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Book of the week
The Cat and the King (5-8 Infant/Junior)
Nick Sharratt
Nick Sharratt’s instantly recognisable drawings are full of warmth and character. In this, the first book that he has written as well as illustrated, words and pictures work together beautifully to tell a story that will warm the hearts of everyone who reads it.
Latest Reviews
A Child of Books (10-14 Middle/Secondary)
Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
(Walker Books)
This is what might be called, to recall an old American expression, a ‘motherhood and apple pie’ book.
Born Scared (10-14 Middle/Secondary)
Kevin Brooks
(Electric Monkey)
For Elliot, ‘Moloxetine helps to keep the beast at bay’. He’s fearful of anything and everyone.
Lydia. The Wild Girl of Pride & Prejudice (10-14 Middle/Secondary)
Natasha Farrant
(Chicken House Ltd)
It is a brave author who takes on a classic; it very rarely works. Natasha Farrant has boldly decided to enter the world of Jane Austen. Does she succeed? She does.
Beck (14+ Secondary/Adult)
Mal Peet and Meg Rosoff
(Walker Books)
This at times sad story also has a sad history, with the enormously gifted Mal Peet dying of cancer before he could get to its end. But his close friend, the equally uncompromising Meg Rosoff, accepted his wish that she complete the work.
