by IBBY | Apr 13, 2023 | Book Review, Fiction
The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei Book Details The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-MeiChristina Matula, illus. Yao Xiao. Toronto: Inkyard Press, HarperCollins, pb. 978 1 3354 2865 3, 2023, £16.99, 304pp.Fiction, novel, 8-12 years BACK TO REVIEWS Much of what Christina...
by IBBY | Jan 16, 2019 | Book Review, Non-Fiction
Somewhere there is still a sun Book Details Somewhere there is still a sunMichael Gruenbaum, with Todd Hasak-Lowy, New York; Aladdin, pb, 978 1 4424 8487 0, £7.00, 2017, 384pp.Memoir, 10+ years BACK TO REVIEWS Rarely is a childhood memoir so powerful that it...
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...
