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Posted on May 4, 2022

Uncle Pete and the Forest of Lost Things by David C Flanagan and Will Hughes

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…

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Posted on April 29, 2022

Antarctica: the melting continent by Karen Romano Young and Angela Hsieh

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…

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Posted on April 19, 2022

The Hunt for David Berman by Claire Mulligan

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…

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Posted on April 4, 2022

Wished by Lissa Evans

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…

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Posted on March 25, 2022

Talking History by Joan Haig, Joan Lennon and Andre Ducci

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…

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Posted on March 15, 2022

Ella in the Garden of Giverny by Daniel Fehr and Monika Vaicenaviciene

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…

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Posted on March 10, 2022

The Uprising: the Mapmakers in Cruxcia by Eirlys Hunter and Kirsten Slade

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…

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Posted on March 8, 2022

Return to Factopia! by Kate Hale and Andy Smith

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…

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Posted on March 4, 2022

Margaret Lang – Fashion Buyer by Mary Delane

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…

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Posted on February 16, 2022

Elisabeth and the Box of Colours by Katherine Woodfine and Rebecca Cobb

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…

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