PoPB: The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland and Harold Finds a Voice by Courtney...
Pair of Picture Books Tuesdays on Juniper’s Jungle bring two reviews of picture books. The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland. Hodder Children’s. In the Jingle Jangle Jungle on a wet and windy day, four...
View ArticleMG Monday: Woozy the Wizard: A Spell to Get Well by Elli Woollard and Al Murphy.
Middle Grade Mondays on Juniper’s Jungle feature books aimed at 8 – 12 year olds, or younger. This week, Woozy the Wizard: A Spell to Get Well written by Elli Woollard and illustrated by Al Murphy...
View ArticlePoPB: The Great Balloon Hullaballoo by Peter Bently & Mei Matsuoka and...
Pair of Picture Books Tuesdays on Juniper’s Jungle bring two reviews of picture books. The Great Balloon Hullaballoo by Peter Bently & Mei Matsuoka (illustrator). Andersen Press. When Simon the...
View ArticleBook Review: TimeBomb by Scott K. Andrews.
New York City, 2141: Yojana Patel throws herself off a skyscraper, but never hits the ground. Cornwall, 1640: gentle young Dora Predennick, newly come to Sweetclover Hall to work, discovers a...
View ArticleBook Review: The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith.
Owen and Lucy are stuck in a life. As they await help, they start talking… Though brief, the time they spend together leaves a mark. And as their lives take them to Edinburgh and San Francisco, to...
View ArticleMG Monday: The Grunts in Trouble by Philip Ardagh.
Middle Grade Mondays on Juniper’s Jungle feature books aimed at 8 – 12 year olds, or younger. This week, The Grunts in Trouble by Philip Ardagh gets the focus. Meet Mr and Mrs Grunt. Oh, go on. They’re...
View ArticleBook Review: Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton.
Sometimes the greatest love stories happen behind the scenes… Kitty’s keeping secrets. Like how she’s struggling to cope with her mum’s illness. And how she’s falling for the girl with the purpley-red...
View ArticlePicture Book Round Up.
A slightly different sort of picture book post today, I’m simply rounding up the picture books I’ve read recently. A Home for Mr Tipps written and illustrated by Tom Percival – a cute book about a...
View ArticleBook Chat: Christmas Fireside Stories.
When I saw lovely Pan MacMillan publicist Natasha tweeting about review copies of Christmas Fireside Stories being available I knew I needed to ask for a copy, it included short stories from some of my...
View ArticleMiddle Grade Strikes Back!
Today sees the launch of a really exciting new venture, one I’m thrilled to be a part of. Middle Grade Strikes Back is a new collaborative blog focusing on the best and brightest of books published for...
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