Denizen has grown up in Crosscaper Orphanage, a dark and boring place where nothing much happens. Certainly nothing magical… Shortly...

Weaving together complex themes with extraordinary skill, debut author Lauren Wolk has created a book that deserves to be read. Great...

We’re really looking forward to reading Bus Stop Baby by Fleur Hitchcock (you can find Fleur on Twitter -@FleurHitchcock), published 2...

As a huge fan of Electrigirl, written/illustrated in a brilliant mash-up of prose and graphic novel by the superbly talented Jo Cotterill...

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This is ten of the best – not necessarily an...

The debut that we have all been waiting for… This is the first book in The Uncommoners series, children’s bookseller Jennifer Bell’s...

One thing that we know about good books is their amazing ability to develop empathy in the reader; to explore ideas and view-points that...

Summer of 1975…Raymie Clarke’s father has run off with a dental hygienist. Raymie is determined to achieve something to enable her photo...

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Sesame Seade series by Clementine Beauvais and...

Still recovering from YALC – I hope people saw our live tweets over the weekend! – so apologies for the lack of posts over the last few...