I have given each of my recommendations for children an age suggestion. These are of course approximate. Please also have a look at younger or older categories.
A magical adventure set against the dark backdrop of the industrial revolution, this is a story of friendship, courage and loss.
Review date: 05.10.21
Age recommendation: 8+
As Ellie is too ill to attend school, a robot takes her place in class, next to Anna. An inventive story of friendship and not being afraid to be who you are.
Review date: 03.06.21
Age recommendation: 8+
Planes and motorbikes, couture and patisserie, models and spies - this book has it all! And it's set in Paris at the 1931 World Fair.
Review date: 12.02.23
Age recommendation: 8+
When Joe Smith is identified as the most average kid in the country, he feels very special indeed. A funny adventure which makes some serious points about life today!
Review date: 11.02.22
Age recommendation: 8+
How would we cope if all the technology stopped working? The world is in chaos and grandma is on her own at the other side of the country...
Review date: 03.02.21
Age recommendation: 8+
A beautiful book full of glorious poetry about animals, richly illustrated throughout.
Review date: 29.11.20
Age recommendation: 5+
Vikings, valkyries, gods, heroics, adventure and giggles. The first in a fun and action-packed trilogy.
Review date: 06.01.21
Age recommendation: 8+
Review date: 03.10.20
Age recommendation: 8+
The start of a fabulous series of pony books about Poppy McKeever in her new home in Dartmoor, seeking to befriend a Connemara pony with a troubled past. Will she be able to claim him as her own?
Review date: 03.10.22
Age recommendation: 8+
