Two life stories have here been conflated to great effect; it is 1826 and the young Ada Byron and Mary Shelley (in reality eighteen years...

Two of our bestselling and most frequently recommended picture books both happen to feature rhyming animals. Rhyming can be a great way...

A medieval landscape where Gods still hold sway over the lives of men is the backdrop for this strange and bitter feast. This is a heady...

The Explorer books are wildly imaginative, thought-provoking comics anthologies that will appeal to any young creative mind. The series...

There are a plethora of reasons to read this book. For one, it is better than CHoCoLaTe, which you probably already know to be Carbon,...

Emily Sparkes is finding life tough. Her parents have failed in their duty to name her baby sister properly, forcing Emily to call the...

War... Huh! What is it good for? So pondered Edwin Starr in his 1969 anti-Vietnam War song. But how did the situation in Vietnam arise in...

Now feels like a good time to champion the art of the wordless book, as we've just had two two unique new titles arrive into the shop. I...

Heap House is a palace made of misery, cold and pain, presided over by the Iremonger family. Made rich from baliffing and arranged...

The author of hit junior fiction The Spy Who Loved School Dinners and My Headteacher is a Vampire Bat now delivers her first picture...

An hilarious handbook of danger, written by multi award-winning comedian Daniel O' Doherty and illustrated by picture book aficionado...

Tony has already written a great review for this, shortly after the hardback came out last summer. But as it’s new in paperback, recently...