Guest Post: The Bat Book & Research Process- Charlotte Milner

I’m a huge fan of Charlotte Milner’s books. We have and love The Bee Book and The Sea Book and recently acquired her B is for Bee (Which is a fabulous version of The Bee Book accessible for preschoolers 💜) but I particularly love this one The Bat Book. Bats have a bad reputation largely …

The Ice Bear Miracle- Cerrie Burnell

This is firmly in the myth interpreted in the real world camp and that’s a wonderful thing though fans of stories like The Girl Who Speaks Bear, North Child and The Way Past Winter will find much to love in this tale creaking with myth and magic. Whereas Burnell fully revealed her hand with the …

Upping the Challenge sensory board books

As the parent of a 3 and 6 year old, I can tell you that sensory books can hold a strong comfort value after they may have technically ‘outgrown’ the age group for them. This is actually a great thing because all those books that you invest in, or are gifted when they are tiny …

Top Ten Tuesday: Fictional Follows

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book blogging initiative hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl with new themes each week. This weeks theme is Characters I’d Follow On Social Media (submitted by Tilly @thebiblioshelf) I struggled a little with this as I'm pretty convinced I'm not using social media right considering what I would follow these …

Six for Sunday- Cover Design Elements

#SixforSunday is hosted by Steph at A Little But A Lot. Every week there is a bookish-themed prompt to inspire 6 choices.  This month focuses on Share the Love and this week the prompt is favourite covers/types of cover, I'm interpreting that as design features of the books rather than themes or tropes used in …

Guest Feature: Q&A with Struan Murray author of Orphans of the Tide

I thoroughly enjoyed Orphans of the Tide which is published today and now am delighted to have had the opportunity for a Q&A with author Struan Murray about his much lauded debut. Cover illustration by Manuel Šumberac Orphans of the Tide is a deeply immersive tale of an expansive world where nothing is really as …

Amelia Fang & the Naughty Caticorns – Laura Ellen Anderson

With the Kingdoms united and new lands and creatures discovered one may wonder what could Amelia get up to next? Laura Ellen Anderson has had the masterstroke of bringing things back to a family and friends focus with a wonderful story focusing on what counts in family relationships. Both Littlefae and Tinyfae are huge fans …