Recent Articles in Books: children & YA

Max The Detective Cat – The Catnap Caper by Sarah Todd Taylor
Sep 18, 2019

Anne Coates reviews Max The Detective Cat – The Catnap Caper by Sarah Todd Taylor and illustrated by Nicola Kinnear.

Help! Why Am I Changing? by Susan Akass
Sep 16, 2019

Help! Why Am I Changing? The Growing-up Guide for Pre-teen Boys and Girls by Susan Akass with input from Dr Frances Butcher, Dr Rosanna Bevan and James Hull, is aimed at children aged nine to 12 who are just entering puberty.

Last Chance Hotel by Nicki Thornton
Sep 5, 2019

Published by Chicken House, Last Chance Hotel by Nicki Thornton is an engaging  murder mystery with a heavy dose of magic. Anne Coates reviews.

High Rise Mystery by Sharna Jackson
Sep 2, 2019

Sharna Jackson's High Rise Mystery has all the ingredients for a great crime novel. Only in this instance the two super-sleuths are teenage sisters  Nik and Norva who not only find the body on their South London estate but realise that the father, the caretaker of the flats, is the prime suspect. Anne Coates reviews.

Morecambe & Vice Crime Festival
Aug 21, 2019

Now in its third year the Morecambe & Vice Crime Festival has a fabulous range of panels and speakers. Anne Coates will be talking to Sharna Jackson, Nicki Thornton and Sarah Todd Taylor about writing crime for young adult readers on Saturday 28 September, 2019.

The World's Worst Teachers by David Walliams
Jul 13, 2019

What better way to end the school year than with the latest David Walliams book – The World's Worst Teachers, reviewed by Harriet and Anne Coates

 

Noel Streatfeild's Holiday Stories
Jul 9, 2019

Noel Streatfeild's Holiday Stories make perfect bedtime reading for youngsters, writes Anne Coates.

Pages & Co Tilly and the Bookwanderers by Anna James
Jun 27, 2019

The paperback edition of Tilly and the Bookwanderers, the first in the Pages & Co series by Anna James has just been published and it is a gem of a book, writes Anne Coates.

Bad Dad by David Walliams
Jun 13, 2019

The arrival of a David Walliam's book for review is greeted with utter delight by Harriet. It took her a while to read the 422 pages of Bad Dad, illustrated by Tony Ross, but each one was enjoyed to the full.

Bad Nana: All the Fun of the Fair by Sophy Henn
May 31, 2019

The second in this engaging series by the talented author/illustrator Sophy Henn, Bad Nana explores All the Fun of the Fair. Review by Anne Coates. 

Maps of the United Kingdom
May 23, 2019

Written and researched by Rachel Dixon and illustrated by Livi Gosling, Maps of the United Kingdom presents a tour of the countries via county maps travelling through time as well as place. Reviewed by Anne Coates.

The Big Book Of Birds by Yuval Zommer
May 8, 2019

The Big Book OF Birds by award winning author and illustrator Yuval Zommer is the perfect introduction to our feathered friends for young readers – and adults as Anne Coates discovered.