Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Last year I did a Classic Children’s Book Challenge, and this would have been ideal for it. However it does sit in my personal Norfolk Books Challenge, and very good it is too. Arthur Ransome definitely spent a long time
Today I’m pleased to tell you about Prince Iggy and the Kingdom of Naysayer, a fantasy read for middle graders. What really attracted me to this one were the illustrations! I’ll be reviewing it later in the month. About the
Now, I know I don’t usually post on Sunday, but during the A to Z Challenge it’s the only free day. So. Happy Easter to you, and let’s forget about the NATO Alphabet for one day to talk about writing.
However heroic I would like to think myself, I think I’m really much more Lionel than I like to admit. Lionel has grand ideas, but he is not very good at executing them. He’s not really very good at anything
The Shadow of the Minotaur is the second in Wendy Leighton-Porter’s Shadows from the Past series. These books really appeal to me since they deal with a bit of history I did at school – my history knowledge doesn’t go
I’ve been meaning to read this book ever since the Love MG Actually project in February, but it took a post I saw in which the author was talking about the possible film for me to decide I needed to
This is the first of an adventure series for Middle Grade readers, set in a magical land based on the ancient continent of Gondwana. I was attracted to the idea of our heroine, Nellie, falling through a ‘crack in the
This is a Middle Grade SciFi book about gardening. Actually it is about escape from totalitarian regimes and a return to fresh food and freedom of choice to grow it, but on the surface it is just about 12 year
If you read my review of The Ninja Librarian then I hope you went straight out – or switched tabs – to buy it! Now you can get the sequel. Return to Skunk Corners by Rebecca M. Douglass Rebecca says:
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
I’m extremely honoured to be one of the first stops on Julie Grasso’s Return To Cardamom Blog Tour. If you’ve read my review of the first in the series, you’ll be expecting a delicious story sequel, and you won’t be
JJ is absolutely ordinary. His friend Linc is pretty normal, especially with his love of food and adventure, probably in that order! So how come a statue in a museum starts talking to them? This is a time travel adventure,