by IBBY | May 27, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction
Veronica Twitch the Fabulous Witch Book Details Veronica Twitch The Fabulous WitchErica-Jane Waters, London: Wacky Bee Books, pb, 978 0 9956 9729 4, 2018, £6.99, 112pp.Fiction, 6-11 years BACK TO REVIEWS Veronica Twitch is the editor of Twitch magazine. She and her...
by IBBY | Jan 14, 2019 | Book Review, Fiction
Pebble Book Details PebbleJulia Jones, illus. Claudia Myatt, Chelmsford: Golden Duck, pb, 978 1 8992 6239 7, £8.99, 2018, 303pp.Fiction, 12-16 years BACK TO REVIEWS Over the past seven years I’ve reviewed five of Julia Jones’ books in what started as the...
by IBBY | Nov 18, 2018 | Book Review, Fiction, Illustrated book
The Curious Lobster Book Details The Curious Lobster Richard Warren Hatch, illus. Marion Freeman Wakeman, New York: New York Review Children’s Collection, pb. 978 1 6813 7288 4, 2018, £9.99, 400pp. Fiction, Illustrated book, 7+ years BACK TO REVIEWS Once again the New...
by IBBY | Sep 18, 2017 | Book Review, Fiction, Translation
Bronze and Sunflower Book Details Bronze and Sunflower Cao Wenxuan, illus. Meilo So, trans. Helen Wang, London: Walker Books, pb. 978 1 4063 4846 0, 2015, £6.99, 400pp. First published in China 2005. Novel; 9+ years. BACK TO REVIEWS This book was the winner of the...