Bravo Victor is the sixth in The Princelings of the East series, and stars Victor, keeper of the Inn of the Seventh Happiness, a much-loved character in four of the previous books. On Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th July, from
Book Review: Fizz & Peppers at the Bottom of the World by M G King
It’s madness. It’s magnificent madness. It’s the most magnificent boomsnickery trollsnuffery madness I’ve ever read. It’s totally clear that if I read the blurb for this book when I first got it (and Amazon tells me I got it on
Book Review: Time Square | The Shift by S W Lothian
S.W. Lothian’s imagination holds no bounds, as we found in his previous books – the Quest series – when some kids were drawn to ancient Egypt via Time Square. Now Time Square takes centre stage in this exciting adventure in
Blog Tour and Guest interview: The Shadow of Atlantis
I am overjoyed to be interviewing one of the outstanding time travellers of our generation today – Max, the Tonkinese cat, who stars in the Shadows from the Past series by Wendy Leighton-Porter. To start, find out about the first
Book Review: Return to Skunk Corners by Rebecca M Douglass
Return to Skunk Corners is like curling up in front of a log fire with a cup of cocoa. Oh, come to think of it, that’s how I read it! It’s a beautiful story extending our knowledge of Big Al
Book Review: Flood and Fang by Marcus Sedgwick
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.
Book Review: The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
I was reminded of The Princess and the Goblin, and its sequel, The Princess and Curdie, in the Children’s Book Week Giveaway earlier this year when I asked for people’s favourite children’s books. These were part of my childhood, or
Who are the Princelings of the East?
I was reading through and discovered I had never really talked about the first book, The Princelings of the East, in the blog itself. And since I’ve signed up for the KidsLit Blog Hop, I thought this would be a
Book Review: The Sleeping Army by Francesca Simon
Imagine a world where Christianity didn’t take off and the predominant religion in Britain was based on the Norse Gods. I must admit I’ve always enjoyed these parallel universe type of stories, and Francesca Simon cleverly works in the Norse
Book Review: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
I expect most young people have already heard of, if not read, the first Percy Jackson book. Rick Riordan should be justifiably proud of his rip-roaring tale with lots of twists and turns, brilliant imagery and nicely developing characters. I’ll
Book Review: Nashoga by Rebecca Weinstein
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
Book Review: Gasparilla’s Treasure by Scott Clements
Trip is a decent, reasonably hardworking young man, loves his great grandfather ‘Pappy’ who is ill in a care home, and has just discovered a whole new world of emotions when he set eyes on a new girl in school.