If you teach poetry to young children, you have just found the perfect mentor text! In this masterpiece “𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗱:...

I couldn’t believe my luck when I received the advance copy of “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘁: 𝗔𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆” by Afghan...

My first read of 2023 – in my favourite format, novel-in-verse. The book, for the 10+ age group, deals with complex issues such as PTSD,...

“𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮.” -...

From the creators of “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘵 𝘌𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳” and “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴” comes another...

Have you read the latest from Oliver Jeffers? In “𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵” a father takes his children on a car ride....

Jay has a carefree life as a little boy. But as he grows up, life becomes complicated in a racist world. “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸” is about the...

“𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲” is undoubtedly the best father-daughter book of the year – one that will touch your heart… A little girl seeks...

“𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗻” is a book dear to me for many reasons. It welcomes you to the world of fungi with gorgeous illustrations and...

I couldn’t stop laughing as I read “𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁”! A companion book to “𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼...

Wish fulfilled – finally got hold of Book 2 of Lauren Castillo’s Hedgehog series. “𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗴: 𝗔 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲...

“𝗔 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲” – 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 This picture book celebrates the power of a pinch of love. Like a...

A night visit to the library leads to a surprise! Waiting to be picked up at the “Just Returned” shelf, the latest wonder from the world...

My almost-weekend read couldn’t have been more interesting. A graphic novel that combines identity and bilingual text, this book will be...

This book brings me back to my childhood. My parents were well known for their hospitality and whether or not they themselves were tired,...

As any picture book lover would tell you, it is more difficult to find a picture book for younger readers these days than for more mature...

Which one was your favourite class Halloween read-aloud this year? The ghastly ghostly winner in our class was ‘Beast Feast’ followed...

“Young people need a book flood – continuous access to a wide variety of engaging and relevant texts.” – Colby Sharp & Donalyn Miller...

It is extremely rare to find a picture book on the partition of the Indian subcontinent and equally rare it is to find that the words do...

Diwali in my New Home is a great read for those of us celebrating the festival outside India. Priya is in the US and she misses the...

9-year-old only-child Jacob desperately wants a puppy. But his parents announce the arrival of triplet sisters instead – “The Trips” as...

I am completely captivated by this book. Written from the perspective of four students who have failed the language arts standardised...

There is just one way to describe this graphic novel memoir – Incredible! Tommie Smith’s iconic Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympics...

From the creators of “𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘭”, here comes another enjoyable book “𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺,...