The Inimitable Miss Kleber

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...

When I was younger I used to watch Sister Wendy’s television show on PBS. Sister Wendy might be partially responsible for how I started...

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...

Rupert and Mum’s Adventure Rupert – Season Four (1995) Rupert and Mum are on their way to Nutchester to do some shopping when they...

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...

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

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...

Twins Sophie and Josh Newman are pulled into the violent and explosive life of immortals Nicholas and Pernelle Flamel. Caught in a deadly...

A-levels are over, summer is here, and a crumbling manor in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere is not where Meredith was...