The Mouse King has shenanigans planned. Greater, more terrible shenanigans than ever before. Shenanigans that might stop Christmas. It is up to Clara - with the help of her little brother Fritz and a Nutcracker named Walter - to save Christma ...
How Does Santa Go Down The Chimney? by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
How does Santa get down the chimney? Just how does he do it? Maybe he tightens his belt or gets kicked down by his reindeer. And what if there is no chimney at all? This book speculates over the biggest mystery of the Christmas season with hilari ...
The Baddies by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
The Baddies are mean and the baddies are scary and the baddies just love to be bad. When a little girl moves into a cottage, the Baddies - a troll, a witch and a ghost - decide to give her a fright. However, she turns out to be rather braver ...
Rain Before Rainbows by Smriti Halls and David Litchfield
In the midst of the rain, rainbows can be hard to see. A girl sets out on a journey with a fox. The world is dark and rainy, and there are mountains to climb and dark nights to navigate. Thunderous storms shake their boat as they cross th ...
Blog Tour: The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes (review)
Synopsis: Nine is an orphan who lives as a pickpocket in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures. She's desperate to escape and find a better home than the one where she steals on behalf of greedy, manipulative Pockets. Then one of Nine's stolen trea ...
Brand New Boy by David Almond (Blog Tour Review)
Synopsis: George is announced during school assembly. He's a brand new boy. Daniel is charged with looking after George, and although he notices certain things about George straight away, Daniel reckons George is great. After all, he can kick a fo ...
Space Maps by Lara Albanese and Tommaso Vidus Rossin
Put on your helmet, fasten your seatbelt, and prepare to tour the universe. Space Maps begins with an introduction to the stars as they are seen from the Earth. It explains how stars have been mapped over the centur ...
The Colours that Blind by Rutendo Tavengerwei review
Tumi has trained hard and is desperate to make the Zimbabwean national swimming team. Only by gaining a reputation as a champion will he escape most of the hatred his albinism brings. Then Tumi is forced to stay with his grandmother - his Ambuya - a ...
I Can’t Sleep by Gracia Iglesias and Ximo Abadía
A girl lies in bed with a head full of thoughts. It's impossible to sleep. She tries every trick in the book from making up rhymes to counting sheep but sleep doesn't come. So she counts again. Slower. The sheep she imagines are brought to life ...
A Hat For Mr Mountain by Soojin Kwak
Mr Mountain is afraid of the winter snow. It makes his head very cold. He turns to Nara, a talented hat maker whose hats are worn by animals for miles around. Nara promises to help - but this turns out to be trickier than it sounds. Wool shrivels up ...