Books: children & YA

A Girl's Guide to Being Fearless subtitled How To Find Your Brave by Suzie Lavington and Dr Andy Cope who guide girls to find their best selves and the publication date falls during Anti-Bullying Week 2020 (16 to 20 November), and 'The Chapter About Bullying' is dedicated to providing strategies for overcoming this. Anne Coates reviews.

The climate crisis is everyone’s crisis and we need to work together to solve it. Ejected by Dawn Pape is a novel for teenagers and young adults that shows how, with the will and wisdom to do it, we can. We are all accountable for the damage being done, but we can also all help to fix it.

When lockdown put an end to award-winning children's author Christina Gabbitas' planned events and visits to schools, she felt she needed to organise something positive. Using her connections from her charity Children’s Literature Festivals, she set up a competition for children and their teachers to submit poems about life during the pandemic. Lockdown Life is the result.

HarperCollins Children's Books consistently publish brilliant books for all ages. Here Anne Coates reviews What We'll Build by Oliver Jeffers and The Snowflake by Benji Davies.

The Shadow Moth is the first book in the A Clock of Stars trilogy written by Francesca Gibbons and illustrated by Chris Riddell. Anne Coates was captivated.

A wonderful adventure for teens and young adults, N E Carlisle's Mermaid's Curse explores a family curse, mermaids and the lore of the sea. Anne Coates reviews.

That Time I Got Kidnapped by Tom Mitchell, author of How to Rob a Bank and published by HarperCollins. Reviewed by Anne Coates

Dog Gone The Day I Lost My Human is a fabulous new picture book by Rob Biddulph, writes Anne Coates. 

How To Change Your Parents Into Superstars by Pete Johnson and illustrated by James Cottell is funny and reassuring – perfect for confident readers, writes Anne Coates.

Asking for a Friend by Kate Mallinder, a YA novel explores how being on the autistic spectrum, social media bullying and fear of serious illness affects the lives of three teens. Reviewed by Anne Coates. 

Lonely Planet Kids Book, Build Your Own History Museum by Claudia Martin is reviewed by Liz Bull and her nine year-old granddaughter, Lottie. 

Bing – My Reward Chart Sticker Activity Book

The Plastic Problem – 60 small ways to reduce waste and save the earth written by Aubre Andrus from Lonely Planet Kids.

HarperCollins Children’s Books has published the official film tie-in books for Heyday Films and StudioCanal’s remake of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, The Secret Garden, scheduled for box office release on the 10 April 2020. We have three copies of the novel to be won.

Happy World Book Day 2020 – how stressful was yours?

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 award-winning author Sara Pennypacker reviewed by Anne Coates.

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.