Thrilled to have a double 5-4-3-2-1 here today! One of my favourite authors, Karen McCombie, and favourite illustrators, Becka Moor, have teamed up for a new series from Stripes, kicking off with St Grizzle’s School For Girls, Goats and Random Boys. This is part of the awesome #SchoolWars blog tour which sees them face off against Barry Hutchison, author of Beaky Malone: Worst Ever School Trip. CLEARLY we are #TeamGrizzles here! Karen McCombie 5 songs that sum up St Grizzle’s

Excited to have our first 5-4-3-2-1 of 2017, with Len Vlahos, author of Life in a Fishbowl (published by Bloomsbury), taking part! Books you’d save from a burning bookcase (In alphabetical order) All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely— An important book in the U.S. that is a great conversation starter on the relationship between police and young African American men. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams — Because laughter is everything. The Sun