Mr Penguin and The Catastrophic Cruise- Alex T Smith

Alex T Smith is loved in our house, not just as the creator of Claude whom both my girls adore, but also a fantastic illustrator and as the creator of the hysterically funny Mr Penguin series which we have loved since the very first book. Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure was read 3 times …

Jasper and Scruff Books by Nicola Colton

I don’t quite know how Jasper and Scruff was missed on the blog earlier this year, I bought a copy of Jasper and Scruff soon after it was published and left it tantalisingly in Littlefae’s eyeline and she has said that she enjoyed it very much! But when Jasper and Scruff: Hunt for the Golden …

Amelia Fang & The Lost Yeti Treasure – Laura Ellen Anderson

We are huge fans of Amelia Fang here are we were so excited to see where Laura Ellen Anderson was going to take Amelia next. The girls thoroughly enjoyed this one, and I may be now making a certain new friend to join our Squashy as Tinyfae has rather fallen in love with a certain …

A Sea Of Stories- Sylvia Bishop and Paddy Donnelly

This is such a wonderfully precious book. It takes the trope of Old man telling tales and blends with the idea of doing kind things and helping people to retain the things that are special to them. A fantastic way to round off the 2019 collection of Colour Fiction Range. I am now looking forward …

Speedy Monkey- Jeanne Willis, Chantelle & Burgen Thorne

This is a delightful addition to the Colour Fiction range with a folkish fable-like tale and intensely beautiful illustrations throughout humming with energy, movement and rich colour speaking of finding everyone’s place and value. Speedy Monkey is curious and excited about the world around him. He doesn’t want to sit and pause he wants to …

Rise Up- Amanda Li and Amy Blackwell

There have been lots of books in recent years designed to show inspiring and empowering Feminism, encouraging a less toxic form of strength and masculinity and to show that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. But often they are grown ups, rarely child focused with the odd exception for of Malala Yousafzai or more recently …

Skeleton Keys: The Unimaginary Friend-Guy Bass and Pete Williamson

As soon as I saw the teaser materials for Skeleton Keys I knew this book was going to be loved in our house and when I picked up a early release copy in Blackwells Oxford I was so excited to get this book home to enjoy. Littlefae has basically claimed this book as her own, …