This is a particularly exciting year for the Greenaway Medal, with a variety of formats recognised in the top 20, including several non-fiction titles, which is most welcome. I will be doing short reviews of all top 20 titles in the run-up to the shortlist announcement on 16 March, and here is the first installment. …
I would feel a bit of a fraud writing something of the “best books of 2012”, considering I have not read all of the books that have been published over the last year. I thought it would make more sense to talk about some “highlights” for me in 2012. Books I have reviewed: Wonder ~ R.J. Palacio (review) …
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 …
