Published By: Firefly PressPages: 160Released On: 03/04/2025Illustrated By: Brenda FigueroaReading Age: 7+ Shapeshifting snails on a mission to save the world! Struck by lightning one fateful night, Fergus and Shelby receive the power to transform into whatever they want: custard, crisp packets, giant plastic crabs–you name it, they can change into it. And with aContinue reading “Snails of the Unexpected – Terrie Chilvers”
Tag Archives: children
Michael Rosen’s Pocket Shakespeare – Michael Rosen
Published By: Walker BooksPages: 192Released On: 03/04/2025Reading Age: 9-12Illustrated By: Chris Riddell Thanks to NetGalley and Walker Books for the advanced copy of this title in return for an honest review. Why have I – a 31 year old woman with no children of her own – read a book aimed at 9-12 year olds,Continue reading “Michael Rosen’s Pocket Shakespeare – Michael Rosen”
The Green Kingdom – Cornelia Funke and Tammi Hartung
Published By: DK ChildrenPages: 224Released: 06/03/2025Illustrated By: Melissa Castrillon Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially one as busy as New York. So she isn’t thrilled by the news that her parents are taking her to stay in Brooklyn. It’s summer-devouring bad luck! But everything changes when Caspia discovers a bundle of letters, hidden in anContinue reading “The Green Kingdom – Cornelia Funke and Tammi Hartung”
The Lighthouse at the World’s End – Amy Sparkes
Published By: Walker BooksPages: 240Released On: 04/04/2024Reading Age: 9-12 Nine and her friends are headed to the mortal realm in search of the only thing that will shake a very tricky witch off their tail: a priceless stargold locket. It lies hidden in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures, guarded by Nine’s old foe –Continue reading “The Lighthouse at the World’s End – Amy Sparkes”
Jayben and the Star Glass – Thomas Leeds
Published By: HodderPages: 352Released On: 28/03/2024Reading Age: 9-11 Jayben has realised his destiny as the Ninth Dreamer; he is the only one with the power to defeat Null, the villain who has been making everyone in the Elf World forget, but the Golden Torch has been stolen. Without it, Jayben must find another way toContinue reading “Jayben and the Star Glass – Thomas Leeds”
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse – Charlie Mackesy
Published by: Ebury PressPages: 128Date released: 10/10/2019Date read: 13/01/2021 Enter the world of Charlie’s four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The conversations of the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared thousands of times online, recreated in school art classes, hung on hospital walls andContinue reading “The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse – Charlie Mackesy”
Books By Your Bedside 