Mayor Bunny’s Chocolate Town by Elys Dolan
Elys Dolan's books are always a joy and this one about the shenanigans elected leaders get up to is no less clever and amusing. As…
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Nisha’s War by Dan Smith
There are some authors whose books a particular reader finds herself inexplicably drawn to. For me, Dan Smith is one such. A few years ago,…
An Amazing Illustrated Atlas of Scotland by David MacPhail and Anders Frang
I really do love a map and I love Scotland even more! So this book always seemed like a good choice for me. If the…
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Great Britons by Imogen Russell Williams and Sara Mulvanny
It must be a thankless task trying to select the people to include in a book like this so thank you to the team at…
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The Lights that Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer
The Northern Lights have been frequent visitors, especially recently, to my former home of Lossiemouth on the southern side of the Moray Firth. More dramatically,…
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A History of the World in 25 Cities by Tracey Turner, Andrew Donkin and Libby VanderPloeg
Before I even saw it, I knew this would be my kind of book. And it is. It's full of maps and plans and stories…
Britannica First Big Book of Why by Sally Symes, Stephanie Warren Drimmer and Kate Slater
I've always wanted to know why. It's why I became a librarian, in fact. My original plan was to become a reference librarian. During my…
The Hideaway by Pam Smy
The Hideaway is a work of art. I rarely get precious or over-excited about books as objects. I buy and collect them for their contents.…
Amazing Rivers by Julie Vosburgh Agnone and Kerry Hyndman
I wish What On Earth Books had been around when I was a child. They publish the sort of books I'd have loved. Fortunately I've…
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Scaredy Bat by Jonathan Meres and Anders Frang
There's always one As befits the story of an adventurous bat, Scaredy Bat turns popular convention on its head. Day is dawning in the Dark,…
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