Presented in immense detail, the contents will delight and fascinate both children and older people.
Stunning front, end papers depict the sizes of the flying machines, featured together with their length and wingspan, beginning from the largest to the smallest.
This is a Handbook for Mounting Very Small Scientific Expeditions. That means, setting out to find hidden creatures in places not previously thought of, and learning how to identify them.
Boring is a word often repeated by children. But it is one that can be silenced simply by looking down to discover a fascinating, alive world at one’s feet.
Observology encourages children to explore the natural world through short excursions to find not only what is above
Author Taylor Jenkin Reid brings this quote to life in her historical drama, romance novel, which focuses on the glamorous life of former Hollywood hot-shot Evelyn Hugo.
Through her writing, Reid demonstrates that true love is unsuspecting, taking the reader on a wild rollercoaster ride of Evelyn Hugo’s life from the 1950s to 1980s.
The novel starts off by introducing us to Evelyn Herrera, a young Cuban girl who grew up in Hell’s Kitchen, New York, with no money & just a simple dream to become an actress on the Hollywood stage.
She left home by marrying neighborhood boy, Ernie Diaz, to chase her sunset dreams but quickly learned that Hollywood doesn’t have any leading roles for brunette Latinas.
The story dives into the life and death of Hannah Baker, a high school student who takes her own life. But before she does, she leaves behind a series of cassette tapes. Each one is meant for someone who, in her eyes, played a role in her decision.
This innovative narrative draws readers into
her mind, allowing us to hear her voice directly and feel the weight of her
experiences. It’s raw, personal, and often uncomfortable , but that’s what
makes it so effective.
The story begins when Clay Jensen, one of Hannah’s classmates and someone who once quietly admired her, receives the tapes.
Illustrated for maximum effect against a dark background, they fill the pages with their beauty and abilities between the Introduction and About the Artist.
This book is as much loved by the author as are the creatures featured inside.
There is passion and warmth in its creation, which is
reflected in each word and image that can be felt.
This is a reference and educational book,
The dawn of insects is estimated at 410 million years. The oldest insect-like fossil was discovered in 1919.
Stunning and superbly presented, Insectopia: The Wonderful World of Insects is compiled of forty-seven, double-spread entries, with incredibly beautiful, full-page illustrations. Pavla Dvorska must be complimented, as her entire work adds elegance to the book.
Meet Aggie Flea, whom you will immediately fall for, because she’s inquisitive, imaginative and
completely inept in most situations. Really, she’s a bit like Anne of Green
Gables in that she never intends to be troublesome but somehow always ends up
being so.
Aggie is ten, lives with her long-suffering mother and older teen brother, Jack, who thinks he’s the man of the house now that their dad has moved to London.
Dene is magnetising. An Influencer of great skill, propelled ever forward by her exploitive mother.
Tully basks in the glow of Dene’s interest and radiant personality. Never having had a friend with whom to share private things, and still searching for her place in the world, Tully allows this new relationship to swallow her.
Overwhelmed by the artificial world which Dene lives and breathes, she abandons long-time friend Kira, and allows her own significant artistic ability to become shadowed by all that Dene is, has, and can do.
Finding herself completely under Dene’s influence, Tully becomes outraged when her new best friend withdraws her interest.
This is a review of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Author Mark Haddon.
Imagine that you found your neighbor’s dog murdered in your front yard. You are
prompted by your favorite teacher to write a book about the event and your
methods of finding the killer. Instead, you uncover secrets about your dead
mother that change your perception about almost everyone in your life.
Christopher Boone is an autistic teenager living
in a town near London. His math skills are phenomenal and he particularly
likes prime numbers but does not understand human emotions and reasons for
doing things.
Red is okay, but he detests yellow, and this is just a small
glimpse of how Christopher’s mind operates.
Every Shaun Tan title comes with a mystery to be solved, on how to translate and set an age bracket on his incredible work. I find it impossible to classify. I simply allow myself to absorb and appreciate the thought-provoking aspect of it.
More questions are born than are answered.
Children will view it with an innocent and practical eye, describing what they see, perhaps more clearly than adults. Adults will dig, and deconstruct, and wonder at the complex and simple sides of Tan’s meticulous and intriguing work. I prefer to allow the reader to find what they think is hiding there.
The Puffin Book of Big
Dreams: Stories to Spark Your Imagination was created to celebrate Puffin’s 80th birthday. New and much-loved stories and poems, and short stories by children sharing dreams about what they long to become, makes up this amazing collection.
Every page encourages children to use their imagination to soar high; to become what they dream of being. And that a little bit of mess can inspire the most unexpected ideas.
Diverse in every way – culture, language and themes, gather together in clusters under six banners of Dreams: Dream Wild, Dream Bold, Dream Far, Dream Brave, Dream Kind and Dream Forever.
I am Lily and I love to read and draw. The reason I love to read is that every book is different and has a different idea/concept.
I also love to disappear into another world that is completely different to ours. It makes me feel as if I have this superpower to open a portal to another world!
My favourite books are Warriors by Erin Hunter, Wings of Fire by Tui T Sutherland and Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan.
I recommend all of these books to anyone above the age of eight or nine.
It’s thrilling to come across a book for children
of this quality and presentation.
