WHEN LIFE GETS DARK…LET YOURSELF SHINE BRIGHT An interview with Ian Eagleton  Artwork by Melissa Chaib Can you tell us what Glitter Boy is about? Glitter Boy follows an 11-year-old boy called James, who loves singing, dancing, poetry, and his nan. He is full of live, confident and energetic. He starts to experience homophobic bullying…

Vita longs to write plays and poetry – but as a high-born girl in Roman Londinium, her fate is sealed: marriage and children. Then her father is murdered, her mother and brother disappear, and Vita flees from a shadowy enemy. Disguised as a slave at the gladiator’s arena, she forges an unlikely bond with Brea,…

The Empathy Lab are on a mission to ensure children are educated in empathy. On the 8th June 2023 is ‘Empathy Day’, which aims to inspire children to be more emotionally literate through stories and books. Part of this is their Empathy Collection which, as I’m sure you can agree, is full of incredible titles….

This week, I have some brilliant History books which cover a variety of different topics: These are hugely varied and show a range of both significant individuals in history and eras: let’s take a closer look at what each book covers! Earth Clock – Tom Jackson & Nic Jones Our planet has been spinning in…

There are such an amazing selection of non-fiction books available, so I wanted to start sharing some of these brilliant books with you all which may help you teach a range of subjects in – and out of! – your classroom. First up: Science! Big Questions About the Universe – Alex Frith & Alice James…

“Everything so far, if Peijing had to sum it up, was a string of small awkward experiences that she hoped would end soon. The night of the Mid-Autumn festival, making mooncakes with Ah-Ma, was the last time Peijing remembers her life being the same. Now facing a new home, a new school and a new…

“When sixteen-year-old Asha Kennedy discovers her older sister Maya’s dead body in their home, her world falls apart. Desperate for answers, and to stay out of the hands of the social services she grew up in, Asha turns to her hacker friends for help. Her search leads her to Zu Tech, the hit games studio where…

“When Jenny inherits her estranged grandmother’s cottage in Sherwood Forest, she has nothing to lose – no money, no job, no friends, no family to speak of, and zero self-respect. Things can only get better….  Her grumpy but decidedly handsome new neighbour, Mack, has a habit of bestowing unsolicited good deeds on her. And when…

“13-year-old Kallie Tamm can’t wait to spend a week of her summer holidays at the Wildstorm Theatre Camp: she’s determined not to let her dyslexia hold her back from achieving her dream of becoming a playwright. The finale of the whole week is a performance in the local village theatre. But as soon as she…

“The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this passionately persuasive and sharply funny book, Katherine Rundell tells us how and why. A swift flies two million kilometres in its lifetime. That’s far enough to get to the moon and back twice over – and then once more…