by IBBY | Mar 31, 2023 | Book Review, Fiction, Illustrated book
The Story Collector series Book Details The Emperor’s Nightingale and Other Feathery TalesThe Little Mermaid and Other Fishy TalesThe Lion and the Unicorn and Other Hairy Tales(The Story Collector series)Jane Ray. London: Boxer Books, pb. 978 1 9107 1654 0, 978 1 9127...
by IBBY | Mar 31, 2023 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
An Engineer Like Me Book Details An Engineer Like MeDr Shini Somara, illus. Nadja Sarell. London: Wren & Rook, pb. 978 1 5263 6201 8, 2020, £6.99, 32pp.Fiction, picture book, 3+ years BACK TO REVIEWS A young girl asks her grandmother questions about the world...
by IBBY | Mar 31, 2023 | Book Review, Fiction
When We Got Lost in Dreamland Book Details When We Got Lost in DreamlandRoss Welford. London: HarperCollins, hb. 978 0 0084 6958 0, 2022 (first published in 2021), £12.99, 406pp.Fiction, novel, 10+ years BACK TO REVIEWS This first-person novel is set in the North East...
by IBBY | Mar 31, 2023 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Dearest One Book Details Dearest OneArielle Dance, illus. Jenny Duke. Newbury: Lantana Publishing, hb. 978 1 9137 4780 0, 2022, £11.99, 32pp.Fiction, picture book, 4-7 years BACK TO REVIEWS Dearest One is a dream of a picture book, ideal for the growing child starting...
by IBBY | Mar 31, 2023 | Book Review, Fiction
The Boy Lost in the Maze Book Details The Boy Lost in the MazeJoseph Coelho, illus. Kate Milner. London: Otter-Barry, hb. 978 1 9130 7433 3, 2022, £12.99, 320pp.Fiction, novel, 14+ years BACK TO REVIEWS This is a powerful three-part verse novel by British Children’s...
by IBBY | Mar 31, 2023 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Nour’s Secret Library Book Details Nour’s secret libraryWafa’ Tarnowska, illus. Vali Mintzi. London: Barefoot Books, pb. 978 1 6468 6292 4, 2022, £7.99, 28pp.Fiction, Picture book, 7+ years BACK TO REVIEWS Based on a true story which shows how creative thinking...
