Diana Harker's latest adventure book takes readers back to a Victorian age when children were seen and not heard. The novelty of having delicious food and living in a well-ordered house soon palls for Jane as she realises that all is not what it seems in the House of Secrets.
Founded in 2008 by Michael Rosen as part of his Children's Laureateship, the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, administered by the Booktrust, is the first prize of its kind - to honour those books that simply make children laugh and comedian David Walliams, best known for his grotesque comedy creations on the BBC series Little Britain, has been shortlisted for his debut book The Boy in the Dress, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Lesley Lodge and Sharon Bexley – with, respectively, a son and a daughter just off to university – review PWT founder Anne Coates’ latest book University A Survival Guide.
Naxos AudioBooks launches a new range of Naxos Young Adult Classics to make classic texts more accessible to a teenage audience. The first two in series are Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Ancient Egypt still fascinates for our children and this latest publication from the British Museum Press, Fun with Hieroglyphs by Catharine H. Roehrig, makes a great present and educational tool, writes Sue O'Neill.
Alvin Hall puts the fun into finance with a book written to explain money matters to the younger generation. Anne Coates is impressed and learned a few things during her reading of Show me the money.
