The Call written by Peadar O’Guilin
Cover by http://www.blacksheep-uk.com/
Published by David Fickling Books in hardback 2016
336 pages in paperback ( released June 2017)
terror, death and unearthly beauty
Thornhill
written and illustrated by Pam Smy
David Fickling Books 2017
544 pages in hardback
greytone illustrations throughout
a darkly alluring mix of art & words
Today’s #ReviewMonday ventures into the colourful territory of animal non-fiction with Martin Brown . . . Continue reading
The Devil’s Paintbox
Written & illustrated by Robin Jarvis
Cover by Nicolas Delort
Published by Egmont March 2017
320 pages in paperback including map and pictures
scarily inventive to the point of weirdness
Hollow written by Lorraine Cannell
available on Kindle
and in paperback
April 2017
. . . a YA chiller with a spiritual twist
Mold and the Poison Plot
written by Lorraine Gregory
with illustrations by Tom Mead
Published by Oxford University Press Spring 2017
201 pages in paperback
He’s got a big heart
. . . and a nose to match! Continue reading
The Boy who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair
written by Lara Williamson
First published by Usborne in 2015
Cover and design work by Usborne team
336 pages in paperback
including a Q&A with the writer
and how to make paper cranes! Continue reading
Why I Went Back
written by James Clammer
published by Andersen Press 2016
288 pages in paperback
read on Kindle via NetGalley
a dark tale of magic, myth and undelivered mail . . .
Fish Boy written by Chloe Daykin
Illustrated by Richard Jones
Published by Faber& Faber 2017
294 pages in hardback