World travel, daring dystopias and secondary school cliques frame timely YA outings
December 2018
Children's book reviews round-up
The best children’s books of 2018 for all ages
From celebrity-penned tales to fresh interpretations of the classics, here is our pick of the best for hungry readers from tots to teens
July 2018
Why are children’s books stuck in monochrome?
Sanchita Basu De Sarkar
The joy of seeing someone who looks like you on a page is huge – but some of us have a hard time finding them, says children’s bookshop owner Sanchita Basu De Sarkar
May 2017
The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave – review
The award-winning author’s second novel, set in the early 20th-century Philippines, is another beautifully told page-turner
April 2017
Children's book reviews round-up
Teenage fiction reviews – the rocky road to self-knowledge
Racism and homophobia, death and dementia, amnesia and ancient history – all dilemmas for young heroes
July 2016
Children's books
Strange Star by Emma Carroll – review
BookieCookie: ‘I like the way she just wove interesting ideas and historical facts into an entertaining and gripping storyline’
Children's books
Salt To The Sea by Ruta Sepetys – review
Valentine: ‘After her beautiful debut, Between Shades of Grey, Sepetys has written a more complex book, which is just as heart-breaking’
Children's books
Magic in the Mix by Annie Barrows – review
mayissa: ‘I really like the story because I love books with time travel’
June 2016
Children's books
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne – review
Children's books
And I Darken by Kiersten White – review
Children's books
Eliza Rose by Lucy Worsley – review
Children's books
V for Violet by Alison Rattle – review
Children's books
The Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse –review
Children's books
Lady Susan by Jane Austen - review
Children's books
Top 10 fictional shops in children's books
May 2016
Children's books
Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs - review
Erulasse: ‘Very quickly the story line became insatiably dull’
Children's books
Picture book biographies: best heartwarming true stories
From Malala to Anne Frank to Nelson Mandela, picture book biographies bring the real life stories of some of the world’s most celebrated people to life. We picked out some of the best
Children's books
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzerald – review
Children's books
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne – review
Children's books
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge – review
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