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KS1 Book Club: Stop! That's Not My Story by Smriti Halls (Simon & Schuster)

Nicci Rosengarten

Jul 6
5 min

KS1 Book Clubs

KS1 Book Club: Stop! That's Not My Story by Smriti Halls (Simon & Schuster)

An uplifting book that empowers kids to see themselves as the hero of their own story!

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Book Review: Four Eyes by Rex Ogle (Scholastic US)

Nicci Rosengarten

Jun 29
3 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: Four Eyes by Rex Ogle (Scholastic US)

Rex is mortified!! He needs glasses and he’s just started Middle School!! Making new friends is going to be a nightmare, isn't it??

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Blog Tour: Cinder & Ella by Barbara Slade (Owlet Press)

Nicci Rosengarten

Jun 5
6 min

4-7 yr olds

Blog Tour: Cinder & Ella by Barbara Slade (Owlet Press)

A classic fairy tale with an LGBT twist...

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KS1 Book Club: You're SO Amazing! by James & Lucy Catchpole (Faber)

Nicci Rosengarten

May 11
5 min

KS1 Book Clubs

KS1 Book Club: You're SO Amazing! by James & Lucy Catchpole (Faber)

Why do strangers feel the need to externalise about someone’s visible disability? Joe is just a young boy, welcome to his world!

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KS1 Book Club: Ning and the Night Spirits by Adriena Fong (Flying Eye)

Nicci Rosengarten

May 9
3 min

KS1 Book Clubs

KS1 Book Club: Ning and the Night Spirits by Adriena Fong (Flying Eye)

A mystical Eastern origin tale for young children about not being afraid of the dark, making friends, taking care of magical creatures.

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KS1 Book Club: The Girl Who LOVES Bugs by Lily Murray (Macmillan)

Nicci Rosengarten

Mar 25
5 min

KS1 Book Clubs

KS1 Book Club: The Girl Who LOVES Bugs by Lily Murray (Macmillan)

A beautiful and clever story full of bugs and flowers, and a curious little girl ready to explore and share her finds with her mummies!!

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KS1 Book Club: Bear and Bird: The Picnic and other stories by Jarvis (Walker Books)

Nicci Rosengarten

Mar 9
5 min

KS1 Book Clubs

KS1 Book Club: Bear and Bird: The Picnic and other stories by Jarvis (Walker Books)

The children LOVED this today!! Can’t wait to read more ‘Bear and Bird’ friendship feel-good stories. I feel like I’ve found treasure!!

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Book Review: The Rescue of Ravenwood by Natasha Farrant (Faber & Faber)

Nicci Rosengarten

Mar 1
6 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: The Rescue of Ravenwood by Natasha Farrant (Faber & Faber)

Families are complex and friendships hard to work out, so can saving Ravenwood bring everyone together and restore peace and happiness?

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KS1 Book Club: Frank and Bert by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (Nosy Crow)

Nicci Rosengarten

Jan 13
4 min

KS1 Book Clubs

KS1 Book Club: Frank and Bert by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (Nosy Crow)

First KS1 book club of 2023 and I couldn't think of a more joyful new book to share to the children. Yay! Frank and Bert are back!

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Book Review: The Vanishing of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes (Usborne Books)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 27, 2022
4 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: The Vanishing of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes (Usborne Books)

[Ad-review copy] Step into the Wintery world of Aveline Jones as she solves the mystery of her missing Uncle and evil long barrow faeries!

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Book Review: Witchstorm by Tim Tilley (Usborne Books)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 26, 2022
4 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: Witchstorm by Tim Tilley (Usborne Books)

[Ad-review copy] With a vital message - to preserve our beautiful countryside - this a magical adventure of good vs evil and true friendship

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Book Review: Sidney Makes a Wish by Lisa Thompson (Barrington Stoke)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 25, 2022
3 min

4-7 yr olds

Book Review: Sidney Makes a Wish by Lisa Thompson (Barrington Stoke)

[Ad-review copy] A sweet story for first chapter book readers about friendship and playground dynamics. Some wishes do come true, thankfully

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Q&A: Zaro Weil, author of 'When Poems Fall From The Sky' (Welbeck)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 24, 2022
11 min

Q&As

Q&A: Zaro Weil, author of 'When Poems Fall From The Sky' (Welbeck)

[Ad – Review Copy] If Mother Earth were a poet then these are the raps, haikus, plays, she'd write to encourage kids to love + protect her.

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Book Review: Everest: Reaching the Roof of the World by David Long (Barrington Stoke)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 21, 2022
3 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: Everest: Reaching the Roof of the World by David Long (Barrington Stoke)

[Ad-review copy] I was amazed at the grit, determination and endurance of the Everest climbers over the last 100 years! A super read.

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Book Review: Sona Sharma: A Friend Indeed by Chitra Soundar (Walker Books)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 19, 2022
4 min

4-7 yr olds

Book Review: Sona Sharma: A Friend Indeed by Chitra Soundar (Walker Books)

[Ad-review copy] Democracy is in full swing at Sona's primary school as they are tasked with running class leader elections! Who will win?

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Book Review: The Day My Family Disappeared by Jo Simmons (Barrington Stoke)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 18, 2022
2 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: The Day My Family Disappeared by Jo Simmons (Barrington Stoke)

[Ad-review copy] Bob's 'wish' leads him on a quest to find his missing family and his own special talent. Funny and heart-warming.

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Book Review: Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story by C. Johnson (Barrington Stoke)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 17, 2022
4 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: Journey Back to Freedom: The Olaudah Equiano Story by C. Johnson (Barrington Stoke)

[Ad-review copy] Eye-opening and exciting historical fiction of the life of one of the most famous freed slaves in Afro-British history

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Book Review: Wren by Lucy Hope (Nosy Crow)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 6, 2022
3 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: Wren by Lucy Hope (Nosy Crow)

An amazing story of determination and grit, as 12 yr old Wren fights for freedom and to unearth dark family secrets, set in mid-1800s Wales

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Book Review: Leila and the Blue Fox by Kiran Millwood Hargrave with Tom de Freston (Orion/Hachette)

Nicci Rosengarten

Oct 4, 2022
4 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: Leila and the Blue Fox by Kiran Millwood Hargrave with Tom de Freston (Orion/Hachette)

Like the migrating arctic fox, 12 year old Leila journeys once more, this time to be reunited with her mother in Norway, 6 years since Syria

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Book Review: If You Read This by Kereen Getten (Pushkin Press)

Nicci Rosengarten

Sep 16, 2022
3 min

8-10 yr olds

Book Review: If You Read This by Kereen Getten (Pushkin Press)

A gripping mystery in the Caribbean. Schoolgirl, Brie is handed a final treasure hunt on her 12th birthday from her dearly departed Mama.

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