Review: 44 Tiny Secrets

If you’re looking for a sweet, fun read for the summer holidays, look no further!

Review: The Blue Beyond

I was very intrigued by the concept of an illustration-heavy crossover between picture book and chapter book – The Blue Beyond is a great idea, beautifully executed!

Review: The Pirates Are Coming!

What’s more fun than pirates? A piratical retelling of The Boy Who Cried Wolf, with a fun twist!

Review: The Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour

As a teen I was a big fan of Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls series, which is set in an elite boarding school that’s a front for a training academy for spies – they were a lot of fun! Since they were heavy on the teen drama, I was interested to see that she’d turned her hand to middle grade with her new book, The Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valour.

Review: The Monster in the Lake

One of my favourite middle grade reads last year was The Dragon in the Library, which was a brilliantly fun and funny book about wizards and dragons and libraries and friendship. Today I’m reviewing the just-as-awesome sequel, The Monster in the Lake!

Review: The Princess Rules

A feisty, clever princess who breaks all the rules? Sign me up!

Review: The Bone Garden

If you like your stories spooky, dark, and full of the power of love and self-belief, then you can’t let yourself miss The Bone Garden!

Review: Mouse’s Night Before Christmas

I have one last festive picture book to show you, and I’ve saved the most appropriate one for the night before Christmas…

Review: Little Robin Red Vest

Looking for an adorable Christmas read for young children, full of warmth and kindness? Little Robin Red Vest is a gorgeous picture book that should hit the spot perfectly!

Review: The Conspiracy of Magic

Swashbuckling swordswoman Cass is back in the sequel to The Company of Eight!