You might remember that we left Uncle Pete planeless at the end of his last adventure. With the help of TM (Tiny Mouse, if you…
Continue reading → Uncle Pete and the Forest of Lost Things by David C Flanagan and Will Hughes
Head north is usually my mantra but I have a sneaking fascination for Antarctica which is, of course, the polar opposite. So I couldn't pass…
Continue reading → Antarctica: the melting continent by Karen Romano Young and Angela Hsieh
Firstly... The Hunt for David Berman is a classic-style adventure. It's a spy-thriller for children and it's a great page-turner. It's the early days of…
Continue reading → The Hunt for David Berman by Claire Mulligan
Wished is a daydream come to life. It's a story of making friends and taking risks; of the security of family and the exhilaration of…
My sister laughs at my enthusiasm for words. She is gently amused by my delight in their history, the way they sound, they way they…
Continue reading → Talking History by Joan Haig, Joan Lennon and Andre Ducci
In my early thirties, having read much about the Impressionists and seen as many of their paintings as I could, I finally made it to…
Continue reading → Ella in the Garden of Giverny by Daniel Fehr and Monika Vaicenaviciene
The Santander children, flushed with success after winning the Mapmakers' Race (see also https://picturesandconversations.co.uk/2018/07/02/the-mapmakers-race-by-eirlys-hunter/), have now been re-united with Ma. But they are still without…
Continue reading → The Uprising: the Mapmakers in Cruxcia by Eirlys Hunter and Kirsten Slade
From the makers of Factopia! comes Return to Factopia! Be reunited with the quirkily connected world of Kate Hale and Andy Smith. Brought to you…
Continue reading → Return to Factopia! by Kate Hale and Andy Smith
Fairly unusually for career books, this is actually a good novel in its own right. For its time, of course, that time being 1956. The…
Continue reading → Margaret Lang – Fashion Buyer by Mary Delane
Barrington Stoke's Little Gems books are well named. They are genuinely lovely books to read, to own and to delight in. The stories are always…
Continue reading → Elisabeth and the Box of Colours by Katherine Woodfine and Rebecca Cobb
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