Blog Tour & Author Feature: The Cooking Club Detectives by Ewa Jozefkowicz

I am honoured to be hosting one of the final stops on the tour for The Cooking Club Detectives, the fourth book by the astonishingly talented Ewa Jozefkowicz and in her trademark style lures you in with contemporary childhood drama before revealing layer by layer deeper issues and truths, in this case those that affect …

The Cooking Club Detectives – Ewa Jozefkowicz

Ewa Jozefkowicz is an incredible talent. I first was introduced to her writing in Girl 38 and her ability to create a rousing and immersive story but with the chance to go deeper into the artfully created layers of meaning and social issues has only grown stronger and stronger. The Cooking Club Detectives can both …

Anisha, Accidental Detective: School’s Cancelled by Serena Patel illustrated by Emma McCann

Anisha Accidental Detective was a lovely find for us last year as Littlefae took the family focused mystery to her heart and the follow up has been thoroughly enjoyed too. In fact it was partly because Littlefae added this to her special stash that it’s taken so long for me to read and review!! In fact …

Blog Tour: This Book has Alpacas and Bears. Emma Perry and Rikin Parekh

I am delighted to be kicking off the blog tour to celebrate the paperback release of Emma Perry and Rikin Parekh’s This Book Has Alpacas and Bears! A fun and quietly clever look at the power of representation in picture books. There’s nothing that Alphonse loves more than a good book, but when he realises …

Wanda’s Words Got Stuck – Lucy Rowland & Paula Bowles

Lucy Rowland is a brilliant star for empathetic and thoughtful picture books, and coupled with the illustrative genius of Paula Bowles (one of our favourites) this tale of a little witch whose words get stuck is an absolute gift.  Speech and Language issues are a quiet but huge topic within parenting and childhood, with many …

Feast Of The Evernight – Ross Mackenzie

I am delighted to be launching the Feast Of The Evernight blog tour! Last year I was struck by the depth and breadth of the fantasy world Ross Mackenzie created in the original Evernight and so was hotly anticipating where Lara’s story would lead after she had defeated the ancient forces of the Evernight, and …

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 …