The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy

A modern classic today for 5-8 readers! Mildred Hubble is the Worst Witch for a reason. She’s clumsy, her spells always go wrong and even her cat isn’t right – he’s scared of heights and is a lovely grey tabby, rather than the traditional black! This doesn’t stop Mildred though, as she studies with her best friend Maud at Miss

Butter by Erin Jade Lange

Butter is hugely overweight. Massively so. He’s the kid who has to rethink sitting on plastic chairs in case they’re not up to his bulk, who requires extra large seating and a customer made desk in class. Then one day he sees a post on his high school class page that says he got his nickname for eating a stick

Kasper in the Glitter by Philip Ridley

One of my all time favs and a book I read and then reread multiple times as a ten yer old, I’m pretty sure Philip Ridley’s stories were massive chunk of my childhood reading and this is one my favourites. May I present, Kasper in the Glitter.

My Best Friend and Other Enemies by Catherine Wilkins, Illustrated by Sarah Horne

Yay, Real Life has stopped kicking me! I have return-ed – and I’m fairly sure no one missed me but never mind! I’m happy to be back anyway! And even though I haven’t been blogging, I have still been reading and take a peek at this one! Easily one of the funniest books I’ve read in a while and certainly

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

Dun, duuun, dun dun dun duuuun dah, dun dun dun duuuuun dah, DAH DAH DAH DAHHHHH! If you are any kind of a geek like me, you will already know exactly what theme tune I was warbling so badly there – it was of course, the Star Wars blasting opening march and it sets the tone very nicely for today’s