Jerry Spinelli (Orchard Books) Jake and Lily are twins and they have always been close, really close. So close, that they can feel what the other one is feeling even when miles apart, and every year, on their birthday, they both sleep-walk to the same place, near to where they were born. But the summer …
growing up
Magical Mystical Australia
Lately, I have come across two beautiful little novels, both with a magical, mystical atmosphere, and both set in Australia. The Naming of Tishkin Silk Glenda Millard, with artwork by Caroline Magerl (Phoenix Yard Books) Griffin Silk is an uncommon little boy, and it becomes quite obvious to him as he soon as he starts school and …
Uncover & Discover: What Will I Be?
Nicola Davies (text) & Marc Boutavant (illustrations)(Walker Books) As you know I am a big fan of Marc Boutavant’s work and it always with huge excitement that I discover something new he has illustrated. So I was chuffed to hear he had teamed up with non-fiction writer Nicola Davies to create a biology series for preschoolers. The first of a …
What Will You Be, Grandma?
Nanette Newman (text) & Emma Chichester Clark (illustrations)(Brubaker, Ford & Friends, an imprint of Templar) “What do you want to do when you grow up?” is a question we often ask children, but Lily wants to know what her grandma will be when she grows up. Her grandma replies that she has done all her …