A week dedicated to celebrating William Shakespeare is coming up (details here), and we have to hope that theatres will soon be open again to show not just his but all plays, musicals, pantomimes and other live events. In the meantime we continue to find joy in poetry and words, and here are a few… Read More Poetry, Words & Women
Some great reads on Libby, available free right now from Norfolk Libraries. Great to be sharing with families in National Share a Story Month on the theme of The Planet We Share! The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle by Victoria Williamson The setting for this novel is not as rural as the title might… Read More Share a Story Month
Hooray! One of the best novels we’ve read recently is in the running for a prize, and about time too! Geraldine McCaughrean’s The Middle of Nowhere is on the shortlist of a new fiction award for children aged 0-12 titled the Little Rebels’ Children’s Book Award! Administered by Letterbox Library, and judged by a trio of… Read More Great titles on the Little Rebels Children’s Book Award shortlist
How on EARTH is it 2014 already?! It seems like only yesterday that we were setting up this little blog but time has whizzed by and it’s nearly five months old- yikes! We’d like to thank everyone who has read and commented in this time- we hope you’ve been enjoying our posts as much as we’ve… Read More Happy New Year & an SLS Best-of!
Moon Bear by Gill Lewis, Oxford University Press, £8.99, 9780192793539 Despite the sweet picture on the front cover this book is a hard-hitting topical tale concerning the exploitation of wild bears in Laos. The story is told in the first person by 12 year old Tam who is obliged to work in the ‘farm’, where… Read More Moon Bear by Gill Lewis
The Book Trolley 