May 2025 How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing is the first in a new series of How to Train Your Dragon stories. Introduced as a set of shorter adventures discovered on a beach amongst papers belonging to Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, this delightfully funny and hugely engaging book is perfect… Continue reading How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing by Cressida Cowell
Ella Jones shows readers anyone can be a hero. Although, at first, she appears to be an ordinary preteen girl who loves lipgloss, fashion and time with her dog, she is so much more. Brave, resilient and incredibly intelligent, she takes charge of a complicated quest across London. Using all her skills, she shows everyone… Continue reading Ella Jones vs the Sun Stealer by Lucy Edwards
What could be more perfect for a chilly half-term holiday than a spine-tingling, brain-teasing mystery? Cuddle up with one of these gripping middle grade who-dunnits! School for Fireflies by Erica Gomez (Knights Of) A magical school for extraordinary children, a long-lost diary, a family secret and a decades-old mystery: School for Fireflies has all the… Continue reading Marvellous Middle Grade Mysteries
The Notwitches by Gary Panton is absolutely delightful. Endless creativity, a cast of larger than life characters and bizarre, laugh-out-loud moments make this one of my favourite recent reads. Warm and engaging, Melanda Notwitch is a heroine to really get behind. Melanda loves stories. She loves listening to them and writing her own. Unfortunately, her… Continue reading The Notwitches by Gary Panton ~ Blog Tour
It has been wonderful to read and review the three books in the Toby Bean series over the past four years. Sally Doherty has created a young hero who is funny, brave and incredibly caring. Looking after his mum who is chronically ill, he shows resilience in the face of so many challenges yet still… Continue reading Toby and the Siege of Sky City by Sally Doherty
Unicorns in Uniforms: Dragon Inferno is absulutely delightful. The first in a new, brightly illustrated chapter book series, it's fun, educational and action-packed. Each book will focus on a different profession through the eyes of an engaging character. In Dragon Inferno, readers explore the ups and downs of being a firefighter. For my stop on… Continue reading Unicorns in Uniforms: Dragon Inferno by Tracy Curran & Steve Wood ~ Blog Tour
Yetis Don't Exist is a charming picture book exploring humans' quest to find unusual creatures out in the wild. Gentle rhymes and the most delightful illustrations draw young readers into the yetis' plight as they discover (according to humans) they don't actually exist! Apparently they're a hoax and the whole world has been bamboozled into… Continue reading Yetis Don’t Exist by Kate Thompson & Loretta Schauer
February 2025 Journey back to the incredible Land of Roar with the highly-anticipated Dragon Riders of Roar. This fourth book in the Land of Roar series is an imaginatively soaring adventure through a new region of one of our favourite worlds. Of course Win, Arthur's wizard ninja pal, and Mitch, Rose's mermaid witch best friend,… Continue reading Dragon Riders of Roar by Jenny McLachlan
Every December, it's such a joy to take time to look back over all the books I've been privileged to read and review on Scope for Imagination. I’d like to share my favourite books of this year - ones that have challenged me, empowered me, made me laugh, and even made me cry. There have… Continue reading My Favourite Books of 2024
Land of the Last Wildcat is the first in a new action adventure series with a fantastic environmental message. I was immediately drawn to this appealing book because of my own little ginger 'wildcats', Gus & George. Land of the Last Wildcat centres on the folklore of a magical cat with healing powers. Believed to… Continue reading Land of the Last Wildcat by Lui Sit
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