My Story: Suffragette by Carol Drinkwater is part of the My Story series of YA novels based on true events and times in history, published by Scholastic. This is the story of Dollie, a fourteen-year-old girl who becomes swept up in the fight for votes for women. Following the death of her father, Dollie's mother struggles to provide for... Continue Reading →
The Jewish festival of Passover falls in the spring and celebrates the Jewish people being freed from slavery in Egypt. The story of Passover tells us that when the Jews left Egypt they left in such a hurry they didn’t have time to let their bread rise. Instead, they ate unleavened bread called matzah. The... Continue Reading →
Fantastically Great Women Who Made History is the second book on great women in history from the brilliant Kate Pankhurst, published by Bloomsbury. We are big fans of Fantastically Great Women who Changed the World and couldn't wait to have a read of Kate Pankhurst's latest work. We were not disappointed. Following the same design as the first book... Continue Reading →
Mr Shaha's Recipes for Wonder is a science book with a difference, written by Alom Shaha, illustrated by Emily Robertson and published by Scribble Kids Books. Right from the start this book hands readers the key to discovering the world and the wonders of science through asking questions and scientific investigation. With clear explanations of methods of investigation and examples... Continue Reading →
I Really Want the Cake by Simon Philip and Lucia Gaggiotti, published by Templar Books is a delicious picture book all about the love of cake which has been nominated for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018. Some of us are fine tuned to sniff out that homely smell of a cake baking and the little girl in this story... Continue Reading →
The Pirates of Scurvy Sands is the latest tale of pirate family the Jolley-Rogers written and illustrated by Jonny Duddle and published by Templar Publishing. We first met the Jolley-Rogers in The Pirates Next Door when Jim Lad and his pirate family moored their pirate ship in Dull-On-Sea. They caused quite a stir in the town with... Continue Reading →
