I’ve been a big fan of Debi Gliori since my children were small. Her books were favourites in our house, particularly the beautiful ...

The picture book “JUST IMAGINE” came through the post at just the right time. The two small people staying here rushed to it as a ...

Ramzi has a problem.  His dad is sleepwalking.  He comes into Ramzi's bedroom in the middle of the night and searches for a hen in t...

There’s always one. Yes: where there’s a book that isn’t just exactly what you might expect in a children’s title, there’s always ...

Yes, it’s a special year for a famous lady who’s been around, comparatively, for a while. She’s keen on parties and celebrations and has...

Most of the books I read when I was a child were about middle-class English children. When a child from another culture appeared it was ge...

Awfully Big Review had hoped to bring you a Guest Review today for World Book Day but, as they say, life happened. A real life Guest didn...

Opening a book by a favourite author is a mixed moment. Will it be as good as other titles or differently good – or just that tiny bit d...

This lovely, poetic story for younger children has a classic feel to it. Lucy's grandfather tells her about Lob, who helps him in his...

My children got very excited when And Rocky Too dropped through the letterbox. Like me, they’d loved The Stephensons’ Rocket , Jayne Wood...

One of my favourite comic literary ideas is Douglas Adams’s Infinite Improbability Drive, which enables a spaceship to travel infinitely imp...

Emily, a sparky young Victorian lass, is embarking on a long voyage to Australia, where her mill owner father wants to investigate new busin...

Reviewing for children or young people isn’t about one’s own reading habits. This time, the reader in mind isn’t a fully-grown woman in ...