This over-sized book is a joy to look at.  With richly detailed illustrations of the various aquatic environments, children will be fascinated and want to linger over each double-page spread.   This book explores a number of different wetland, river […]

What an enjoyable read. This is a very original story, told in two separate viewpoints, both teenage boys called William, separated by 200 years of history. The contemporary boy, Will Richards is a fifteen-year-old boy just trying to do his […]

With its full colour illustrations and detail in the chapter beginnings and ending, this book is a joy to look at. Gill Smith’s illustrations depict the rich landscape of the village of Plaka in Crete, where this novel is set. […]

Awww, with those big eyes and furry belly, who could possibly resist a cutie like Milo? Not his neighbourhood humans, that’s for sure. Everybody in town, it seems, has a soft spot and a bowl full of yummies for that […]

Anthony Browne is a British author- illustrator who has produced over fifty books for children.  He is also a former British Children’s laureate. In his latest book, Ernest the Elephant, the illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, brimming with colour and detail. […]

I really enjoyed this quirky alternate-history fantasy novel.  Set in the US in 1800’s, where America is at war with Bonaparte’s France, the story follows the adventures of thirteen-year-old Clover Elkins. It has beautifully detailed line drawings by Karin Rytter […]

Bestselling author, Derek Landy, returns with the fourteenth book in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. Reader beware! At around 600 pages, tackling this book is an undertaking. Then again, the length of the previous books has not put off Landy’s legions […]

This is a non fiction picture book that invites children to explore the world around them and to understand the wonders that surround us in the natural world. Rather than being didactic, this is a celebration of the beauty of […]