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Barbara Kingsolver’s epic deep dive into America’s 1980’s opioid crisis through the eyes of one young man is an achievement to be applauded. Taking Charles Dickens’ classic novel David Copperfield as it’s inspiration and broad structure, Demon Copperhead follows the fortunes of Damon Fields from a childhood of poverty and social care, through to a darker adulthood of crime … Read more
2023 Nature Month-By-Month: A Children’s Almanac by Anna Wilson I’d like to have consulted my junior helper on this one, but it was past his bedtime. However, I think I know what his reaction would be: ‘Auntie Nette, this book says everything!’ It certainly does. ‘It’s got lists of special dates, food we can cook and how to make a … Read more
Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre’s new series – Adventure Mice – gets off to an exciting (and extremely CUTE) start with Otter Chaos! Little Pedro lives with his family in the comfortable safety of Hilltop House, with a deaf old lady and a cat far too lazy to chase mice, but he longs for adventure and sets off to … Read more
Browse this years’ 20 Top Titles. The reviews below are written by our schools team, who read hundreds of books and selected these as good reads offering a range of themes and cultural and gender diversity to promote Reading for Pleasure. Click on the covers to find out more about individual titles and click to buy discounted book bundles from … Read more
One Thousand Shades of Green follows The One Show’s wildlife expert Mike Dilger on an epic mission to see one thousand different species of plants in Britain in 2021. Ahead of our event next week, here’s a little interview with Mike about flora, family and more by our friends at Booktime. The book is about your search for a thousand plants around … Read more
Stuffed with creativity, this is a gorgeous picture book about Milo, a little boy who wanted a brand new story and the exciting journey he goes on to make up the story himself. Making a story seems like a great idea, the only problem is that Milo’s not sure how to start. With a little help from his family, … Read more
It was an honour and a privilege for Dee to be invited to represent The Bookery and join the BolognaRagazzi Award Jury last month, to spend time with passionate book advocates from across the world and make some tricky decisions about the very best 2023 submissions. A total of 2,349 titles were submitted by 644 publishers from 59 countries and … Read more
We’re really proud to be supporting children’s author Clare Helen Welsh with an important new initiative Books That Help, a collection of sharing books to help people through tough times. Clare has collated a list of sharing picture books to open conversations about challenging topics and create emotionally honest spaces where children (and adults) feel able to express their feelings … Read more
Divine Love: The Art Of The Nativity by Sarah Drummond In the introduction Sarah writes: “The feast of Christmas is embedded in our earliest childhood memories: a crescendo of excitement leads up to the day following weeks of preparation…’ How this has been depicted over the years is shown through the best offerings from the art world from Bruegel to … Read more
