Moonchild: Voyage of the Lost and Found by Aisha Bushby

I am so grateful that this book landed on my doormat because this book, my goodness, this book has something incredible within its pages, something that stirs the soul and reaches in for the magic buried deep inside us. If you love the way that Sophie Anderson threads oral storytelling and folk tale tradition into …

MG Takes on Thursday – Wildspark Vashti Hardy

Middle Grades takes on Thursday is a weekly feature originated by Mary at Book Craic to celebrate a love for Middle Grade Books. Each week a new Middle Grade Book is celebrated

Survival in Space: The Apollo 13 Mission by David Long & illustrated by Stefano Tambellini

50 years ago right about now Apollo 13 was about 2 days away (April 14th) from the infamous communication ‘Houston, we have a problem’ which prompted a flurry of problem solving, engineering and mathematical genius to bring home the three men on-board the stricken space module and showing that courage and ingenuity can do seemingly …

Orion Lost- Alastair Chisholm

Stories set predominantly on a Starship in Space tend to come down to one of two concepts for me; meet the aliens pew-pew Earth Huzzah! sort of thing; or exploration of human endeavour and spirit within the medium & character itself of space. I was overjoyed to find Orion Lost is one of the latter, …

Believathon Group Read: Frostheart by Jamie Littler

I was delighted to discover that Frostheart was the Believathon group read, I’ve been looking forward to this book for some time as the idea of a fantasy quest in snow and ice is exciting enough but when you throw in illustrated middle grade this is very exciting. Frostheart is a great group choice for …

Believathon: Book with a Strong Sense of Friendship- Cogheart by Peter Bunzl

I chose this steam-punk alternate-reality historical fiction adventure to read during Believathon as my Book with a strong sense of Friendship prompt but it also could apply for Animal character (albeit mechanimal!) and Seasonal as it takes place during November, maybe even Takes Place in the Past as it’s set in a fictionalised alternative Victorian …

Notable Non-Fiction- Heroes by Jonny Marx and Gerhard Van Wyk

We can be Heroes, for ever and ever What d'you say? This is a really clever and visually stunning book ideal for children aged about 8-12 that not only widens children’s horizons of careers at a young age but also shows mini biographies of people who made great achievements in those fields showing that you …