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The Runaways – Booklist Starred Review
The Runaways has received another starred review, this time from Booklist.
I Am So Clever – Booklist Starred Review
I Am So Clever has received a starred review from Booklist.
The Runaways – Publishers Weekly Starred Review
The Runaways has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly in the US.
Aleph is in Kirkus Reviews
Aleph is in the New Books for Small Hands at kirkus.com
Where Dani Goes, Happy Follows is in Kirkus Reviews
“Writing with exceptional insight and humor, author Lagercrantz develops Dani’s emotional maturity in this story, giving her a growing awareness of both life’s complexity and adult fallibility, all the while maintaining Dani’s bone-deep optimism”. – Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Waitangi Day reading
This book is one of the most important in New Zealand’s book history.
Curiously Good Offer: Free Shipping Until Christmas
Sort your Christmas shopping with this curiously good offer!
Christmas Picks Chapter Books & Novels
After the picks for Babies and Toddlers & the one for Preschoolers, here is a selection of chapter books & novels.
The best kids’ books of 2018, chosen by top authors and illustrators
For BookTrust, Emily Drabble asked authors and illustrators including Michael Morpurgo, Cressida Cowell, Patrice Lawrence, Julia Donaldson, Alex T Smith, Nick Sharratt and Jim Kay the impossible question: pick just one out of all the jewels published in 2018. From board books to novels, 50 authors and illustrators picked their favourite kids’ book of the year…… Read more »
