Shevolution is a powerful and uplifting book which shines a light on women who found the courage to speak up, stand out, and shape the course of history across an incredible span of 200,000 years.
Lizzy has dreams of being a famous inventor, but her pet hamster has escaped, and she has to invent something to find him. With help from her babysitter and fellow inventor Ruby, Lizzy learns all about the skills required to become an inventor, how to follow a checklist, and how to consider the audience, safety, and sustainability of anything you might invent.
When Santa’s sleigh crashes through their ceiling at Christmas, three glamorous drag queens, Candy Kane, Connie Fir, Snow Ball and Candy’s young nephew Ollie help Santa to rediscover his sparkle by giving him a fabulous festive glow-up to help him find his joy and save Christmas.
Making it Up as you Go Along is a guide for children who are interested in creative writing, featuring great advice and practical exercises to ignite the imagination and answer that eternal question from children to authors – ‘Where do you get your ideas?’
Folklore, Love, Heartache, Revenge and Peace; these eras make up this Taylor Swift inspired book of poetry. Tied together by a concern for (mostly failed) relationships, the collected poems invite readers to spend some time feeling their feelings, and to maybe gain some new perspective and some comfort from the poets that came before.
This book is an inventive collection of short stories that start not at the beginning, but in the middle, right at the ‘good bit’ of the story. The stories are short and snappy and encourage readers to imagine what happened before and after this bit, to think creatively and maybe even inspire young writers.
This heartwarming addition to the Puddle & Lettuce series celebrates the joy of friendship, courage, and empathy through the adventures of two inseparable best friends – Puddle the frog and Lettuce the snail.
Nibbles the Very Hungry Book Monster is a brilliantly inventive and wildly imaginative picturebook that takes young readers on an interactive adventure through the world of books. Chaos ensues when this mischievous monster nibbles his way into classic fairy tales, causing mayhem as he rewrites the endings in hilariously unexpected ways and turns story time into an adventure.
Roohi’s grandfather, Neeka Baba, is a master player of the rabab, a traditional stringed instrument from Pakistan. She loves listening to him play with a clap-de-clap-clap rhythm and hearing the songs of her ancestors. Roohi takes daily lessons from Neeka Baba, and dreams of playing just like him at her school’s Eid concert. But when Neeka Baba falls ill, Roohi must continue on her own.
This book is packed with material for the young sleuth who is interested in ghosts, the supernatural and, indeed, in history and folklore. Written in a very accessible style, each double-page spread deals with a different aspect of the topic of ghosts. There is a wealth of information about everything from timeslips, to spirit photography, to enduring legends.
