Eva and Toby are back in a second imaginative and highly engaging adventure from David Oates. Following on from The Imagination Thief, The Dream Hoarder takes readers back into an amazing world of imaginary friends, fairy knights, wizards, dragons and the incredible Astrodog! A dark shape has been haunting Eva's dreams. It can't be the… Continue reading The Dream Hoarder by David Oates ~ Blog Tour
The Storm Swimmer is one of those books that leaves you thinking. Read in just a couple of sittings, I found myself completely wrapped up in Ginika's story. Why do her parents have to send her to stay with her grandparents in Cumbria? What kind of trouble are they in? Will Ginika make any friends… Continue reading The Storm Swimmer by Clare Weze
March 2023 Dragonracers by Peter Bunzl is a brilliant blend of fantasy and history, all wrapped up in the story of the first London to Manchester Air Race in 1910! Ten-year-old Kitty and Harris Hawk are twins who have grown up around the first planes in Britain. Their father is chief aircraft engineer to Britain's… Continue reading Dragonracers by Peter Bunzl
March 2023 Readers will lose themselves in this atmospheric mystery filled with hints of magic. An ominous undercurrent runs beneath the main plot, giving a sense that something significant is going to happen - something dark, something magical, something even more important than protecting nature from road works and development. Alfred is sent to stay… Continue reading Into the Faerie Hill by H.S. Norup ~ Blog Tour
The Monster Hunting series is perfect for young readers who love laugh-out-loud adventures, engaging illustrations and off-the-wall situations. In Monsters Bite Back, the hilarious sequel by Ian Mark, Jack and Nancy are at it again. They travel to the unexpected setting of an ancient abbey in Scotland to put a stop to some troublesome monsters.… Continue reading Monster Hunting: Monsters Bite Back by Ian Mark
The 12 Days of Christmas Blog Tour is a celebration of wonderful Christmas books. Come back each day between the 1st and 12th of December to unwrap another fantastic story that will leave you full of Christmas spirit! On the first day of Christmas... The Midnight Guardians by Ross Montgomery Even when things seem at… Continue reading The 12 Days of Christmas Blog Tour ~ The Midnight Guardians by Ross Montgomery
February 2023 Wildsmith: Into the Dark Forest is the first book in a delightful new fantasy series for younger middle-grade readers from the author of the stunning Dragon Daughter series, Liz Flanagan. Illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton, readers will be completely swept away in adventure, magic and the most gorgeous baby dragons! Rowan's life changes forever… Continue reading Wildsmith: Into the Dark Forest by Liz Flanagan
Erskin and her older sister, Birgit, are the children of the mountain keeper - the guardian of their village. Living in the shadow of Mountainfell means living in fear - fear of the witches cursed with hex-magic, fear of the cloud dragon who terrorises the community, fear of the earth-shaking tremors radiating down from the… Continue reading Mountainfell by Katharine Orton ~ Blog Tour & Guest Post
Bedtime stories are often the stories we remember the most. I have fond memories of the light blue bedtime story book I had as a child. It was full of unusual characters, far away lands and short, comforting tales that would send me off to sleep. My sister and I would take turns choosing one… Continue reading The Faber Book of Bedtime Stories ~ Blog Tour, featuring Emma Carroll
3rd November 2022 Readers age 8+ Macmillan Children's Books Join Tiggy Thistle, Ernestine the Ice Badger and a cast of delightfully magical characters in the second book of The Cloud Chronicles duology by Chris Riddell. Mystery, danger and the unknown take Tiggy on an adventure into an enchanted world in search of the legendary Guardians… Continue reading Tiggy Thistle and the Lost Guardians by Chris Riddell ~ Blog Tour
Scope for Imagination 