Murder on the Safari Star (Adventures on Trains #3) by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman, Illustrations by Ellie Paganelli (Pan Macmillan) The ...

I have a habit of reading several books at the same time. Each of the books that I'm reading simultaneously are of a different genre so ...

Turns out that before lockdown (v1), and during much of it, I was pretty disciplined in my reading and reviewing of books. Many of the title...

As a pair of down-on-their-luck siblings, Jem and Tom, stumble through a tear into the hidden grounds of an eerie manor house, the reader is...

I've previously reviewed two other books from Scholastic's Voices series ( here and here ) and, after reading the first, I did not...

'The Infinite' by Patience Agbabi felt like a very unique read. What made it unique , I asked myself as a I read it - it was clea...

Writing children's picture books that are loved by both adults and children can't be easy. But there is one avenue, open only to t...

The fact that I read this review copy just over a year of it being published is testatment to the fact that I loved Bren MacDibble's l...

I love a historical novel set in World War Two so when I saw that Bali Rai had written another ( read my review of his excellent Now Or Ne...

I've read quite a lot of children's non-fiction books about space, and whilst many are excellent, they can usually be put into one...

It's hard to write an enthusiastic review about a story so terrible. Terrible because the horrific events which inspired this telling ...

'Wink' by Rob Harrell tells the story of a pre-teen boy who is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, one which has attacked the g...

I'll admit from the outset of this review that despite being an avid reader of children's books I'd never read a Chronicles of...

When a book is pounced upon and read within moments of it entering the house, it is fairly indicative of a good book. Sure, it means that ...

Choosing the islands and lagoon of Venice for the setting of a magial middle grade escapade was a stroke of genius. The surrealness of suc...

There are over 30 other books in Goodreads' Roman Britain in YA & Middle Grade Fiction Listopia list , some by eminent writers suc...

As an adult reader, I found this book a difficult one to read - difficult but compelling, yet strangely heartwarming. However, what is app...

Family politics are never easy. Especially not when you're a kid with ADHD. Family politics are never easy. Especially not when you...

With 2019 marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission's successful moon landing, it's no surprise that authors, illustrato...