By Ibi Zoboi & Dr Yusef Salaam This book tells the story of a 16 year old American boy called Amal Shahid. He is black and Muslim and his name means ‘Hope’. One night he is involved in an incident in a local neighbourhood. When the case goes to court he is treated as anContinue reading “Punching the Air”
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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh
By Helen Rutter I chose to read this book as it was one of the recommended reads in the Bolton Children’s Fiction Award organised by the my school and was announced overall winner! It was also short-listed for many other awards in 2022 such as the Blue Peter Book Award, Costa Childen’s Book Award &Continue reading “The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh”
The Queen’s Hat
Need picture book ideas for #Jubileeweek ? The Queen’s Hat by #steveanthony is a fun, royal romp around London in search of the Queen’s favourite hat with a corgi, butler & all the Queen’s men too! 👑💂♀️🇬🇧
The Island That Didn’t Exist
By Joe Wilson This is me of the books shortlisted in my school’s annual competition – the Bolton Children’s Fiction Award. I enjoyed this modern adventure story as a change from my usual historical fiction. The story begins with main character Rixon who is 12 years old. His normal life suddenly changes when he discoversContinue reading “The Island That Didn’t Exist”
Street Child
By Berlie Doherty We have been learning about the Victorian times at school this term. I have read a few non-fiction books about the time (see here) but we read this book as our class novel, The book tells the story of an orphan called Jim Jarvis who as living and working in London inContinue reading “Street Child”
Be Wild, Little One
By Olivia Hope & Illustrated by Daniel Egnéus Thank you to NetGalley & Bloomsbury Children’s Books for allowing me to preview a copy. I read this with one of my little brothers. He is full of energy and mischief and he loves animals and playing outside in the fresh air. He really enjoyed this brightlyContinue reading “Be Wild, Little One”
Clownfish
By Alan Durant This book was one of six shortlisted for the Bolton Children’s fiction Award in 2020/21 and was named joint winner. The is an emotional story told by a boy called Dak. His dad has died and Dak is feeling sad and lost. One of the things that Dak and his dad bothContinue reading “Clownfish”
Sulwe
Author: Lupita Nyong’o Illustrator: Vashti Harrison I saw a lot of comments about this book on social media last year so it was time to give it a try myself. This is a gentle story about a powerful issue. The main character is a little girl called Sulwe. Her skin is darker than everyone inContinue reading “Sulwe”
Where’s Mrs T-Rex
By Ingela P Arrhenius This is a brightly coloured board book for babies and toddlers which encourages them to look for dinosaurs hidden behind soft felt fabric flaps. Little ones will enjoy the fun hide-and-seek dinosaur game. There is a stegosaurus, T-Rex, diplodocus, triceratops and the final page has a mirror so that the childContinue reading “Where’s Mrs T-Rex”
On the Farm: A Push, Pull, Slide Book
By Axel Scheffler Like most toddlers, little brother loves farm animals so he was really pleased to receive this book for his birthday. We already have a few other books illustrated by Axel Scheffler and like the way he draws animals. Written in rhyming text, the book describes a day on a farm. You canContinue reading “On the Farm: A Push, Pull, Slide Book”
The Library Mouse Tales 