I have given each of my recommendations for children an age suggestion. These are of course approximate. Please also have a look at younger or older categories.
A magical, wintery tale of relationships won and lost. Very special.
Review date: 24.08.23
Age recommendation: 8+
For anyone fascinated by what lies under the sea. Beautifully illustrated and incredible stories.
Review date: 24.05.26
Age recommendation: 7+
An adventure on a haunted island - a story of friendship, loss, community and puffins!
Review date: 24.12.24
Age recommendation: 8+
A wonderful tale of family, a quest, the natural world and the stories we tell ourselves.
Review date: 18.11.23
Age recommendation: 8+
A beautiful, thoughtful and inventive read with owls and mudlarking, city and countryside, love and conflict. Brilliant!
Review date: 25.11.22
Age recommendation: 8+
This is the latest in the fabulous Questioneers series of fun and aspirational rhyming stories. Here we meet a young boy discovering the power of telling stories.
Review date: 08.01.22
Age recommendation: 5+
A beautiful and informative book to explore the natural world mindfully.
Review date: 03.04.23
Age recommendation: 6+
Bringing humour and adventure to a story which encompasses loyalty, the importance of keeping your word and bereavement.
Review date: 28.03.13
Age recommendation: 8+
Silly and quirky, packed with useful and useless information about football, this is another gem from the children's comedian turned author.
Review date: 15.08.22
Age recommendation: 7+
A warm, funny, big-hearted book about a boy who's good at drawing who has a dog who isn't good at tricks. And much more.
Review date: 02.03.24
Age recommendation: 7+
A feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Anderson classic, this is brilliantly and sensitively done. Fantastic!
Review date: 30.11.22
Age recommendation: 7+
A wonderful nostalgic adventure in the Amazon rainforest, inspired by Eva Ibbotson's glorious book 'Journey to the River Sea'.
Review date: 04.06.22
Age recommendation: 8+
Polly is a girl known for rescuing animals. When a bear cub is acquired by the local zoo, it's up to her to return him to his family in the wild wood.
Review date: 24.07.23
Age recommendation: 7+
A fun adventure set in Wales, inspired by real events during World War II when paintings held by the National Gallery were hidden in the mountains to keep them safe. Brilliant!
Review date: 17.08.20
Age recommendation: 7+
A group of children win a prize to go on a trip into space - but this is no theme park ride...
Age recommendation: 7+
A family's dilemmas when they discover they have stumbled across millions of pounds.
Age recommendation: 7+
A sequel to the classic story written by Ian Fleming and turned into a film by Roald Dahl.
Review date: 11.10.11
Age recommendation: 8+
Another gloriously uplifting and funny adventure from the children's laureate.
Review date: 06.09.25
Age recommendation: 8+
Stuck on an island with no mobile phones and when the internet is broken, they've run out of food and they've discovered treasure. What an adventure!
Review date: 13.05.21
Age recommendation: 8+
Tracking the progress of seven birds across the globe with facts, history and folklore presented on full colour, full page illustrations.
Review date: 15.10.23
Age recommendation: 7+
