Three girls. A summer holiday. One epic road-trip. And sausages. Piglettes (Pushkin Press) follows Mireille, Astrid and Hakima as they embark on a trip of a lifetime to reach, by bicycle, the Palais de l’Elysée on 14th July from their home in Bourg-en-Bresse. All have different motives for getting there, but they share the same motivation …
Kwame Alexander (Andersen Press) Josh and his twin brother Jordan are basketball fanatics. At twelve, they are already the star players of their school, with a bright future ahead of them. The game is in their blood, and their passion is fueled by their father, himself an ex-professional player known as “Da Man”. But when …
French Friday is back with a very entertaining guest post from Clémentine Beauvais, author of the Royal Babysitters series, the first tome of which was published earlier this month by Bloomsbury Children’s Books. Clémentine as you might have guessed by now, is French. She was born in Paris, but moved to England in her late teens. …
Today I am delighted to welcome History Girl Katherine Langrish as part of the Daughters of Time blog tour. A bestselling author in her own right, Katherine Langrish is also part of The History Girls, a group of bestselling writers of children’s and teen historical fiction who blog together. History tells us that there …
As the Small Blue Thing trilogy comes to an end with the publication of Scattering Like Light (see my reviews of Small Blue Thing, Perfectly Reflected and Scattering Like Light), S.C. Ransom reflects on how the story came to life, and eventually became a published trilogy *** I always feel slightly embarrassed when I’m …
Today’s post is really special to me. Unlike many of you, no doubt, I did not grow up with Shirley Hughes’ books as they were not translated in French when I was little. I discovered her work at university, while studying children’s librarianship. I was won over straight away, enchanted by the utter Englishness of her …
Dan Freedman is the author of the very successful Jamie Johnson series, which has Dan’s love of football at its heart. Dan has been a big fan of football since a very young age, and he carried that love through school and university, eventually getting a job for the Football Association. The first book in the Jamie Johnson series, …
Organising author visits in schools is one of the best things about being a school librarian. I know my children are very lucky that we take them to literary festivals and to the theatre; for most children, author school visits is often their only opportunity to meet a writer “in the flesh” and it is a very …
We had a fantastic time again this year at the Bath Kids Lit Fest. We are so lucky to be living near such a fantastic event! This year we saw: Ed Vere, Jeremy Strong. Judith Kerr, Emily Gravett, Clara Vulliamy and Michael Rosen. All very different but very much enjoyed. Judith Kerr was pretty special …
