A Hive for the Honey-Bee
by Soinbhe Lally
Thora is a newly hatched bee. The queen has just swarmed and those that are remaining in the hive are all awaiting their new queen. They continue to work and […]
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The stone book quartet
by Alan Garner
The stone book quartet contains four short novels : The Stone Book Granny Reardun The Aimer Gate Tom Fobble’s Day The stories tell four different stories, set in four different […]
The Magician’s Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia : book one (or six, depending on whether you go by Narnian history or publication date) In the summer of 1900 Digory and Polly meet. Digory […]
The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater
First read in August 2012, reread Oct 2014 as part of this year’s RIP reading1 . Near the village of Thisby on the island of Skarmouth lives Puck Connolly her […]
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
by Dodie Smith
Life for Mr and Mrs Dearly and their dogs, Pongo and Misses, is going well. They live near Regent’s Park in London and are very comfortably well off, Mr Dearly […]
Pegasus and the new Olympians
by Kate O'Hearn
I am miles and miles and miles away from being obsessive and compulsive, yet I do have a completion-ist streak in me. That is the only excuse I offer for […]
The Ransom of Dond
by Siobhan Dowd
Illustrated by Pam Smy Darra lives on the island of Inniscaul is a small island off the coast of Eriu, or Ireland. And it is her fate to be sacrificed […]
I am an artist
by Marta Altes
The narrator of this picture book is a young boy. He tells us he is an artist. Unfortunately his mother doesn’t always understand, where he sees a lonely carrot she […]
Monzo’s Diary
by Anne M. Cashell
Monzo is a small dog, he usually recognises people by their footwear. He starts out life with “the cruel man” who docks his tale, but soon he comes to live […]
After tomorrow
by Gillian Cross
In the near future the economy has collapsed. Money is pretty much useless. Matt and his family have been lucky, they can grow some food and have been sensible, trading […]
Silverfin
by Charlie Higson
Book 1 in the Young Bond series. James Bond has just started Eaton College. It’s a huge change, so many other people around and rules to follow. He does his […]
Alice in Wonderland & Through the looking glass
by Lewis Carroll
This week’s essay for my online course is on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking glass : “One can’t help growing older.” Growing up is hard. As a […]