls are bitchy … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Shappi Khorsandi
Morning everyone! Today, I have a very exciting thing for you all... or rather TWO exciting things! About a year ago now, the gorgeous humans of Chicken House approached me to write some resources around a brand new book they were publishing, and I HAPPILY agreed! Then, a few months ago, Nina (publicist extraordinaire) asked … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Angharad Walker
Good morning everyone! I have the utter joy of being on the blog tour for Lightning Falls, the brand new adventure from Amy Wilson. I am a massive fan of Amy's books and Lightning Falls is no different! Her books are always so full of magic and wonder... and let me tell you, this one … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Amy Wilson
Good morning everyone! Today, I have the utter joy of being on the blog tour for The Wild Before, the brand new book from one of those authors that just GETS it, the brilliant Piers Torday. Piers was kind enough to answer a few of my questions about his book and what made him want … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Piers Torday
Happy Here: full of sheer delights - an anthology for everyone! With an introduction from bestselling author Sharna Jackson, Happy Here features stories and poems by 10 Black British authors for readers aged 7+. Exploring themes of joy, home and family through a wide range of genres and styles, each author has been paired with a different … Continue reading BOOK BLOG: Happy here
How To Survive Without Grown Ups: funny, full of adventure and approved by my class! Mum and Dad have left - gone to Mars , and they're never coming back . . .FREEDOM AT LAST! But this isn't one of Dad's weird jokes; it's REAL. It's up to ten-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie ,to find out what's going … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Larry Hayes
Ten Delicious Teachers: a hilarious story of peril (don’t walk through the woods guys!) Ten very foolish teachers have missed the last bus home. But LOOK - a shortcut through the forest! They'll be back in time for tea! Off they skip, unaware that in the woods a hungry horde of mischievous and hilariously goofy … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Ross Montgomery and Sarah Warburton
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