Recent Articles in Books: children & YA

Willy and Hugh by Anthony Browne
Sep 16, 2008

Alex Bell and son Toby are enchanted by Anthony Browne's story of loneliness and friendship in Willy and Hugh.

Begin Smart Books for Brainy Babies by Harriet Ziefert
Aug 18, 2008

Begin Smart is a developmentsl reading programme written and published by Harriet Ziefelt  who has created a variety of books designed for children from birth to two years, in six monthly increments.  Alex Bell took a look with baby Pippa and big brother Toby.

The Boys Book of Survival by Guy Campbell
Aug 2, 2008

Sian Minett (with a little help from James and Tabitha) reviews a book that teaches kids How to Survive Anything, Anywhere.

The Summoning by E.E. Richardson
May 12, 2008

Claudia Minett reviews the third novel by E.E. Richardson, The Summoning published by Corgi.

The Ranger’s Apprentice: The Icebound Land by John Flanagan (Corgi Yearling)
May 9, 2008

Tim Walder reviews the third in the Ranger's Apprentice series: The Icebound Land by John Flanagan.

My Sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson
Apr 26, 2008

Award-winning and bestselling author Jacqueline Wilson explores the changing relationship between two siblings in My Sister Jodie. Younger sister Orla O'Neill has read the book for PWT.

 

Gallop! A Scanimation Picture Book by Rufus Butler Seder
Apr 24, 2008

Alex and Toby Bell are entranced  by a new book concept - Scanimation - and both loved Rufus Butler Seder's Gallop!

Split by a Kiss by Luisa Plaja
Apr 14, 2008

Luisa Plaja's tale of a teenager who divides in two when she has a difficult decision to make in Split by a Kiss, reviewed here by Lucy Bairstow.

My Brilliant Body by Guy MacDonald
Mar 17, 2008

Mathew Robinison, aged 11, reviews Buster Books' My Brilliant Body - Everything you ever wanted to know about your body with the added "yuck" factor!

Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
Mar 13, 2008

Claudia Minett reviews the last novel written by the late Siobhan Dowd - the extraordinary story of an 18 year-old boy caught up in the chaos and conflict of Ireland in the 1980s.

My Brother by Anthony Browne
Mar 7, 2008

Award-winning author and illustrator, Anthony Browne hits the perfect note for soon-to-be a brother Toby, writes Alex Bell

From Where I Stand by Tabitha Suzuma
Feb 29, 2008

Aoife O’Neill reviews  Tabitha Suzuma's gripping thriller for young teens, From Where I Stand