by IBBY | Dec 9, 2025 | Book Review, Fiction
Phoenix Brothers Book Details Phoenix BrothersSita Brahmachari. Oxford: OUP, hb, 978 1 3820 6449 1, 2025, £8.99, 168pp.Fiction, 12+ years BACK TO REVIEWS I am very rarely reduced to tears when I read a book. Phoenix Brothers was one of the very few. Sita Brahmachari...
by IBBY | Dec 9, 2025 | Book Review, Picture Book
I’m Going to Make a Friend Book Details I’m Going to Make a FriendDarren Chetty, illus. Sandhya Prabhat. London: Little Tiger Press, hb, 978 1 8010 4660 2, 2025, £12.99, 32pp.Picture book, 3-6 years BACK TO REVIEWS With pictures of a multitude of stars and a box...
by Evangelia Iordanaki | Nov 24, 2021 | Book Review, Fiction, Illustrated book
Hello! A Welcoming Story Book Details Hello! A Welcoming StoryGina K. Lewis, illus. María José Campos. NY, City of Light Publishing, pb, 978 1 9525 3628 1, 2021, £13.99, 62pp.Illustrated book, fiction, 5-7 years BACK TO REVIEWS This is a very clever and accessible...
by IBBY | Oct 2, 2020 | Book Review, Poetry
Belonging Street Book Details Belonging StreetMandy Coe, illus. Mandy Coe, Burley Gate, Hereford: Otter-Barry Books, pb 978 1 9130 7480 7, 2020, £7.99, 96pp.Poetry, 7-11 years BACK TO REVIEWS This is another in the series of small stuff-in-your-schoolbag poetry books....
by IBBY | Jul 6, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction, Picture Book
Sock Story Book Details Sock storyC K Smouha, illus. Eleonora Marton London: Cicada, hb, 978 1 90871 459 6, 2019, £9.95, 38pp.Picture book, fiction, 5+ years BACK TO REVIEWS Phil and Dave are a pair. They spend time together, making jokes, chatting and playing games....
