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…
Continue reading → Antarctica: the melting continent by Karen Romano Young and Angela Hsieh
My sister laughs at my enthusiasm for words. She is gently amused by my delight in their history, the way they sound, they way they…
Continue reading → Talking History by Joan Haig, Joan Lennon and Andre Ducci
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…
Continue reading → Ella in the Garden of Giverny by Daniel Fehr and Monika Vaicenaviciene
From the makers of Factopia! comes Return to Factopia! Be reunited with the quirkily connected world of Kate Hale and Andy Smith. Brought to you…
Continue reading → Return to Factopia! by Kate Hale and Andy Smith
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…
Continue reading → An Amazing Illustrated Atlas of Scotland by David MacPhail and Anders Frang
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
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…
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'm a librarian to trade, and so predisposed to appreciate the ordering of knowledge. So there were few risks inherent in giving me this book…
Continue reading → Listified! by Andrew Pettie and Andres Lozano
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