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…
Continue reading → Great Britons by Imogen Russell Williams and Sara Mulvanny
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,…
Continue reading → The Lights that Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer
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…
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 is a work of art. I rarely get precious or over-excited about books as objects. I buy and collect them for their contents.…
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…
Continue reading → Amazing Rivers by Julie Vosburgh Agnone and Kerry Hyndman
I've never been someone who's fascinated by the history of RMS Titanic. I haven't seen Kate and Leo's film, paid attention to the conspiracy theories…
Continue reading → Tragedy at Sea: the sinking of the Titanic by David Long and Stefano Tambellini
Back in the days when Moray Libraries still needed me and my expertise, I had some responsibility for our Facebook page. For a while we…
Two fun picture books today, one featuring a polar bear and the other a penguin. Both are the work of author/illustrators. Engrossed in the big,…
I adore this sequence of books - as I know I have said before. They're clever and witty and engaging in word and picture. However,…
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