Today I am absolutely delighted to support the blog tour celebrating the release of Bumble & Snug and the Angry Pirates by Mark Bradley (Hodder Children’s Books), a new graphic novel series about two adorable best friends. Bumble and Snug are Bugpops, little monsters with big feelings. When they decide to go on a picnic, …
Happy 90th Birthday Shirley Hughes! Today is Shirley Hughes’ 90th birthday, and I wanted to use this wonderful occasion to look at one of my favourite books of hers, Up and Up!, which was first published in 1979, and was re-released this year by Red Fox. We are accustomed to Hughes’ splendid timeless paintings and wonderful double-spreads …
Today I am really pleased to feature a book which I think really is super in many ways and this book is Electrigirl by Jo Cotterill and Cathy Brett. We are always after engaging middle grade fiction; well, you don’t get much more engaging than that! When mobile phone company CyberSky set up new offices …
I am a girl, and I read comics. Sadly for a lot of people, still, this statement is an oxymoron. Unfortunately a lot of my students think so too. The problem? People still think that reading comics means you are either a superhero or sci-fi fan. I am neither. People think comics are pulp fiction, trash, over-violent, …
I am sure I don’t need to describe the wave of excitement rippling through the Library Mice household at the prospect of a brand new comic mag. And it is FREE to read. Yes, I am not going bonkers, you have read this right. Free to read online, free to download! Moose Kid Comics is available from www.moosekidcomics.com and features nearly …
Azzi in Between Sarah Garland (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books) Endorsed by Amnesty International and winner of the inaugural Little Rebels Awards, Azzi in Between is a moving picture book, told in comic format, about a family’s journey from oppression in their native land to Britain where they take refuge. Azzi lives with her parents and grandmother in a faraway country …
Andi Watson(Walker) Grace Gibson is moving to a new town, where her father is to be the headteacher of her primary school. The town is called Catastrophe, and it certainly lives up to its name: with its volcano and giant robots roaming the town, this is hardly the welcoming party Grace was expecting. After some …
Liz Pichon(Scholastic) Tom Gates is quite a regular boy, but also a master homework escapologist and excels at tormenting his older sister Delia. He also spends a lot of time thinking about his band Dog Zombies and eating caramel wafers. But Tom still manages to spend a lot of time writing and doodling in his homework book and it is …
