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#ShrapnelBoys is a profound, powerful and courageous story that deserves to sit with other classic war stories. Out on 8th May. Jenny Pearson Usborne Publishing Fritha Lindqvist bookcraic.blog/2025/04/22/rev…

All aboard for a cruise-tastic mystery adventure with Silver! It’s brilliant, funny and you can write and draw on the pages- such fun! Emma Swan @illustillustrates Usborne Publishing #CruiseShipKid myshelvesarefull.com/2025/04/23/cru…

A wonderful verse novel filled with magic and mystery, The House at the Edge of the World by Nadine Aisha Jassat, illlustrated by Flavia Sorrentino is the story of Amal and her family who inherit a mysterious old house. Out 08/05 Orion Publishing Hachette Children's Group worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/the…

Def 1 of summer’s biggest hits, Shadow Thieves deserves the acclaim I keep seeing. Original, pacy, thrilling & sophisticated, who can you really trust when you’re in a school for thieves? Out 3/6 for 9+. Thanks Farshore Rory Codd 📖 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/sha…

A graphic novel/comic book about graphic novels/comic books, the Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier & Scott Mccloud is the perfect read for budding cartoonists in KS2 upwards. Out now from Scholastic UK worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/the…

You know when you get back from holiday get into the car and worry whether you’ve forgotten how to drive…

My #PictureBookFriday is The Suitcase - a beautiful, inter-generational story which young children will love. Everyone has a story to tell! Out 8/5 for 3+. Thanks Simon & Schuster Children's Books 🧳📖 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/the…

What a great day outside! Not too hot not too cold… all you need is a light jacket. 😍

What a heartfelt, empathetic read Letters to a Dog Piers Torday is - it’s a book I’m mentioning during EmpathyLabUK’s Books, Boys & Empathy webinar on Monday as it’s excellent for boys to explore their feelings. Out 8/5 for 9+. Thanks Barrington Stoke 🐶 checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/let…

My dad was told in his younger years that he’d be lucky to make 60. Yesterday we celebrated his 70th! Double celebration as he also got the all clear from the big C this week too. We had champagne cocktails!

Thanks so very much Little Island Books for sending me a copy of #Solo & thanks #GrainneOBrien for answering my questions about your fab #YA verse novel. Here’s the interview & my review 👇 vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/04/26/ya-…

Mondays Are Murder is Ravena Guron’s best YA whodunnit so far - contemporary Agatha Christie with red herrings & dubious characters aplenty. Who is Monday? Can Kay prevent her own murder? Out now for 13+. Usborne Publishing checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/mon…

My review of a fab short middle grade, full of mystery and magic, #TheInvisibles by Susie Bower is out 05/06 from Pushkin Children's Books #NetGalley worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/the…

Is there a better wordless picture book creator? Absolutely loved this. #BookTwitter #EduTwitter #Reading #Books thegreatbritishbookworm.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/the…

A cracking story from the Artezans, Elodie and Ed! This one is even more adventurous and daring than I could have hoped! Written by LD Lapinski with Hachette Children's Group myshelvesarefull.com/2025/04/27/art…

Publishing 3/7, Cruise Ship Kid is the debut novel by Emma Swan that brilliantly combines adventure, mystery & humour, & it's going to make the perfect summer holiday read. Katie Saunders Usborne Publishing Fritha Lindqvist kandobonkersaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/cruise…