I'm thrilled to welcome author Liz Kessler to Scope for Imagination with a special guest post! Bringing Yesterday to Life in Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler In 2020, I wrote a book that had been close to my heart for many years. When The World Was Ours was inspired by a childhood experience of… Continue reading Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler ~ Blog Tour
Tony Bradman and Sally Nicholls write fantastically honest and real stories for children. When Saturday Comes & Too Nice help readers understand the challenges of families splitting up and trying to balance the needs of two parents. When Saturday Comes by Tony Bradman & Tania Rex Daniel loves football! His team, the Haybrook Rockets, are… Continue reading Stories of Family from Barrington Stoke
The Ghosts of Mars is a fantastic science-fiction adventure for every young reader who has ever wondered what it would be like to live on Mars. Action-packed with incredibly high stakes, it takes Eva (the first person to be born on Mars) and her band of faithful friends on a quest full of technology, danger and… Continue reading Ghosts of Mars: The Adventures of Eva Knight by Stuart White ~ Blog Tour
Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea is the brilliant sequel to Greenwild: The World Behind the Door! https://scopeforimagination.co.uk/2023/05/29/greenwild-the-world-behind-the-door-by-pari-thomson-blog-tour/ We left Daisy Thistledown having solved the mystery of Craven, a Grim Reaper who chased her across Kew Gardens and through the strange door into Greenwild. Her mum is still missing and Daisy's desperate to find her.… Continue reading Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea by Pari Thomson ~ Blog Tour
On Tuesday 21 May 2024, it is 225 years since the birth of the incredible Mary Anning. Known as the "mother of palaeontology", she made discoveries about fossils and the evolution of living things fifty years before Darwin and Wallace presented their theories. She paved the way for other women in science. She Sold Seashells… Continue reading She Sold Seashells… and Dragons: The Curious Mary Anning. Re-imagined by Wolfgang Grulke
I'm delighted to share the third book in the Ivy Newt series, Ivy Newt and the Swamp Dragons. Return to the magical world of Miracula with Ivy – daughter of the King and Queen of the Sand Witches - and her best friend Tom, a shape-shifting wolf boy. This is a wonderful chapter book series… Continue reading Ivy Newt and the Swamp Dragons by Derek Keilty & Magda Brol ~ Blog Tour
Earth is a beautiful place. This collection of books celebrates incredible creatures, gorgeous landscapes and what we can do to make our world a better place. Small Steps, Big Change by Annemarie Cool & James Jones (Little Tiger) Small Steps, Big Change is a fantastic picture book inspiring children to take action and protect their… Continue reading Books to Celebrate our Amazing Earth
September 2024 The Boy in the Suit is an incredibly moving and powerful novel for readers age 9+ (and the adults who care for them). So compelling and real, I struggled to put it down. I wanted to step into the story and look after ten-year-old Solo who is so funny and charming but also… Continue reading The Boy in the Suit by James Fox
July 1940 – as Tarn struggles to come to terms with the loss of her beloved brother in the chaos of the British retreat at Dunkirk, she and her friends scour the hills around their Lake District home, watching for any signs of the long-dreaded Nazi invasion. But as the war drags on, with little… Continue reading Angel of Grasmere by Tom Palmer ~ Blog Tour Interview
It is wonderful to be back with Penny Black and the adorable Wishyouwas in a second adventure. Wishyouwas is a Sorter of lost letters and the most charming character in all of children's literature. We first met Wishyouwas and his companions in the enchanting 1952 Christmas story Wishyouwas: The Tiny Guardian of Lost Letters. This… Continue reading The Secret Society of Very Important Post by Alexandra Page & illustrated by Penny Neville-Lee
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