The Inimitable Miss Kleber

A Counting Primer, we are introduced to Pride and Prejudice. As always, words are highlighted by quotations from the original text. You...

This is a beautiful book. Lovely watercolour illustrations on each page set the tone for this slightly more detailed story of the three...

The cover (I mean book) caught my eye the other day at work, and I have to admit, I had a hard time putting it down. I adore this time...

As before I was listening to my beloved BBC when on comes Tintin in Tibet. Tintin is convinced that his friend Chang was not only in a...

Father Christmas I’m sure almost everyone is familiar with The Snowman but for me it has always been Briggs’ Father Christmas. According...

Stormbreaker is the first book in the Alex Rider Series. Alex Rider is a fourteen year old English school boy at the beginning of...

Amazing Grace was a Reading Rainbow book, which among many other things means that it is pretty amazing. This story is about a little...

A lovely story about two medieval mice, and their adventure into a castle. A sinister looking rat makes an appearance, creeping behind...

A lovely story about a boy and the penguin which turns up on his doorstep. Heart warming with a twist. Full colour illustrations are...

Each Peach Pear Plum was (and still is) one of my favourite picture books. Written in rhyming couplets the book is a lovely rhyming tale...

Happy Roald Dahl Day! In honour of this day, I am doing a review of the Roald Dahl website (50 ways to celebrate here!). I really enjoy...

I frequently listen to BBC Radio 4+ (formerly BBC Radio 7) which hosts radio plays and dramatized books. Matilda is a fantastic example...

Awhile ago I was talking to a friend about a magazine that never prints negative reviews, she responded by telling me that she couldn’t...

A continuation of season 8, a rogue Slayer gets caught up using her power for evil. Giles seeks out Faith to eliminate the threat in...

Siblings William and Tamara Swift inherited more than their grandfather’s house when the old man died. Their grandfather, who they...

The second book in the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, this book begins seconds after The Alchemyst ends. Nicolas,...

Unlike most of the other Doctor Who episodes this episode does not center around the Doctor and his companion. In fact, though the Doctor...

One night a two-year-old child wanders from his house and into the night. His wandering and curiosity saved him from the man who had come...

Now as any avid Buffyite knows devastation hit when the show ended in Season Seven. Our beloved Joss had not intended to end the series...

This book has an awful lot going on. It starts out shortly after Morgan’s self-absorbed (and mildly emotionally abusive) boyfriend breaks...