Blog Tour: Guest Post by Jenny Pearson- The Super-Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates

I am delighted to be taking part in the Blog Tour celebrating the release of The Super-Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates by Jenny Pearson as this week there has been lots of fun and activities to mark the start of this book's adventure into the wilds of children's minds and hearts. You may have read …

Clever Cakes by Michael Rosen illustrated by Ashley King

Michael Rosen has revisited some ideas from his 90s collection to suit the Little Gems collection with dyslexia friendly publisher Barrington Stoke to create two cheeky short fractured fairy tales celebrating how diminutive girls can use their wits to outsmart hungry bears and grumpy kings. With fabulous illustrations from Ashley King (Littlefae recognised his work …

Three New Picture Books for when you need a laugh (with added stealthy learning!)

Do you need a good giggle? Laughter can be the finest medicine when you are feeling the worries of the world, to release endorphins and bodily tension can make you feel brighter and bolder if only for a temporary boost. Here are three recently published Picture Books that have had us chortling away that I …

Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon by Guy Bass & Pete Williamson

We love this series from Guy Bass & Pete Williamson for Guy's fantabulous twisted fantasy writing with creatively eccentric vocabulary and lots of laugh out loud silliness whilst exploring empathy and concepts of loneliness. Williamson adds the final flourish of perfection with the moody spooky and yet just-playful-enough-not-to-be-too-scary illustrations!  I LOVE THIS BOOK! I like …

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 Pirates Are Coming!- John Condon & Matt Hunt

This is such a clever concept blending the elements of The Boy who cried wolf with a huge twist and the childhood love of pirates but with added educational value.  Tom feels it his job to look out for pirates to give the villagers time to hide, but he doesn’t really know what he’s looking …