Genre: children How many times have you heard your kids misuse much and many? If it's once, it's too many. It may be time to get them help. Let Queen Shinobi teach them a thing or two. Everyone knows pigs are smart. And Shinobi is one of the smartest. She's been around for twenty-four years, so she's learned a thing or two. She even went to school one time. And if you think the children know "much and many," how about "then and than." I know they get that mixed up. Get the book and … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Shinobi Goes To School, Life on the Farm for Kids, Volume I by Giacomo Giammatteo
Genre: children's fiction The school needed a pig and they needed one badly. Finally, someone told them about Queen Shinobi and they called to arrange a visit. Queen Shinobi was asked to participate in a kiss-the-pig contest with the principal. This is her story. The story of how Shinobi went to school. Link to buy book … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: Much and Many, No Mistakes Grammar for Kids, Volume I by Giacomo Giammatteo
Genre: children's nonfiction How many times have you heard your kids misuse much and many? If it's once, it's too many. It may be time to get them help. Let Queen Shinobi teach them a thing or two. Everyone knows pigs are smart. And Shinobi is one of the smartest. She's been around for twenty-four years, so she's learned a thing or two. She even went to school one time. And if you think the children know "much and many," how about "then and than." I know they get that mixed … [Read more...]
Josiah’s Apple Orchard by Katherine L. Holmes
Besides music, Vivvy loves green apples. She and her brother Matt go on morning apple raids until, one fall, their father drives them to a pick-your-own orchard. The cross old Josiah inhabits another time where pixies might appear like uprooted saplings. In the early, eventful 1960s, Vivvy takes the flute from Mr. Fortray, a band teacher who plays jazz. Detours confuse another apple picking trip and Josiah is angry about progress. Yet if Vivvy wants to do what she loves, she must think beyond … [Read more...]
Mark Banana and the Broken Bullwhip by Marcus MacGregor
Mark Banana is a little boy with an EPIC IMAGINATION is BACK! Whether he's pretending to be a cowboy or an adventurer, one accessory is essential: a BULLWHIP! When his mother makes him a whip out of some old, rawhide shoelaces, Mark couldn't be happier. That is, until the day he spies a REAL bullwhip at the mall. With his birthday money he buys it, little suspecting that heartbreak is soon to follow...! This sequel to Mark Banana and the New Red Cape is infused with all the charm, … [Read more...]
Prince James And The Shelby Mustang by Paul Gallimore
Prince James And The Shelby Mustang is an illustrated bedtime story for children aged 6-10. Prince James has everything that a young boy could possibly want, including a fleet of miniature elctric cars that he drives around the palace grounds. What he does not have are friends of his own age. He longs to go to a school for 'ordinary' boys and girls, but his parents, the King and Queen, will not allow it. This story takes the reader through the action and the consequences of an accident … [Read more...]
The Dream Killer by Robert Scanlon
Sarina is back in Book Two of The Dreamer Chronicles! And the unlikely 12-year old saviour of a parallel world is plagued by anxiety. She cannot afford to miss what might be her only opportunity to fulfil her dream, and win a place at a prestigious art school in Paris. But when she experiences dizzy spells and starts blacking out, she becomes convinced she has inherited the same mental illness that confined her two great-aunts to an institution for most of their lives. Her good friend, … [Read more...]
Takeshita Demons 4: MerMonster by Cristy Burne @CristyBurne
Shape-shifting foxes, samurai crabs and a seriously cranky octopus... The balance of the worlds is again under threat and Miku must travel to the Dragon King’s underwater kingdom to put things right. Book 4 in the award-winning TAKESHITA DEMONS series. Praise for TAKESHITA DEMONS: “The book is amazing…I hardly put it down” – Chicklish “A thrilling contemporary adventure wittily shot through with the powerful fantasy stories of the old demons from the Japanese past.” – Julia Eccleshare … [Read more...]
Interview with Cristy Burne – Book Author @CristyBurne
Author Bio: Before I became a writer I was a performer in a science circus, a garbage analyst for a university, and an editor for a childrens science magazine (CSIRO’s Scientriffic). Other random facts: - I learned to scuba dive in Japan (sugoi desu ne!) - I have lived in New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Switzerland and the U.K. I live with my fabulous husband, our two super sons, and zero goldfish (because our goldfish always die, sob :-/). - I like chocolate milk, fruit bowls, … [Read more...]
Becoming Anorak Nid (Book One) by Alix B Macey @alixbmacey
Hurrah! This is the first in the Becoming Anorak Nid series by Alix B Macey. Perfect for 8+ children + reluctant readers. Psst.. she’s not fussy, she’ll even take (reluctant) 38 year olds! But hey, stop...you don’t want to read about the fact that it’s a fictional children’s story that will propel you full pelt into the sporadically funny, celestial life adventures of a persecuted, orphaned spider called Nid - with a fantastical fantasy twist and funny (not entirely ha ha) scrolls? You … [Read more...]
