Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Gangsta Granny was a book I picked up last year, although I’d been planning to read it for ages. I’d heard good things about it, and really feel I should read more UK authors works, especially for older children. The
This was a book I got from Net-Galley in November. I had a few problems with the reading of it on a technical level, but I assume this will have been sorted out by the time it was published. It might
This was a free paperback from Penguin, the publishers, because Bruce Gargoyle won it! They were only sending it to UK addresses, and Bruce very kindly nominated me to receive it. I’m glad he did. The Blurb The fantastic new mystery
About the Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition 7″ Tablet I was pretty excited to see this pretty cool new product available through Amazon. This is a HOT PRODUCT! The all-new Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition Tablet also comes with 1
Frankie Dupont has a letter in his pocket. It may tell him the result of his PI exam. He so wants to be a PI like his dad. But Dad is away and his cousin Kat has gone missing. Who
This is part of a Book Review Blast hosted by MotherDaughterBookReviews, and I was lucky enough to receive both the first and second ebooks free for review. My review of Prince Iggy and the Kingdom of Naysayer is here. Now
I have to let you into a secret. I love frogs. It runs in the family. My mum loved frogs and collected frog ornaments (or amassed a collection, since we used to give them to her). I have quite a
Flood and Fang was one of the first books on my to-read list. I picked it out of the books recommended for children’s authors to read when I went to a workshop before I published The Princelings of the East.
Thanks to Youth Literature Reviews and Mother Daughter Book Reviews, here is another Kid Lit Giveaway Hop. When you’ve entered my giveaway (see below) you can click on the badge to go to the linky list to find another blog
Imagine the ladybirds (ladybugs) or other beetles that you see scurrying around in trees. Is their whole existence their tree? Do they spend their whole lives in just one part of it? How does their society run? Does it have
This is one of the books I selected for the Classic Childrens Book Reading Challenge, as I’d heard of it, but never come across it in my youth. I don’t know why, as it was published in 1933. The kindle
I hate books where there’s a weedy sort of person being picked on my bullies. I always get so nervous for them when they dream of getting their own back, and I feel so bad for them when the bully
This is a new feature that I’m developing: Author Interviews for the Blog. I hope you’ll find it interesting. This will be a monthly or fortnightly feature, posted Wednesdays on alternate weeks to the Kid Lit Blog Hop but may
First of Flea’s Five Christmases Despite the action at the start, where Flea is being bullied at school until he finds himself with strange powers when it snows, this story takes a while to get going. That is to say,
A brumby is an Australian wild horse, and this tale by Elyne Mitchell is the first of a series, which as far as I knew was of just four books, this, The Silver Brumby’s Daughter, Silver Brumbies of the South,
Unusual for me to review a book that I first read when I was very young, but a friend mentioned her 8 year old was reading it when we were talking about my books. It got me thinking about my
The second edition of The Princelings and the Pirates is out now on Smashwords and Amazon. It will take a little while to be ‘shelved’ online at B&N, Kobo and Sony (the Apple Bookstore) but we are told this has
It’s a testament to good story telling that even though the whole story led up to the prologue, I still didn’t see it coming! Nashoga is the leader (alpha wolf) of his pack but there is trouble on the loose
This is an enchanting story set in Africa, on a game reserve. The sights and smells of the savannah come pouring from the pages.
I was watching the author’s information on my Smashwords books, pleased that I was getting a steady stream of people downloading the sample. After a while I thought I ought to be getting a few more conversions to buying the
This is an interesting way of presenting a historical novel (suitable for all ages), with the basic idea being that you are being told the story of your family history, passed down through the generations. I hope most people have
Last chance to get The Princelings and the Pirates for your Kindle (or Kindle App) for nothing! The book will be absolutely free in the run-up to the Easter weekend 5th and 6th April.
Back in February I signed up for the A to Z blogging challenge in April. The idea is to post a blog on the letter A on the 1st April, B on the 2nd and so on through the month,
Marco is a cat. And one day Marco discovers he can read. After a devastating change to his home circumstances he leaves, finding his way to the Angel Springs library and meeting Cicero and the rest of the Dead Cats
We are afloat and diving deep into the oceans, following Hruna and his pod around the world. Whalesong follows the humpback whale from his birth through his coming of age and the birth of his first calf. We see the