Potkin and Stubbs – Sophie Green

Dreamy, strange and moody in a miserable and cruel setting, Potkin and Stubbs has the hallmarks of classic film noir but in a child friendly context and I adore it completely and cannot wait until Book 2 in September!! Cover design by Nick Stearn, cover and text illustrations by Karl MountfordLil Potkins is tough, no …

Little Spotlights- Dreamweaver by Claire Freedman & Carrie May

Dreamweaver - Claire Freedman & Carrie May Group: Picture Books Published: Templar 2017 Key Words: Dream Fairy, crafting dreams, Magic, sleep Littlefae: It's a really pretty book and I love the fairy and I REALLY want to swim with dolphins.....but it is about bedtime. 🤣 Tinyfae Pretty fairy. I like the monkey, he is swimming …

Grumpycorn by Sarah McIntyre

Sarah Mcintyre is already cemented in my children’s book affections thanks to Jampires her collaboration with David O’Connell. Grumpycorn was therefore a must-have when given free choice in a local bookshop and Littlefae laid claim to this as she was enchanted by this tale of a grumpy unicorn with writer’s block. Unicorn wants to write …

Birthday – Meredith Russo

This dual-narrative #ownvoices story is a rollercoaster of emotions but ultimately of hope and recognition relating the events on the birthdays of two teens born the same day and how their lives are entangled in each other whilst their lives seem to shoot in different directions. Told in a One Day (David Nichols) style across …

Pause for WWW Wednesday 29/05

WWW Wednesday is a meme hosted by Taking on a World Of Words that simply asks three questions. What are you currently reading? Mo, Lottie and the Junkers - Jennifer Killick Illustrated by Gareth Conway (Firefly Press) I've wanted to read this Youthful mystery from Jennifer Killick for ages and to ensure no longer books …

Top Ten Tuesday- favourite books Coming soon

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book blogging initiative hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl with new themes each week. This weeks theme is Favourite Books Released In the Last Ten Years (one book for each year) Hmm, not really feeling this one so I’m going to go with Top upcoming releases I have been …

Notable Non-Fiction: British Museum Find Tom in Time Ancient Egypt by Fatti Burke

This collaboration between Nosy Crow and The British Museum is a great addition to our ancient civilisations books, and a fabulous mix of three of the Fae’s Faevorite things; picture books, non-fiction and search and find books. Tom’s grandmother is an archaeologist and has a cat called Digby. One day Tom goes to her workspace …