The Fairy Tale Hairdresser and Aladdin
Abie Longstaff and Lauren Beard (illustrator) The Fairytale Hairdresser is having a long-overdue holiday — but in no time at all she is tangled up in a world of flying carpets, mysterious jewels and magical lamps. Can she rescue Aladdin,…
The Fairytale Hairdresser Beauty and the Beast
Abbie Longstaffand Lauren Beard (Illustrator) The Big Bad Beast’s heart is melted by Bella, the most beautiful girl in Fairy Land – but could she ever love someone so beastly? The Fairytale Hairdresser teaches Beast that beauty is on the…
Butterfly and the Birthday Surprise
Cross My Heart
Carmen Reid Brussels, 1940. Fifteen-year-old Nicole watches as the Nazis invade Belgium. Determined not to stand by as her country is brought to its knees, Nicole vows to fight back and joins the Belgian Resistance. Under her new alias –…
Wonder
R.J. Palacio “My name is August. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.” Wonder is probably the most thought-provoking book I’ve read in a long while. It makes you feel angry about the injustice…
Netgalley November: Week Two Round Up
Personal Target: To read and review eight net galley titles and improve my approved/feedback rating Number of books read this week: 3 Running total of books read: 5 Netgalley Approved-Feedback: 54.7% Currently Reading: Crossing by Stacey Wallace Benefiel Feedback: My…
Carnegie and Greenaway: Wonder
R. J. Palacio My name is August. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his…
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…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Small Change For Stuart
Lissa Evans Stuart Horten – ten years old and small for his age – moves to the dreary town of Beeton, far away from all his friends. And then he meets his new next-door neighbours, the unbearable Kingley triplets, and…
Princess Poppy: The Play
Janey-Louise Jones Join Princess Poppy and her friends and family for another brilliant adventure in Honeypot Hill. Poppy is putting on a play in her garden! But there’s so much to do – she will need tickets and costumes and…
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