My thanks to Booktasters for a review copy of this book. The first of a series of children’s/middle-grade fantasy books, the Guardian of Whispers by B. E. Padgett might have hints of Harry Potter but still makes for a very creative and enjoyable adventure. We are introduced to the Reed family, five children—Eugene, the twins…
Book Review: Boris Goes to the Market by Michael E. McDevitt and illustrated by Olga S. Tenyakova
My thanks to the author Michael E. McDevitt for a review copy of this book via Booktasters. Boris Goes to the Market is a delightful and gorgeously illustrated picture book which tells a tale of everyday adventure while also subtly conveying its message of the advantages of working with friends when in trouble! The second…
Book Review: Hedy Lamarr by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and illustrated by Maggie Cole
My thanks to Francis Lincoln Books for a review copy of this book via Edelweiss! Hedy Lamarr is another entry in the Little People, Big Dreams series, and one I was keen to read for two reasons; one because I have been seeing reviews of different books in the series and find them a great…
Book Review: Jirvania by Jan Anderegg
My thanks to the author for a review copy of the book via Booktasters. Jirvania is the second in a fantasy children’s series the Julu series, and a story which is set around the idea of protecting stories and more importantly our imaginations, for where would the world be without them? An ordinary 11-year-old boy…
Book Review: The Black Cat Change Up: Ball Park Mysteries no 19 by David A. Kelly
My thanks to BooksGoSocial for a review copy of this book via NetGalley. The Black Cat Change Up is a cute, quick and very enjoyable little children’s mystery set around baseball (though one doesn’t need to know much about the game to enjoy the book) and in this case themes of superstition and cats (the…
Book Review: Greenwitch by Susan Cooper #TDiRS22
While I’ve given up any pretence of trying to catch up with the readalong of the wonderful Dark is Rising sequence hosted by Annabel at AnnaBookBel, I am of course continuing to read the books, which I am enjoying very much. This will however, be the last of the books I will be able to…
Book Review: Cat Family Christmas: A Lift the Flap Advent Book by Lucy Brownridge (author) and Eunyoung Seo (illustrator)
My thanks to Frances Lincoln Children’s Books for a review copy of this gorgeous book via Edelweiss. Cat Family Christmas: A Lift the Flap Advent Book, as the name suggests is a picture book that takes readers along as the cat family comprising Mommy and Daddy Cat and kittens Lupin, Bud, Sorrel, and Pip prepare…
Book Review: The Dark is Rising (1973) by Susan Cooper #TDiRS22
Second in the Dark is Rising sequence, The Dark is Rising (1973) by Susan Cooper takes us into very different territory from and introduces us to entirely different characters than the first book, and if I found the darkness and danger palpable in that one, in this book it is far more intense and disconcerting.…
Book Review: An Illustrated Collection of Nordic Animal Tales by Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin and translated by Jill G. Timbers
My thanks to Floris Books/Ingram Publishing Services for a review copy of this book via Edelweiss. Written and illustrated by Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin, An Illustrated Collection of Nordic Animal Tales is a collection of 26 animals stories based on Nordic, particularly Finnish folklore. Originally written in Finnish and published in 1997, this translation by Jill…
Book Review: Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper #TDiRS22
As I wrote in a previous post this week as well, I seem to be running on my own schedule on book challenges and memes I’m joining in, with work commitments having set my reading plans awry. So I’m only just getting to my review of Over Sea, Under Stone (1965), the first in Susan…
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