This week's book is an oldie but a goodie. A long-term favourite of mine and Ashleigh's, and Mitchell's new favourite, it's Pamela Allen's I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit. ---- I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit / Pamela Allen (Puffin Books, ...
The Best, Best Baby! {Review}
Ah, blogging. Ah, life. You fickle, fickle things. Four weeks after announcing I was starting a weekly children's book review on the blog, I'm finally posting my second one. I'm sure you haven't all been sitting around in suspense, waiting with ...
Princess Super Kitty – Antoinette Portis (book review)
Welcome! Regular readers may have noticed something a little off last month - I didn't do a children's book review.Fear not, dear readers! They are still here. But they are changing. Instead of reviewing four titles in bulk each month, I will now ...
We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride – review
Welcome to October! It's book review time, and I'm again reviewing the book of the month for the Pink Fibro Book Club, hosted by Allison Tait on facebook. This month, it's We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride. ---- We are Called to Rise / ...
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty – a book review
Welcome to September, and welcome to another book review at YLSNED. This month, I'm reviewing Liane Moriarty's latest release, Big Little Lies (which was the book of the month in the Pink Fibro Book Club, hosted by Allison Tait).----Big Little Lies / ...
Children’s book review – August
Welcome to August's children's book review! Back to the library, and back home with another collection of books for Ashleigh (4), Mitchell (1) and, let's face it, for me too!Here are our thoughts.----I, Trixie, Who is Dog / Dean Koontz and ...
Book review – The Best Feeling of All and Your Best Year Yet
This month, I'm reviewing two titles - The Best Feeling of All by Jack Ellis, the book of the month for the Pink Fibro Book Club hosted by Allison Tait, and Your Best Year Yet by Kelly Exeter, which was released in January as an e-book and has just ...
Children’s book review – July
Welcome to July's children's book review!This month, Ashleigh, Mitchell and I again raided the local library for some new (to us) reads. Here are our thoughts.----Not a Cloud in the Sky / Emma QuayImage sourceEmma Quay's Rudie Nudie made it into our ...
The Headmaster’s Wife – Thomas Christopher Greene (book review)
In June, members of the Pink Fibro Book Club read The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene.And in June, instead of writing a review to post here on my blog, I wrote a review for Allison Tait. Allison hosts the Pink Fibro Book Club on ...
Children’s book review – reader recommendations
Another month has gone by, along with a few more trips to the library. This month, I tracked down some of the titles that readers have recommended since I started writing reviews.Here are our thoughts!----Ruby Red Shoes / Kate KnappImage sourceIn ...