Anna Kemp (text) & Sarah Ogilvie (illustrations) (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books) Princess Sue is very lonely in her castle. She yearns for a prince to rescue her from her boredom. But when he finally turns up and takes her to his castle, they soon realise they don’t really see eye to eye as to how princesses …
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The Queen of Teen is back!
The Queen of Teen awards is back and now is the time for teenage readers to get involved by nominating their favourite female author The Queen of Teen award was founded in 2008 to celebrate the feistiest, frothiest and most fantastic writers for the tween and teen market. There have already been two reigns from two inspiring …
Amazing Esme
Tamara Macfarlane (text) & Michael Fowkes (illustrations)(Hodder Children’s Books) When Esme arrives at Mackinley Castle, ready to spend the summer with her uncle while her parents travel through Russia looking for new circus acts, she is met not only by her boisterous cousins but a whole menagerie of animals too. It is all very exciting, but also a …
The Wide-Awake Princess
E.D. Baker(Bloomsbury Children’s Books) What if Sleeping Beauty wasn’t an only child? What if she had a younger sister whose only gift from the fairies was that she could not be touched by magic, and that in fact magic recoiled from her? Princess Annabelle has not had a great childhood; her family hold a distance …
MoshiMoshi Kawaii: Where is Strawberry Moshi?
(Walker Books) Are you into Kawaii? Or rather, are your children? This Japanese sensation means all things cute and kitsch and Moshis certainly are that! These little creatures who vaguely look like rabbits love dressing up and Moshi Town is full of little Moshis dressed in different costumes: Panda Moshi, Angel Moshi, Submarine Moshi, Rainbow Moshi, …
Too Purply!
Jean Reidy (author) & Geneviève Leloup (illustrator)(Bloomsbury Children’s Books) It is time to get dressed to go to school but one little girl (and her very cute tortoise) just cannot make up her mind as to what to wear (anybody with a daughter will definitely be able to relate to that!). Nothing is right! It …
Glister: The Haunted Teapot
Andi Watson(Walker Books) Strange things always seem to happen around Glister Butterworth so when a teapot appears, unannounced, on her doorstep, Glister doesn’t batter an eyelid and busies herself making a cup of tea for herself an her rather unorthodox father. But the teapot is haunted and Glister soon finds herself enrolled in fulfilling the …
An Urgent Message of Wowness
Karen McCombie (Scholastic) This title is Booked Up 2009’s “girly” offering. Last year we had Cathy Cassidy’s “Scarlett” and the year before the fantastic “Saffy’s Angel” by Hilary McKay.The story follows Heather, the middle child in a family. She feels out a place in her family where, according to her, everybody is fabulous in their …