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Isabela de Cordoba calls upon the Botanic Hill Detectives (13 year olds Lanny, Lexi, Rani and Moki) to search her family home for a missing emerald that has cursed her family for generations. But someone else is also looking for the gem: who will find the missing treasure first? Eucalyptus Street: Green Curse is the […]

Last month I had the pleasure of sharing Granny Franny’s Big Red Bus by Sonia Beldom with my children and wrote a review. Now you have a chance to win a copy of your own copy and join in with a Twitter party on 15th October at 4pm for more chances to win!   Granny […]

  The Spider Next Door is a book that will resonate with families everywhere. I don’t mind spiders but they do make me jump sometimes! This is a gentle rhyming book aimed at preschool and infant school aged children. The playful spider goes for a visit to his human neighbours and explore their house but […]

There is something special about a red bus. The history, the sound, the potential for travel wherever. Sonia Beldom’s new book for children captures the fun and excitement that the sight of a big red bus still inspires in me as an adult!   Granny Franny’s Big Red Bus is the story of a grandmother […]

Minty Taylor’s best friends have vanished along with other local children including the head teacher’s son. She finds a mysterious object that looks like a coin and her magical adventure begins when dancing wizard Mug the Wumph arrives to claim it. Can Minty save her friends from the clutches of evil wizard Grimacant…? Mug the […]