Maybe the Moon is the first picture book by writer and artist Frances Ives. It's published by Michael O'Mara Books and we're thrilled to be joining the blog tour to celebrate its publication. Eric is happy living in the forest with his mum, he likes the plants and the animals and at night he likes to look up at... Continue Reading →
Dinosaur Adventures is a new collection of stories from Miles Kelly written by Fran Bromage. As part of the Dinosaur Adventures blog tour we are thrilled to introduce T Rex and The Big Scare, illustrated by Chris Jevons. Rex is a feisty young T Rex, his only ambition in life is to be a big, scary dinosaur. He spends his days... Continue Reading →
Isla & Pickle: The Highland Show is the second story in a series by Kate Mclelland, published by Kelpies. Isla is a high spirited girl who lives on a Scottish island with her best friend Pickle, a miniature Shetland pony who likes to get up to all sorts of mischief. In this latest book, Isla and Pickle spot a... Continue Reading →
The Day War Came, a poem written by Nicola Davies was originally published in The Guardian in response to the UK government denying entry to child refugees in 2016. It sparked the project #3000chairs which invited people to post images of an empty chair on social media. The poem has now been turned into a picture... Continue Reading →
We are always so pleased to feature author interviews on our blog and for this post we are joined by Lari Don, author of The Treasure of the Loch Ness Monster, published by Kelpies, an imprint of Floris Books with illustrations from Nataša Ilinčić. This new story about the famous but elusive Nessie follows two cousins, Kenneth and Ishbel,... Continue Reading →
The Bee Book by Charlotte Milner, published by DK Books is a fabulous celebration of the fascinating world of bees. *Scroll down for details on how you can win 1 of 3 copies* More than purely an informative book, The Bee Book also sets out to raise awareness of the decline of bees and the practical steps we can... Continue Reading →
The Princess and the Suffragette by Holly Webb, published by Scholastic is a sequel to the much loved classic, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is 1913 and the protagonist in this novel is ten-year-old Lottie, last seen aged four after first arriving at Miss Minchin's School for Girls. Sara, the original Little Princess now lives next... Continue Reading →
The Lollies Book Awards were started by publisher Scholastic as a way to celebrate the best in funny books for children. We were recently asked to take part in the blog tour for this year's awards and enjoyed it so much we thought we'd review the shortlist highlighting our favourite funny moments as well as... Continue Reading →
Eat Your People by Lou Kuenzler, illustrated by David Wojtowycz and published by Orchard Books is a hilarious twist on fussy eating that children and their grown ups will be sure to enjoy. Monty the monster is having dinner with his family but there's just one problem, he won't clear his plate, he will not, absolutely no way eat his... Continue Reading →
