Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery, Retold by Katherine Woodfine and Isabelle Follath
I'm not a great enthusiast for adaptations and retellings of novels. It seems to me that if a book is so good that someone wants…
Kevin the Orange by Alan Windram and Olla Meyzinger
As the title suggests, Kevin is an orange. He is round and orangey; in fact he is one of the orangiest oranges ever. But he's…
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The Discovery Illustrated Family Bible by Christian Maclean and David Newbatt
The Discovery Illustrated Family Bible is, to be precise, a collection of retellings of episodes to be found in the Bible. The storyteller is Christian…
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Henny is Stuck by Aileen Crossley
Poor little Henny is stuck. Unlike her fluffy friends, she's still mostly in her shell. Her wee wings and tiny hands are free but the…
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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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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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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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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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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