Geek Girl Blog Tour: Book Extract
Both Daisy (11) and I (31 and 1/2) absolutely adore Geek Girl, the hilarious and touching contemporary, by debut author Holly Smale. We are equal parts honoured and delighted share this glimpse of Harriet Manners (from chapter 11) in all…
Superworm
Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler, the brilliant team behind The Gruffalo, have created a new exuberant character who is sure to delight young readers – and their parents – in this eagerly…
Hidden Among Us
Katy Moran When Lissy meets a mysterious and strangely beautiful boy on her way to Hopesay Edge, she is deeply unsettled by their encounter. She discovers that they boy, Larkspur, is a member of the Hidden, an ancient group of…
Keith The Cat With The Magic Hat
Sue Hendra Meet Keith. Keith is a cat with a magic hat – or at least, that’s what the other cats think. But when Keith’s hat falls off one day, it seems that magic is still possible after all! My…
Babies In Waiting
Rosie Fiore Meet Louise, 38, Toni, 26 and Gemma, 18. They are all expecting babies in September. One of them conceived in a hurry because she was running out of time. One of them fell pregnant to keep a man…
Them Or Us
David Moody The war that has torn the human race apart is nearing its end. With the country in the grip of a nuclear winter, both Hater and Unchanged struggle to survive. Hinchcliffe, leader of an army of Haters, will…
Elmer
David McKee Elmer the elephant is bright-colored patchwork all over. No wonder the other elephants laugh at him! If he were ordinary elephant color, the others might stop laughing. That would make Elmer feel better, wouldn’t it? The surprising conclusion…
Shopping With The Enemy
Carmen Reid Fashion-guru Annie’s well-dressed world is falling apart – first she’s lost her legendary sense of style, and now her daughter Lana seems to have become her worst enemy. Even her multi-millionairess friend, Svetlana, is having daughter trouble. A…
Time Breaking
Barbara Spencer Whilst staying in a 17th Century Manor house, fifteen year old Molly accidentally slips through time and reappears in 1648, towards the end of the Civil War to find she has taken the place of Molly Hampton, the…
2013 Book Challenges
At the start of 2012 The Big Book Little Book Team signed up to The Debut Author Challenge and The British book Challenge. We pledged to read twelve Middle grade or Young adult debut novels and twelve British novels. In…
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