Showing posts with label Fathers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fathers. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Run by Sarah Armstrong

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Cas (short for Casper) has experienced some dreadful things in his short life. He is only twelve. His mum left him and his dad when Casper w...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Swashbuckler by James Moloney

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This is the cover of the edition that seems to still be in print This is the original cover with art by Annmarie Scott "If you really w...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

RIP Nanny Tobbins by Lucie Stevens

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I don't often read 'ghost' stories because it is one of a very few genres that I do not really enjoy but the author of this book...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

Just under the clouds by Melissa Sarno

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"Then I brush my notebook off and stuff everything in, fishing around for my Tree Book. But it's not there. The worn leather, with ...
Monday, April 7, 2025

Giraffe Island by Sofia Chanfreau illustrated by Amanda Chanfreau translated by Julia Marshall

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Vega lives on an island with her father. Her grandfather lives nearby. The island, when viewed from above, is shaped like a giraffe. "t...
Monday, February 3, 2025

The Falling Boy by David Almond

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"There were battered faded signs. KEEP OUT. NO ENTRY.  BEWARE DANGER OF DEATH. One had a silhouette of a falling boy on it." ...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi illustrated by Greg Hilderbrandt

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Any copy of Pinocchio in English is a translation from the original story written in 1883 by Carlo Collodi whose real name was Carlo Lorenzi...