To Buy or Not To Buy? by Julie Godfrey
To Buy or Not To Buy and if we buy then what to buy? Now that sounds like a tongue twister, but it’s a dilemma that many parents and carers face.
To Buy or Not To Buy and if we buy then what to buy? Now that sounds like a tongue twister, but it’s a dilemma that many parents and carers face.
From the team behind the ‘All Are Welcome’ series is this fabulous new edition aimed at families whose children are making the transition from preschool to ‘Big School’. As soon as it arrived here in Costa Rica and I was able to read it, I knew that it is just the perfect preschool graduation gift. […]
This was eagerly awaited and whilst it was a slow start for me, in the end it did not disappoint. There were a few clues that helped predict how some things might end, but enough surprises to keep it interesting. In this sequel to ‘Threads that Bind’, Io and Bianca are chasing after Io’s sisters […]
How does he manage it? Yet again Tom Percival has taken a tricky situation faced by all children (and adults) and carefully crafted a story that we can all relate to and learn from. Full of empathy and understanding, it shows both how the people can be supported and how disappointments can be overcome, creating […]
Rather chilling with a number of dead bodies, some good twists and feminist touches emerging at the end, showing how many things simply just don’t change for women. Three people were murdered at Camp Lost Lake. Sixteen years later, shocked by the sudden change in her life and sick of being on the run, […]
Tips for beating the Summer Slide. Fun activities for keeping kids happily busy and secretly learning.
Discover the power of jumping on books in this novel and original fantasy by Chibundo Onuzo.Mayowa’s mother has been given her big musical break and this means that Mayowa has to go and stay with one of her grandfathers whilst her parents are away. Due to the different nationalities of her parents, Mayowa has grandfathers […]
Dragon ThiefThe first in the Alex Neptune series, this is a lovely read for older primary years and with a refreshing plot. The opening sentence of ‘Ever since Alex Neptune could remember, the sea had been trying to kill him’ had me hooked. The sea for Alex is definitely out to get him and as […]
Wow. You know it was a good book when you get to the end and are just left sitting there still savouring everything that happened, not yet ready to return to the real world. Following the tumultuous events of The Merciless Ones (no spoilers here in case you haven’t read it yet), Deka and White […]
This is on my teen MUST READ list. A dystopian future or reality today? Barbie movie fans, you’ll like this one! When I started reading this book I thought it a bit far-fetched, but as I read through it, I was shocked to realise that this is today’s reality. Whilst gender equality is a topic […]
