Latest Book Reviews
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Bristol-based illustrator Jane Ormes gives us a factual treat as we learn the Animal Family: River names whilst absorbing her works of ar...
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In Ready for Spaghetti, Michael Rosen has created a series of poems which capture moments of a child's day from getting up in the morning...
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ABC Bedtime is a bedtime routine support book for parents cleverly hidden in a sweet and calming bedtime story for children. In fact, the...
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PARP! is written by the very well-travelled author Mike Henson. He's a father of three so it's no surprise that he knows what can get chi...
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People is one of two lift-the-flap books in a series written by Okidokid – the other being Vehicles. In th...
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Bedtime, Little Bear is one in a collection of books by Happy Yak that address everyday routines and conversational topics to deepen our...
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Black Swans is a super collection of mini biographies of black dancers, detailing some of the barriers they had to overcome to achieve their dream of danc...
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A book filled with flaps to open and holes to peep through - what's not to love?! Nibbles: The Bedtime Book is another brilliant book fro...
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Birds of a Feather, published in collaboration with the National Trust, is a must have for every family who has an interest in nature and...
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Whisper on the Wind is an extraordinarily beautiful picture book by an award winning team. In the night Ren dreams and sends a wish acros...
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On the face of this story, Enzo, the Swallows and Me is about two friends who manage to stay good friends despite one of them moving back...
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The children in Year 1 loved this book, which made them laugh out loud at times. It is silly and at times a little bit weird and crazy, but the children h...
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The third book in the Midnight Magic series following the adventures of black cat Midnight and owner...
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Goldilocks is back! Thanks to the well known author Michael Rosen and illustrator David Melling, we are reunited with the much loved character of Goldiloc...
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There's no doubting how much children enjoy the Poo in the Zoo adventures (anything that has 'poo' in the sentence is going to get a chuckle from young ch...
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In An Unexpected Thing, Fred is afraid of everything. He spends his days jumping at loud noises and recoiling from scary shadows. So you...
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Lucky Cat is a beautiful, uplifting story about an immigrant family living in America, trying to find their way in life. Their initial pl...
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Discover all the brilliant things that you can see, make and do with this amazing month by month guide to the year. Published in collaboration with the Na...
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This is a short but elegant-looking hardback 'picture book for older readers'. It features six people, some still alive, all of them US residents (even if...
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When Rudy finds a little lone wolf cub at the skatepark, he knows he has to help him - but Rudy is no lone wolf; he knows the power of the pack and who he...
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There is a new boy at school who everyone says is scary. But when he gets upset and runs away from class, Rudy can't just stand by and do nothing. ...
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This book with its vibrant front cover and images of life in India says...read me! And that's what we did. India, Incredible India is the...
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If there are any parents or teachers who feel lost about where to find an excellent selection of poems for their children, they need search no more! <str...
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The main character of this whimsical book is an American red oak - and Red, as he's called, is many rings old. Over the years he's seen all sorts of peopl...
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The year is 2032. The country is experiencing soaring temperatures and curfews are introduced to keep people indoors for their safety. Polly Carraway live...
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The Treekeepers is a stunning, epic fantasy tale - a sweeping adventure built from layer upon layer of the most intricate and inventive i...
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It's the twenty first century in London - but a London that is only partly recognisable. It is still the global capital of an Empire that rules the world...
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Hal is flying off to Sweden to meet his Uncle Nat. Together, they are going to make a special Christmas trip to the Aurora Sky Station to see the Northern...
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The Valley of The Strange is the third in the Sticky Pines - where things get weird - series by Dashe Roberts. The Stick...
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Home to thousands, the city of Arborven owes its existence to the Undrentree. A well as the buildings covering the tree, set in rings around it are the ci...
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The second instalment of Jason Rohan’s series, S.T.E.A.L.T.H, Icebreaker is the long-awaited book following Access Denied. The series is an excellent resp...
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Snatched from Essaka in Africa, Olaudah Equiano was captured and enslaved at the age of 11. Having spent time in Barbados and Virginia, he then spent the...
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Let me start with a disclaimer - I hate scary books. As a child, I lost countless nights of sleep whilst lying paralysed with fear waiting for monsters, a...
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Let's Chase Stars Together is a stunning collection of poems, reflecting a whole range of emotions. Matt Goodfellow is an exceptionally t...
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In The Last Storyteller, a comet is heading for Earth and an exodus of the chosen few has begun. Petra and her family are some of the one...
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Wranglestone is set in a post-apocalyptic America after a plague has brought back the dead, and follows the lives of people surviving in...
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The chilling young adult novel by J P Rose follows the story of a young boy from Manchester, entrapped by emotions following his father's death, the young...
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17 year old Sam's father, a sergeant in the British Army, was killed in a bomb attack while serving in Afghanistan. Sam had been close to his dad and love...
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Mina and the Slayers is the hotly awaited sequel to Mina and the Undead. It is in this sequel t...
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I enjoyed reading this thriller. It is set in a small town where a much-loved teacher has been murdered and the world tries to move on - until a former st...
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Collected stories, a decades-long murder mystery, new friendships, and themes of healing and self-discovery - with a little of the supernatural thrown in....
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In One Drop, Axel and Dune are captured by the 'Bloods' (Brotherhood of the Blood of Jesus). Chips inserted in their heads and placed in...
ReadingZone Authors of the Month
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Ada Grey
Ada spent several years working for design companies before deciding that she preferred doodling. She lives in Brighton with...
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Molly Potter
What Makes Me Do the Things I Do? is the latest in a series of books by Molly Potter addressing young child...
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Polly Faber and Melissa Crowton
Polly Faber's grandfather set up the publishing house Faber & Faber so she grew up reading, and read mo...
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Barry Timms & Ged Adamson
Barry Timms and Ged Adamson share their new picture book, This is Not a Dinosaur, which fo...
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Steve Small
Animator Steve Small's latest picture book, Wellington's Big Day Out, follows a young elephant on a special...
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Mariajo Ilustrajo
Flooded is Mariajo Ilustrajo's first picture book, about a city of animals that must work together to solve the problem of f...
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Olivia Hope
Olivia Hope is an Irish writer with a special love for children’s fiction. A former record-breaking athlete...
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Patrice Lawrence
Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence introduces her first picture book, Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush. Pat...
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Frances Stickley and Eamonn O'Neill
Frances Stickley's new picture book Not a Cat in Sight plays with the idea of what the pictures show, compa...
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Lauren Ace
Lauren Ace is from south Wales, studied Drama at the University of Exeter, and now lives in London, where she has worked in...
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Caryl Hart & Anastasia Suvorova
Discover how a real life story helped inspire this picture book, The Girl Who Planted Trees, about a young...
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Claire Winslow
Claire Winslow's We Are the Rainbow is a gorgeous introduction for young children to the colours of Pride. Claire is a write...
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Caryl Hart & Emily Hamilton
Thank you for the Little Things, the new picture book by Caryl Hart and Emily Ham...
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Stephanie Stansbie
Stephanie Stansbie's new picture book, This Girl Can Do Anything, is a bold and funny look...
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Casper Salmon
How to Count to One is the surprising and hilarious picture book by Casper Salmon, illustrated by Matt Hunt...
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Lu Fraser
One Camel Called Doug is a brilliant story about the joys of sometimes being alone, with some great countin...
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Karen Swann
Karen Swann and Padmacandra's new picture book, The Tale of the Whale, takes us on a journ...
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Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros's new picture book, Frank and Bert, takes a warm and funny look at friendshi...
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Lucy Hope
Lucy Hope writes books about children having adventures in dark gothic settings, inspired by the house she...
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Jasbinder Bilan
Jasbinder Bilan's debut novel Asha and the Spirit Bird won the prestigious Costa Children's Book Award and...
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Emma Carroll
Emma Carroll's new historical fiction novel, The Tale of Truthwater Lake, is a time-slip adventure that tak...
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Paul Westmoreland
A born and bred Londoner, Paul Westmoreland has been a professional writer for over 25 years, creating awar...
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Jason Rohan
Jason Rohan's new book S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Access Denied (Nosy Crow Books) is the first in an action-packed, ga...
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MG Leonard
MG Leonard's bestselling series include Beetle Boy and Adventures on Trains - and her new...
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Andy Shepherd
Andy Shepherd is a bestselling author of middle-grade fiction, including The Boy Who Grew Dragons series, and picture books....
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Michelle Harrison
ReadingZone caught up with author Michelle Harrison to talk about black cats, magic and mischief in her fun series for young...
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Kieran Larwood
The Treekeepers is the latest book by Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear, and it'...
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Chris Wormell
Chris Wormell's middle grade novels include The Lucky Bottle and The Magic Place, and he has created a host of picture books...
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Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell is the million-copy bestselling author of five children's novels and has won the Costa Ch...
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Lou Peacock
An editor, poetry anthologist and writer with over 25 years of experience in children's publishing, Lou Peacock</str...
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Thomas Taylor
The latest book in the Eerie-on-Sea series by Thomas Taylor, Festergrimm, takes us to the dark underworld of the town. Thoma...
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Anna Kemp
Into Goblyn Wood is a richly imagined world of fairies with a dark and sinister threat, and is Anna Kemp's first novel for c...
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Janelle McCurdy
Janelle is an author and fully-fledged gamer and Mia and the Lightcasters is her debut novel. She started writing at only 16...
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Carlie Sorosiak
Carlie Sorosiak writes books about magical summer camps, missing people, and the inner life of dogs. She grew up in North C...
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Dashe Roberts
Dashe Roberts has spent most of her life living on either coast of the US. After several years working in the New York theat...
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Catherine Doyle
Catherine Doyle grew up beside the Atlantic Ocean in the west of Ireland. Her love of reading began with great Irish myths a...
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Anna James
Anna James takes us back to the world of Pages & Co in her new book, Pages & Co: The Treehouse Library, the fifth bo...
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Nicola Penfold
In her books Where the World Turns Wild, Between Sea and Sky and her latest, Beyond the Frozen Horizon, Nicola Penfold explo...
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Ella Risbridger
Ella Risbridger is a journalist, anthologist and cookery writer. In a former life she was a beauty columnist for the i</...
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Pamela Butchart
As a child, Pamela was lucky enough to grow up in a house full of pets and go to a primary school where lots of spooky and w...
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Louie Stowell
Louie Stowell's series, Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good, brings trickster god Loki to Earth when he i...
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Nicola Morgan
Nicola Morgan, aka The Teenage Brain Woman, is an award-winning author and speaker on many areas of well-being and learning....
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MT Khan
MT Khan's debut novel, Nura and the Immortal Palace, is an exciting, magical adventure. MT Khan is a SFF wr...
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Judith Eagle
Judith Eagle is the author of The Secret Starling and The Pear Affair. Her latest book, The Accidental Stowaway, is a myster...
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Sufiya Ahmed
Sufiya Ahmed worked in advertising and in the House of Commons before becoming a full-time author. In 2010 she set up the BI...
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Larry Hayes
Larry Hayes talks about siblings, time travel, and his new book, How To Survive Time Travel</strong...
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Alex Cotter
Alex Cotter has worked hard all her life at daydreaming, while making a living from words: from bookselling at W.H.Smith and...
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Hana Tooke
Hana Tooke's new novel, The Midnighters, follows a group of children as they explore and discover new skills, at midnight.</...
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Jonathan Tulloch
Cuckoo Summer, a wartime story about evacuation and the effects of war, is Jonathan Tulloch's first book fo...
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Lola Morayo
Lola Morayo is the pen name for the creative partnership of writers Tólá Okogwu and Jasmine Richards. Both...
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Adam Baron
Adam Baron, author of Boy Underwater, has been an actor, comedian, journa...
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David Solomons
A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy is David Solomon's sixth novel for children and follows his bestsel...
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Jessica Scott-Whyte
The Asparagus Bunch is Jessica Scott-Whyte's debut novel. Jessica was born and raised in Dublin. She studied French and His...
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Sibeal Pounder
Sibéal Pounder is the bestselling author of Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids and her new series, Neon's Secret Universe</...
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Nick Crumpton & Gavin Scott
Author and scientist Dr Nick Crumpton's new book, Everything You Know About Minibeasts is Wrong, illustrate...
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Fiona Longmuir
Looking for Emily by Fiona Longmuir is a mystery story about a secret museum, a missing girl and a forgotten piece of local...
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Elys Dolan
Rex Dinosaur in Disguise is the brilliantly funny novel for younger readers from E...
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Kirsty Applebaum
Kirsty Applebaum talks to ReadingZone about her new series of books for younger readers, which begins with Princess...
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Radiya Hafiza
Radiya Hafiza's new book, Rumaysa: Ever After, revisits the fairytale world of Rumaysa: A...
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Lucy Hope
Lucy Hope writes books about children having adventures in dark gothic settings, inspired by the house she...
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Finbar Hawkins
Finbar Hawkins's new novel Stone weaves ancient tales into a contemporary story. His debut novel, Witch, was shortlist...
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Jason Rohan
Jason Rohan's new book S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Access Denied (Nosy Crow Books) is the first in an action-packed, ga...
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MG Leonard
MG Leonard's bestselling series include Beetle Boy and Adventures on Trains - and her new...
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Kieran Larwood
The Treekeepers is the latest book by Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear, and it'...
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Matt Goodfellow
Matt Goodfellow is from Manchester. He spends his time writing and touring the UK and beyond - visiting schools, libraries a...
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Thomas Taylor
The latest book in the Eerie-on-Sea series by Thomas Taylor, Festergrimm, takes us to the dark underworld of the town. Thoma...
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Janelle McCurdy
Janelle is an author and fully-fledged gamer and Mia and the Lightcasters is her debut novel. She started writing at only 16...
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Dashe Roberts
Dashe Roberts has spent most of her life living on either coast of the US. After several years working in the New York theat...
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Anna James
Anna James takes us back to the world of Pages & Co in her new book, Pages & Co: The Treehouse Library, the fifth bo...
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Nicola Penfold
In her books Where the World Turns Wild, Between Sea and Sky and her latest, Beyond the Frozen Horizon, Nicola Penfold explo...
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Ella Risbridger
Ella Risbridger is a journalist, anthologist and cookery writer. In a former life she was a beauty columnist for the i</...
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Chris Vick
In between writing and teaching, Chris Vick works for a whale and dolphin conservation charity which has helped inspire The...
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Louie Stowell
Louie Stowell's series, Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good, brings trickster god Loki to Earth when he i...
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Nicola Morgan
Nicola Morgan, aka The Teenage Brain Woman, is an award-winning author and speaker on many areas of well-being and learning....
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Simon Fox
Running out of Time is Simon Fox's first novel after 20 years trapped in the dungeon of accountancy. He is determined to ne...
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Judith Eagle
Judith Eagle is the author of The Secret Starling and The Pear Affair. Her latest book, The Accidental Stowaway, is a myster...
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Sufiya Ahmed
Sufiya Ahmed worked in advertising and in the House of Commons before becoming a full-time author. In 2010 she set up the BI...
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A.F. Harrold
A.F. Harrold is an English poet and children's author, whose books include The Worlds We Leave Behind, The Song from Somewhe...
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Jo Simmons
Jo Simmons is an author of funny fiction and her latest book, The Reluctant Vampire Queen, sees her writing funny books for...
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Alex Cotter
Alex Cotter has worked hard all her life at daydreaming, while making a living from words: from bookselling at W.H.Smith and...
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Hana Tooke
Hana Tooke's new novel, The Midnighters, follows a group of children as they explore and discover new skills, at midnight.</...
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Jonathan Tulloch
Cuckoo Summer, a wartime story about evacuation and the effects of war, is Jonathan Tulloch's first book fo...
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David Solomons
A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy is David Solomon's sixth novel for children and follows his bestsel...
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Jessica Scott-Whyte
The Asparagus Bunch is Jessica Scott-Whyte's debut novel. Jessica was born and raised in Dublin. She studied French and His...
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Finbar Hawkins
Finbar Hawkins's new novel Stone weaves ancient tales into a contemporary story. His debut novel, Witch, was shortlist...
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JP Rose
Author JP Rose's first YA novel, The Haunting of Tyrese Walker, is a gripping psychological horror story. JP Rose was born i...
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Darren Charlton
Darren Charlton's lifetime obsessions with the National Parks of America, horror, film music and 80s kids movies have all wo...
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Rachel Burge
YA author Rachel Burge's new novel, Waking the Witch, follows her earlier YA books The Twisted Tre...
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Chris Vick
In between writing and teaching, Chris Vick works for a whale and dolphin conservation charity which has helped inspire The...
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Simon Fox
Running out of Time is Simon Fox's first novel after 20 years trapped in the dungeon of accountancy. He is determined to ne...
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Katharine and Elizabeth Corr
Katharine and Elizabeth Corr revisit the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in their new Daughter of Darkne...
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Catherine Barter
Catherine Barter's We Played with Fire has won the Young Quill's Award for historical fiction for her novel...
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Jo Simmons
Jo Simmons is an author of funny fiction and her latest book, The Reluctant Vampire Queen, sees her writing funny books for...
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Tracy Darnton
Tracy Darnton's new tense YA page-turner, Ready or Not, follows a group of teenagers meeti...
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Sue Divin
Sue Divin is a Derry-based writer and peace worker, originally from Armagh in the North of Ireland. With a...
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Sita Brahmachari
Sita Brahmachari's powerful new book, When Shadows Fall, weaves together themes of mental health, friendship and the e...
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Paul Westmoreland
A born and bred Londoner, Paul Westmoreland has been a professional writer for over 25 years, creating awar...
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Janelle McCurdy
Janelle is an author and fully-fledged gamer and Mia and the Lightcasters is her debut novel. She started writing at only 16...
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MT Khan
MT Khan's debut novel, Nura and the Immortal Palace, is an exciting, magical adventure. MT Khan is a SFF wr...
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Jonathan Tulloch
Cuckoo Summer, a wartime story about evacuation and the effects of war, is Jonathan Tulloch's first book fo...
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Jessica Scott-Whyte
The Asparagus Bunch is Jessica Scott-Whyte's debut novel. Jessica was born and raised in Dublin. She studied French and His...
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Fiona Longmuir
Looking for Emily by Fiona Longmuir is a mystery story about a secret museum, a missing girl and a forgotten piece of local...
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Lucy Hope
Lucy Hope writes books about children having adventures in dark gothic settings, inspired by the house she...
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Finbar Hawkins
Finbar Hawkins's new novel Stone weaves ancient tales into a contemporary story. His debut novel, Witch, was shortlist...
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Jasbinder Bilan
Jasbinder Bilan's debut novel Asha and the Spirit Bird won the prestigious Costa Children's Book Award and...
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Emma Carroll
Emma Carroll's new historical fiction novel, The Tale of Truthwater Lake, is a time-slip adventure that tak...
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Paul Westmoreland
A born and bred Londoner, Paul Westmoreland has been a professional writer for over 25 years, creating awar...
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Jason Rohan
Jason Rohan's new book S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Access Denied (Nosy Crow Books) is the first in an action-packed, ga...
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MG Leonard
MG Leonard's bestselling series include Beetle Boy and Adventures on Trains - and her new...
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Andy Shepherd
Andy Shepherd is a bestselling author of middle-grade fiction, including The Boy Who Grew Dragons series, and picture books....
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Michelle Harrison
ReadingZone caught up with author Michelle Harrison to talk about black cats, magic and mischief in her fun series for young...
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JP Rose
Author JP Rose's first YA novel, The Haunting of Tyrese Walker, is a gripping psychological horror story. JP Rose was born i...
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Darren Charlton
Darren Charlton's lifetime obsessions with the National Parks of America, horror, film music and 80s kids movies have all wo...
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Ada Grey
Ada spent several years working for design companies before deciding that she preferred doodling. She lives in Brighton with...
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Kieran Larwood
The Treekeepers is the latest book by Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear, and it'...
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Matt Goodfellow
Matt Goodfellow is from Manchester. He spends his time writing and touring the UK and beyond - visiting schools, libraries a...
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Chris Wormell
Chris Wormell's middle grade novels include The Lucky Bottle and The Magic Place, and he has created a host of picture books...
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Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell is the million-copy bestselling author of five children's novels and has won the Costa Ch...
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Lou Peacock
An editor, poetry anthologist and writer with over 25 years of experience in children's publishing, Lou Peacock</str...
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Thomas Taylor
The latest book in the Eerie-on-Sea series by Thomas Taylor, Festergrimm, takes us to the dark underworld of the town. Thoma...
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Anna Kemp
Into Goblyn Wood is a richly imagined world of fairies with a dark and sinister threat, and is Anna Kemp's first novel for c...
-
Janelle McCurdy
Janelle is an author and fully-fledged gamer and Mia and the Lightcasters is her debut novel. She started writing at only 16...
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Carlie Sorosiak
Carlie Sorosiak writes books about magical summer camps, missing people, and the inner life of dogs. She grew up in North C...
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Dashe Roberts
Dashe Roberts has spent most of her life living on either coast of the US. After several years working in the New York theat...
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Catherine Doyle
Catherine Doyle grew up beside the Atlantic Ocean in the west of Ireland. Her love of reading began with great Irish myths a...
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Anna James
Anna James takes us back to the world of Pages & Co in her new book, Pages & Co: The Treehouse Library, the fifth bo...
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Nicola Penfold
In her books Where the World Turns Wild, Between Sea and Sky and her latest, Beyond the Frozen Horizon, Nicola Penfold explo...
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Ella Risbridger
Ella Risbridger is a journalist, anthologist and cookery writer. In a former life she was a beauty columnist for the i</...
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Rachel Burge
YA author Rachel Burge's new novel, Waking the Witch, follows her earlier YA books The Twisted Tre...
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Pamela Butchart
As a child, Pamela was lucky enough to grow up in a house full of pets and go to a primary school where lots of spooky and w...
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Chris Vick
In between writing and teaching, Chris Vick works for a whale and dolphin conservation charity which has helped inspire The...
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Louie Stowell
Louie Stowell's series, Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good, brings trickster god Loki to Earth when he i...
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Nicola Morgan
Nicola Morgan, aka The Teenage Brain Woman, is an award-winning author and speaker on many areas of well-being and learning....
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MT Khan
MT Khan's debut novel, Nura and the Immortal Palace, is an exciting, magical adventure. MT Khan is a SFF wr...
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Simon Fox
Running out of Time is Simon Fox's first novel after 20 years trapped in the dungeon of accountancy. He is determined to ne...
-
Molly Potter
What Makes Me Do the Things I Do? is the latest in a series of books by Molly Potter addressing young child...
-
Katharine and Elizabeth Corr
Katharine and Elizabeth Corr revisit the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in their new Daughter of Darkne...
-
Polly Faber and Melissa Crowton
Polly Faber's grandfather set up the publishing house Faber & Faber so she grew up reading, and read mo...
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Judith Eagle
Judith Eagle is the author of The Secret Starling and The Pear Affair. Her latest book, The Accidental Stowaway, is a myster...
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Sufiya Ahmed
Sufiya Ahmed worked in advertising and in the House of Commons before becoming a full-time author. In 2010 she set up the BI...
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A.F. Harrold
A.F. Harrold is an English poet and children's author, whose books include The Worlds We Leave Behind, The Song from Somewhe...
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Catherine Barter
Catherine Barter's We Played with Fire has won the Young Quill's Award for historical fiction for her novel...
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Jo Simmons
Jo Simmons is an author of funny fiction and her latest book, The Reluctant Vampire Queen, sees her writing funny books for...
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Larry Hayes
Larry Hayes talks about siblings, time travel, and his new book, How To Survive Time Travel</strong...
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Alex Cotter
Alex Cotter has worked hard all her life at daydreaming, while making a living from words: from bookselling at W.H.Smith and...
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Hana Tooke
Hana Tooke's new novel, The Midnighters, follows a group of children as they explore and discover new skills, at midnight.</...
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Jonathan Tulloch
Cuckoo Summer, a wartime story about evacuation and the effects of war, is Jonathan Tulloch's first book fo...
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Lola Morayo
Lola Morayo is the pen name for the creative partnership of writers Tólá Okogwu and Jasmine Richards. Both...
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Adam Baron
Adam Baron, author of Boy Underwater, has been an actor, comedian, journa...
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David Solomons
A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy is David Solomon's sixth novel for children and follows his bestsel...
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Jessica Scott-Whyte
The Asparagus Bunch is Jessica Scott-Whyte's debut novel. Jessica was born and raised in Dublin. She studied French and His...
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Sibeal Pounder
Sibéal Pounder is the bestselling author of Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids and her new series, Neon's Secret Universe</...
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Nick Crumpton & Gavin Scott
Author and scientist Dr Nick Crumpton's new book, Everything You Know About Minibeasts is Wrong, illustrate...
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Fiona Longmuir
Looking for Emily by Fiona Longmuir is a mystery story about a secret museum, a missing girl and a forgotten piece of local...
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Elys Dolan
Rex Dinosaur in Disguise is the brilliantly funny novel for younger readers from E...
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Barry Timms & Ged Adamson
Barry Timms and Ged Adamson share their new picture book, This is Not a Dinosaur, which fo...
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Steve Small
Animator Steve Small's latest picture book, Wellington's Big Day Out, follows a young elephant on a special...
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Mariajo Ilustrajo
Flooded is Mariajo Ilustrajo's first picture book, about a city of animals that must work together to solve the problem of f...
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Kirsty Applebaum
Kirsty Applebaum talks to ReadingZone about her new series of books for younger readers, which begins with Princess...
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Olivia Hope
Olivia Hope is an Irish writer with a special love for children’s fiction. A former record-breaking athlete...
-
Radiya Hafiza
Radiya Hafiza's new book, Rumaysa: Ever After, revisits the fairytale world of Rumaysa: A...
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Patrice Lawrence
Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence introduces her first picture book, Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush. Pat...
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Frances Stickley and Eamonn O'Neill
Frances Stickley's new picture book Not a Cat in Sight plays with the idea of what the pictures show, compa...
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Lauren Ace
Lauren Ace is from south Wales, studied Drama at the University of Exeter, and now lives in London, where she has worked in...
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Sue Divin
Sue Divin is a Derry-based writer and peace worker, originally from Armagh in the North of Ireland. With a...
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Caryl Hart & Anastasia Suvorova
Discover how a real life story helped inspire this picture book, The Girl Who Planted Trees, about a young...
-
Claire Winslow
Claire Winslow's We Are the Rainbow is a gorgeous introduction for young children to the colours of Pride. Claire is a write...
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Caryl Hart & Emily Hamilton
Thank you for the Little Things, the new picture book by Caryl Hart and Emily Ham...
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Stephanie Stansbie
Stephanie Stansbie's new picture book, This Girl Can Do Anything, is a bold and funny look...
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Casper Salmon
How to Count to One is the surprising and hilarious picture book by Casper Salmon, illustrated by Matt Hunt...
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Lu Fraser
One Camel Called Doug is a brilliant story about the joys of sometimes being alone, with some great countin...
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Karen Swann
Karen Swann and Padmacandra's new picture book, The Tale of the Whale, takes us on a journ...
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Chris Naylor-Ballesteros
Chris Naylor-Ballesteros's new picture book, Frank and Bert, takes a warm and funny look at friendshi...
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Sita Brahmachari
Sita Brahmachari's powerful new book, When Shadows Fall, weaves together themes of mental health, friendship and the e...
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William Hussey
William Hussey's The Outrage, set in a future England that has become a fascist state, is published this mo...
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Pippa Curnick
Pippa Curnick has always written her own stories and loves illustrating, so it's no surprise that she has now written and il...
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Jessie James & Tamara Anegon
Tamara Anegon attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2008. Following this, she studied for a masters d...
