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
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BLOG TOUR: Larry Hayes
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
BLOG TOUR: CHARLOTTE LO
Good morning! It’s my stop on the We Made a Movie blog tour by the brilliant Charlotte Lo today, and Charlotte is here to talk to us about nature and looking after the world we live in. I think this is such an important, and timely topic, and Charlotte’s blog post is just wonderful! We … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: CHARLOTTE LO
BLOG TOUR: Robin Scott Elliott
Morning everyone! Today is my stop on the blog tour for Hide and Seek by Robin Scott-Elliott. Hide and Seek is a thrilling historical adventure from acclaimed children’s author and former BBC sports journalist Robin Scott-Elliot whose debut, The Tzar’s Curious Runaways was a Telegraph and an Observer children’s Book of the Year. Summer, 1942. … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Robin Scott Elliott
BLOG TOUR: Rampaging Rugby
Good afternoon everyone! I hope you are all well. Today is my stop on the Rampaging Rugby blog tour and I have the utter joy of hosting a Q&A with the illustrator, Matt Cherry! Rampaging Rugby is the first in the Stupendous Sports series, which aims to do for sport what Horrible Histories did for … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Rampaging Rugby
BLOG TOUR: Ross Montgomery and Sarah Warburton
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
July in books
Good morning everyone! Apologies for my quietness around here recently. It’s the holidays and my brains just needed a rest. I’m hoping to get back to regular posting in the next few weeks, but I promise you I’m not going anywhere! IN JULY, I READ 12 BOOKS I’m chuffed I managed to read so many … Continue reading July in books
Books on my Summer TBR: red, pink and purple
Yesterday, I shared some of the books on my Summer TBR, and today, I'm back with some more books I'm HOPING to get through. I love the Summer holidays because it's a time I can just read and read. It's my way to decompress and just get lost for a little while. If you'd like … Continue reading Books on my Summer TBR: red, pink and purple
Books on my Summer TBR: orange, blue, green edition
One of my favourite things about the Summer holidays is the sheer amount of books I will read. Nothing makes me happier than reading in the Summer holidays. Some days I will do nothing BUT read, other times I'll just mosey along and take a few days over reading, but nothing makes me happier! I … Continue reading Books on my Summer TBR: orange, blue, green edition
BLOG TOUR: Andrew Pettie
Listified: an absolute CORKER of a book! Enter the listiverse and get ready to see the world in a whole new way. Britannica's Listified! takes the best and most amazing parts of the universe - erupting volcanoes, medieval machines, jumping spiders, exploding stars and everything in between - and organises them into quirky lists for … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: Andrew Pettie
