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…
Marcus Sedgwick
Today I read of the death of Marcus Sedgwick, a death which has taken the literary world by surprise. I am on frequent record as…
Britannica’s Word of the Day
The concept of a word for the day is tried and tested and always fun in my world. It just isn't possible to spend too…
Lightning Strike by Tanya Landman
The thing about Tanya Landman is that she makes you feel as though you are living in her stories. Her novels have wildly different settings…
Oi Aardvark! by Kes Gray and Jim Field
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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