Children’s Books – Page 19 – Pictures and Conversations

Book Festivals and Book Launches

Over the last few weeks I've met and listened to about as many authors as I could cope with! Without exception they've been lovely people…

A couple of weeks ago I was reading an article in a professional journal written by someone I know in the world of publishing. It…

I've been waiting years to read this book, having loved the first two parts of the series, Airborn and Skybreaker. Starclimber tells the story of…

Elizabeth Laird often writes about subjects in which I am not at all interested. But that never discourages me from reading her books. They are…

A while back I promised that I’d write more about the newer children’s books I love. As my bookshelves prove, there are many of them…

Ages ago I wrote about Anne of the Island and said that it was one of my desert island books. I chose the books in…

It's Christmas Day and I am in Tromso in the north of Norway. Not coincidentally, I have just finished reading The Christmas Mystery by Jostein…

I've never met a book by Linda Newbery that I didn't like and I see no sign of that changing. I've just read a proof…

I almost never fall in love with picture books. There have been many that I've enjoyed and appreciated and thought excellent but few that I've…

A few weeks ago, I was at the Youth Libraries Group conference in Lancaster. It was a great conference, probably the best YLG conference I've…