Monkey Wars
Richard Kurti When the Langur monkey troop rises to power on the dusty streets of Calcutta, it is at a price. A brutal massacre drives the Rhesus troop out of the place they called home and forces them to embark…
Wild Boy
London, 1841 A boy covered in hair, raised as a monster, condemned to life in a travelling freak show. A boy with extraordinary powers of observation and detection. A boy accused of murder; on the run; hungry for the truth.…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Oh No George
Chris Haughton George is a dog with all the best intentions. And his owner, Harry, has all the best hopes that George will be a well-behaved dog when he leaves him alone for the day. But when George spies a…
Wild Boy Blog Tour: No fun at the fair
Rob Lloyd Jones joins us today to share the inspiration behind the fairground setting of his middle grade book, Wild Boy. London, 1841 A boy covered in hair, raised as a monster, condemned to life in a travelling freak show.…
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…
Black Spring
Alison Croggon Black Spring takes the passionate story of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and re-imagines it in a fantasy nineteenth-century society set in savage lands sustained by wizardry, where its people live by the vengeance code of vendetta. Like Wuthering…
Something Beginning With Blue
Sally Symes and Nick Sharratt(illustrator) I spy with my little eye, something beginning with blue… and green… and grey. Peep through the holes and follow the clues – can you guess what’s hiding in there? This book came home to…
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen A bear has lost his hat. What if he never sees it again? WAIT! He has seen his hat… Contains spoilers The bear has lost his beloved hat. Despairing that he will never see it again, proactive bear…
Because Of Winn Dixie
Kate Dicamillo Because of Winn-Dixie, a big, ugly, happy dog, 10-year-old Opal learns 10 things about her long-gone mother from her preacher father. Because of Winn-Dixie, Opal makes new friends among the somewhat unusual residents of her new hometown, Naomi,…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Can We Save The Tiger?
Martin Jenkins and Vicky White (illustrator) Tigers are big, beautiful and fierce. But, like many other animals, they are in danger of becoming extinct. With breathtaking illustrations this large-format picture book tells us about the threats to the many endangered…
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