The Wizard in the Wood – Louie Stowell illustrated by Davide Ortu

We’ve been fans of Louie’s convention-smashing Kit The Wizard Series illustrated by Davide Ortu since whispers of The Dragon in the Library brought a proof to my doorstep and into my heart.  A perfect adventure and fun filled series snuggling into that post early chapter but not quite ready for full on middle grade range …

Blog Tour: The Muddlemoor Mysteries Peril at the Bake Off Ruth Quayle illustrated by Marta Kissi

I’m delighted to be hosting a stop on the debut #Muddlemoor Mysteries Blog Tour! Ruth Quayle is such a fun and playful author who consistently manages to capture with tenderness that utter innocence of childhood that creates silly misunderstandings and vagaries of the imagination. Ruth’s previous books including her Mabel series have been a success …

Blog Tour: Amelia Fang and the Trouble with Toads- Laura Ellen Anderson

Today I’m going to give a lot of love and a big faery pumpkin hug boost to the Amelia Fang series by author/illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson. This series is a faevorite of the entire family and it is a bittersweet note that The Trouble with Toads is the last currently planned in the series. With …

Little Tiger Rescue- Rachel Delahaye, illustrated by Jo Ann Davies

 This is such a gorgeous series, we have both Little Lion and Penguin rescue so we were over the moon to read Little Tiger Rescue and I have to say this one is absolute brilliant with lots of deeper meaning as well as fun.  Fliss wants to be a vet when she grows up and …

Blog Tour: Scribble Witch: Notes in Class by Inky Willis

We are DELIGHTED that today is our turn take part in the Blog Tour to celebrate the release of the awesomeness that is Scribble Witch!! Ok hands up, who here would play with pencil toppers, erasers, small toys (we were allowed troll pencil toppers at my primary school!) in their pencil case and would imagine …

Boot 2: The Rusty Rescue Shane Hegarty & Ben Mantle

I was lucky enough to read a proof of the original Boot last year that opened immediately reminiscent of THAT scene in Toy Story 3, you know the one where all the adults start to lose it and sob uncontrollably,  Boot started as it means to go on, action with heart and questioning the value …

The Story Puppy- Holly Webb & Sophy Williams

I'm admittedly a fan of Holly Webb and Sophy Williams' collaboration in Animal Stories but, Oh! this one squeezed my heart!!  Jack is very good at maths but he struggles to read, so much it makes him angry and lash out at others but he won’t tell anyone the truth. One day his big sister …