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Recent Articles in Books: children & YA

Fergus The Furball by Emily Snape
Feb 27, 2020

Fergus The Furball by Emily Snape is a funny novel which explores everything from sibling rivalry to shapeshifting. A great book for independent readers, writes Anne Coates.
Here in the Real World by Sara Pennypacker
Feb 18, 2020

Here in the Real World by award-winning author Sara Pennypacker reviewed by Anne Coates.
Asha & the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan
Jan 7, 2020

Congratulations to Jasbinder Bilan for winning the 2019 Costa  Children's Book Award with her début novel Asha & the Spirit Bird, published by Chicken House.

 
The Taylor Turbochaser by David Badiel
Dec 10, 2019

The Taylor Turbochaser by David Badiel and illustrated by Steven Lenton reviewed by Anne Coates.
Station Jim by Louis de Bernieres
Dec 4, 2019

Station Jim by Louis de Bernieres  Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
Children's Christmas Books
Dec 2, 2019

Bing's Christmas Bauble Books, Paddington's Post and Paint by Sticker – three superb books for children reviewed by Anne Coates. 
The Princess Rules by Philippa Gregory
Nov 27, 2019

The Princess Rules by Philippa Gregory – charming stories for modern girls reviewed by Anne Coates.
Our Planet by Matt Wyman
Nov 20, 2019

HarperCollins Children’s Books has just published  a glorious highly-illustrated non-fiction hardback children’s gift book of Our Planet based on the hugely successful Netflix series written by Matt Wyman, illustrated by Richard Jones, with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough, in partnership with WWF.
Hannah the Spanner Books by Stuart Simmonds and Bill Greenhead
Nov 13, 2019

Anne Coates reviews the latest two books in the Hannah the Spanner series:Hannah the Spanner and the Diamond Robbery and Hannah the Spanner and the Racing Car written by Stuart Simmonds and illustrated by Bill Greenhead.
We Are Artists by Kari Herbert
Nov 8, 2019

We Are Artists by Kari Herbert is, quite simply, a beautiful book to cherish and treasure, writes Anne Coates.
Roald Dahl’s Beastly Brutes and Heroic Human Beans by Stella Caldwell
Nov 4, 2019

Lottie and Elizabeth Bull's review of Roald Dahl’s Beastly Brutes and Heroic Human Beans, by Stella Caldwell, illustrated by Quentin Blake and published by Carlton Books.
The Kids' Book of Paper Love
Oct 22, 2019

In their first book for children, The Kids' Book of Paper Love, authors Irene Smit and Astrid van der Hulst, the pages overflow with fun and pull-out activities for writing, drawing, folding, crafting, playing and sharing. Reviewed by Anne Coates.
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