Benny, a cute and friendly robot, has one button that is to be pressed only in the event of an emergency. We've met Benny before…
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I have always known Edinburgh. I was born here and lived my first five years here. My Mum's parents lived in Musselburgh only a few…
If I ever had to make the decision to keep my entire collection of only one author, my choice would be Dorita Fairlie Bruce. I…
My first foray into books that were published for adults takes me very close to home. I've known Peebles in the Scottish Borders since I…
I reviewed all three books in Teresa Flavin's trilogy, mostly because I loved them and thought that they were well written but partly because I…
I know I'm not alone in having had horrible experiences of being compelled to read books in primary school that I hated. But, hopefully, I'm…
Who to trust. What to believe. How to survive. These are the questions battering Jack Shian as he continues his quest to find his father.…
I met Mollie Hunter a couple of times: once at a book festival I organised to mark the Carnegie Medal, held at the original Carnegie…
My sister wanted me to write about an Alexander McCall Smith book so here you are: School Ship Tobermory. It's the first in a series…
My childhood was filled with books published by Pickering & Inglis, purveyors of Christian literature. As a daughter of the manse the basic premise of…
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