The Island At The End of Everything: heartbreaking, touching and inspiring. "Amihan lives on Culion Island, where some of the inhabitants - including her mother - have leprosy. Ami loves her home - with its blue seas and lush forests, Culion is all she has ever known. But the arrival of malicious government official Mr … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Kiran Milwood Hargrave
Ink: beautifully written story about the importance of how we remember people. "Every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. When Leora's father dies, she is determined to see her father remembered forever. She knows he deserves to have all his tattoos removed and made into a Skin Book … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: ALICE BROADWAY
Welcome to the 5th installment in the guest blog posts! This time it comes from a teacher friend of mine from over the big pond, Gen! I’ve taught sixth-graders in America for 14 of my 16 years of teaching. Although I teach six subjects daily in my current position, Reading is my true passion. Over … Continue reading Books Worth Reading With Students
In 2017 I challenged myself to read 52 books (1 per week!). Totally doable. So far I'm on track! I'm up to 16/52 and it's almost Easter half term (I'll be spending lots of half term writing my dissertation BUT I will make time for reading, I'm taking part in the #SundayYAathon for Easter, so … Continue reading Challenge Update & TBR
The Christmasaurus: fun, engaging and exciting! I KNOW I KNOW. IT'S MARCH. We've just finished The Christmasaurus in Year 4 and it was SO GREAT. I get 1/2 afternoons a week to read to Year 4 (hence why it's taken us so long to get through it!) and listening to me read is their favourite … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Tom Fletcher
We're All Wonders: moving with an important message. (Released: 28th March 2017) I was very lucky to be sent this by Lauren at Puffin and I was taken completely by surprise! I didn't even know this book existed. It was such a lovely surprise. Book post is excellent, but surprise book post is one of … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: R.J.Palacio
Beauty and the Very Beastly Beast: perfect for this week! I LOVE BOOK POST. I love Beauty and the Beast themed book post EVEN MORE. Thank you so much to Katrina at Scholastic for this wonderful book post! It certainly put a massive smile on my face on Saturday morning! "A fun and feisty picture … Continue reading BOOKBLOG: Mark Sperring
Who Let The Gods Out: Funny, moving... a joy to read! I recently started seeing 'Who Let The Gods Out' from my tweacher friends and thought I would get my hands on it and man am I glad I did! "Elliot's mum is ill and his home is under threat, but a shooting star crashes … Continue reading BOOK BLOG:
A while back I was emailed by Melinda Salisbury's publicist and asked if I would like to be involved in the blog tour for her final book in 'The Sin Eater's Daughter' trilogy and naturally I JUMPED at the chance! I was asked to put together a mood board of 6 images that encapsulate a … Continue reading BLOG TOUR: The Scarecrow Queen
Woah. It's the end of February already? HOW. DID. THAT. HAPPEN. February was a wonderful bookish month for me thanks to half term. I got SO MUCH reading done in half term (I think my grand total was 7 books in half term in the end!) So here we go... I'm currently reading... NOTHING. I've … Continue reading February wrap up!
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