5 Middle Grade Books for Christmas

Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 11) by Jeff Kinney ($10.50) This first title will come as no surprise to parents or carers of children who are fans of the phenomenally successful series – they probably put their requests in months ago. It’s priced very reasonably, too. A great stocking filler. Wormwood Mire by Judith Rossell…

5 Picture Books for Christmas

The Patchwork Bike by Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van T Rudd ($18.80) Here is the synopsis for The Patchwork Bike: When you live in a village at the edge of the No-Go Desert, you need to make your own fun. That’s when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using…

What I’m Reading November 2016

This hasn’t been a great month for reading. I’ve been preoccupied with keynote writing (keep your eyes peeled for this coming Thursday’s post), among other things. When I’ve found myself with some time to pick up a title, I soon put it back down again. This doesn’t reflect on their quality, more on the lack of…