Kids
The Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey
Aaron Blabey has made a name for himself with his highly original picture books. His bold humour and eye-popping, mischievous artwork are a perfect foil for unexpectedly tender moments and off-the-wall characters. This translates perfectly into a new series for…
Grandma’s House by Alice Melvin
Alice Melvin’s previous book, the highly acclaimed and bestselling The High Street, was a charming evocation of a more genteel, less hurried time when shopkeepers displayed their wares with pride and careful presentation. With her new book, Melvin revisits…
The Most Wonderful Thing in The World by Vivian French and Angela Barrett
Oh my, this book is so pretty and the detail in the pictures so exquisitely delightful, I didn’t want it to end. In the way of so many fairytales, a suitable husband must be found for the princess and the…
My Name is Lizzie Flynn: A Story of the Rajah Quilt by Claire Saxby & Lizzy Newcomb
In 1841 Lizzie Flynn is being transported on the ship The Rajah from England to Australia. Her punishment for stealing a shawl is to serve seven years as a convict in the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land. Ship life…
The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones byWill Mabbitt
Fond memories of reading Andy Stanton’s inventive and hysterically daft Mr Gum series as a family were brought to mind from the very beginning of this pirate adventure, which hurtles along at breakneck speed and manages to pack in a…
Not As We Know It by Tom Avery
Set on a small British island in the mid 1980s, Avery tells the story of twin brothers Ned and Jamie and their final adventure. Ned is sick, and the brothers hope that the discovery of a mysterious creature from the…
I Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora
Surprising and funny things can happen when a literary classic enters the brave new world of social media. Lucy and her two best friends begin their summer holidays with an uninspiring reading list for school. Reminiscing about the only book…
Zombiefied! by C.M. Gray
Ben and his best friend Sophie are slightly zombie-obsessed. Zombie video games, movies, comics – you name it. But now their obsession with the living dead is starting to spill over into everyday life, and they’re starting to see creepy…
Watership Down by Richard Adams
When I picked up Watership Down a month ago I thought to myself ‘how exciting can a book about rabbits be?’ Well, what can I say, this book has everything! Not only was I up ’til all hours of the…
Sir Mouse to the Rescue by Dirk Nielandt and Marjolein Pottie
This is a stunningly beautiful fractured fairytale for emerging readers aged 7-9 or to read aloud to younger children.
The story is of a brave knight, Sir Mouse, who is best friends with a dragon. One day Sir Mouse hears…
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