I never cease to be blown away by the quality of the authors who write for Barrington Stoke. In this collection, Holly Webb, Katherine Woodfine, Jenny Pearson and Serena Patel share their talent for reaching children right where they're at - inspiring and encouraging while providing a laugh and a smile along the way. With… Continue reading Super Books from Barrington Stoke
One of 2024's fantastic World Book Day book choices is Creepy Creations by the queen of middle grade horror, Jennifer Killick. This book is a must-have for fans of the Crater Lake and Dread Wood series! A brilliant fusion of laugh-out-loud comedy and skin-crawling terror, readers will devour this book in a matter of hours.… Continue reading Dread Wood: Creepy Creations by Jennifer Killick
Katya Balen has done it again with an honest and oh so powerful story of family, personal growth and challenging world issues. Little House is a beautiful shorter read with all the accessibility features Barrington Stoke has to offer combined with Katya Balen's distinct style. Written in first person, there is unmistakable character voice and… Continue reading Little House by Katya Balen
If you could step into just one memory, which one would you choose? Movies Showing Nowhere is the most intriguing story of family, loss and identity. Cate is lonely. Her mother died just as Cate was born and her father is, more often than not, lost in his own world. Only her pet rabbit listens… Continue reading Movies Showing Nowhere by Yorick Goldewijk
Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything: The Ultimate Guide to the World Around You (DK) This children's encyclopedia is packed full of fascinating information. Each double page contains detailed photographs, clear diagrams, informative graphs and labelled maps. There is so much to look at! Children will come back to it again and again, always finding something new… Continue reading Engaging New Non-fiction
My Life as a Cat by Carlie Sorosiak was one of our family's favourite books of 2020 so we're always on the look out for new books by this fantastic author. I was thrilled when Shadow Fox arrived. The cover alone is so appealing with a gorgeous, firey fox and promise of an intriguing story!… Continue reading Shadow Fox by Carlie Sorosiak
The Day My Dog Got Famous is a delightfully funny middle grade story of family, frenemies and the best pet ever! Ferris Foster is a brilliant hero who wants nothing more than to win the Year 5 art challenge with his Astoundog cartoon and to earn enough money with his home-made comic book, The Hoot,… Continue reading The Day My Dog Got Famous by Jen Carney
I Survived: The Battle of D-Day, 1944 is a gripping graphic novel introducing readers to the gritty, high-stakes reality of the days leading up to the D-Day landings and those involved in the top-secret French resistence. It is the perfect addition to any Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 Second World War collection. It's June… Continue reading I Survived: The Battle of D-Day, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis & Brian Churilla
Time Travellers: Adventure Calling takes readers on an engaging, time-travelling journey to discover the truth about the women's suffrage movement in 1911. With fascinating information about Westminster and UK politics, it gives a thorough picture of our government and the responsibility we all have to hold it to account. Suhana, Mia and Ayaan are on… Continue reading Time Travellers: Adventure Calling by Sufiya Ahmed
Signs of Survival is the compelling and heartbreaking memoir of two sisters with enough determination to survive the Nazi invasion of Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Renee, age 10, was the ears for her family. With parents and a younger sister, Hetta, who were all deaf, it was up to Renee to listen out for the ominous sound… Continue reading Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust by Renee Hartman with Joshua M. Greene
Scope for Imagination 