We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea
Arthur Ransome The four Walker children never meant to go to sea. They had promised their mother to stay safely in the harbour, and to be home on Friday in time for tea. But there they are in someone else’s…
The Long Song
Andrea Levey With The Long Song, Levy once again reinvents the historical novel. Told in the irresistibly willful and intimate voice of Miss July, with some editorial assistance from her son, Thomas, The Long Song is at once defiant, funny,…
The Whales' Song
Dyan Sheldon and Gary Blythe Lilly listens to her grandmother’s tales of whales and longs to hear the creatures’ powerful songs for herself. This eloquent work celebrates the extraordinary relationship between a young girl and the whales that do eventually…
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Philippa Pearce When Tom is sent to his aunt’s house for the summer he resigns himself to weeks of boredom. Lying awake one night he listens to the grandfather clock in the hall strike every hour. Eleven…Twelve…Thirteen. Thirteen! Tom rushes…
Frugal Fiction: Charity Shops
Each month we use our FRUGAL FICTION post look to at different ways to make the most of your money and get more books for your buck! We take £8.00, an average RRP for a paperback, and see how much…
Twitchhiker: How One Man Travelled the World by Twitter
Paul Smith There were five rules of Twitchhiker: I can only accept offers of travel and accommodation from people on Twitter; I can’t make any travel plans further than three days in advance; I can only spend money on food,…
Around The Table: Teen Reads
AROUND THE TABLE: We love to get together as a team and discuss all manner of book related subjects. On the 2nd Sunday of the month we take a transcript of one of these discussions or copy and paste a…
The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters
Janet and Allan Ahlberg A new, larger version of a title in which the Jolly Postman delivers cards and letters to various fairytale characters. Includes six envelopes containing letters and cards. My eldest daughter (3 3/4) has just discovered this…
Miaow
Mick Inkpen Created by master storyteller, Mick Inkpen, there is a whole range of “Kipper” books to choose from: classic picture books, TV tie in picture books, novelty board books, sticker books, pop up books and much much more. Kipper…
The Salt Road
Jane Johnson The desert lay before them, and the secrets of the amulet…From Tafraout’s magnificent mountainside, Isobel absorbs the heat and romance of the Moroccan vista before her, with mosque and homes scattered far below. But a mere slip sees…
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