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Book of the week
Inside the Villains (5-8 Infant/Junior)
Clotilde Perrin
Everybody loves a villain, and this huge book brings readers up very close indeed to three of the best (or should that be worst?).
Latest Reviews
The Key to Flambards (14+ Secondary/Adult)
Linda Newbery
(David Fickling Books)
This book is designed as a sequel to the series by K.M.Peyton known as the Flambards novels. The book is set after the end of the final book in the Peyton series.
I Was Made For You (Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant)
David Lucas
(Andersen Press)
This delightful picture book has just the right mixture of humour, adventure, jeopardy and sentiment, as woolly Cat sets off into the snowy Christmas night to find out why he has been made.
Reading & Rebellion. An Anthology of Radical Writing for Children 1900-1960 (Books About Children's Books)
Kimberley Reynolds, Michael Rosen and Jane Rosen
(OUP Oxford)
Packed with unfamiliar material from and about authors stretching from the well-known to the totally obscure, this anthology breathes new life into a branch of British children’s literature too long overlooked or simply ignored.
First Prize for the Worst Witch (8-10 Junior/Middle)
Jill Murphy
(Puffin)
For many years now Murphy has provided excellent read aloud material for teachers, librarians and parents – and this latest book is well up to her distinguished mark.
