What Would Jane Austen Do? by Linda Corbett
Linda Corbett set herself up for a fall by putting words into the mouth of her heroine. Maddy waxes lyrical, and at length, on the…
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One Button Benny and the Dinosaur Dilemma by Alan Windram and Chloe Holwill-Hunter
You remember One Button Benny? He's the robot with... erm...just one button. But, as you probably also remember, it's an extremely useful button to be…
Scotty Plants a Seed by Conn Iggulden and Lizzy Duncan
Scotty, a little black dog, was blown onto the Isle of Mull in the midst of a ferocious storm, the only member of a little…
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Grizzly Ben by Alan Dapre and Alex Ayliffe
As far as Ben is concerned, grizzly bears are the best thing in the whole world. He's disappointed when his parents don't give him one…
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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…
Resist by Tom Palmer
Tom took as his inspiration for this book the life of Audrey Hepburn. He is at pains to point out that it is not a…
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…
The Boy who Rescued a Rainbow by Corrina Campbell
Loss is hard. It doesn't matter what you lose or how old you are, it's tough. Corrina Campbell, in The Boy who Rescued a Rainbow,…
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The Battle of Cable Street by Tanya Landman
Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman brings to life a little-discussed period of twentieth century British history in this short novel published by Barrington Stoke.…
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