Love and loss are a part of life, but loss can be hard to understand at any age, but especially for children. This lovely picture book...

I love a book which helps our tamariki to explore and understand their emotions, so I was thrilled to me invited to be a part of the blog...

We've recently discovered the beautifully bonkers writing of Ralph Lazar in his Total Mayhem series. The mini's and I loved everything...

The first in a new series for Dave Pigeon Author Swapna Haddow has finally launched! If you're a fan of the hilarious Dave series you'll...

It was a big night in the New Zealand literary world last night as the book world fans and glitterati got together to celebrate the best...

Sports fans, there's a new series coming that you're going to want to get your hands on! Horrible Histories meets sport in the new...

I was thrilled to be invited to close out the Blog tour for Darren Simpson's latest masterpiece - The Memory Thieves. Scavengers made me...

Imagine your life if you could literally never sleep! Your parents friends and neighbours try absolutely EVERYTHING they can think of to...

Being a big fan of Jane Austen's work this book had me in love from it's opening line. In fact the whole book has a feel of her style...

I'm probably the world's biggest fan of Alan's last book - Callum and the Mountain (seriously if you've not already read it rush out and...

This is a perfect picture book for Christmas, and a great addition to the Christmas Eve box if your family has that tradition. We do...

It's not often that you find a Graphic Novel about Wartime, and yet having discovered The Garden of Inside-Outside by Chiara Mezzalama,...

Tigers in the Tower by Julia Golding is the perfect blend of history and fiction, bringing a colourful period in England's history to...

Jane Hissey is well known for her beautiful Picture Book series, featuring Old Bear and his friends. The stories are gentle and simply...

Young fans of humour filled Graphic Novels are going to love this new entrant to the genre! It's great to have another GN writer...

When I was sent this beautiful book for review it elicited so many deep emotions in me, because i have a very deep and personal...

This is something I hear more often than I'd like when talking to parents about reading with their kids. Often the child is a reluctant...

Those of your that know me well know that I have a counter-side to my book life, and that is teaching Yoga Mindfulness and Emotional...

We love a sci-fi based story in the Book Whisperer household, sadly we don't come across enough of them so there's much joy when we find...

A book this size would usually take me around a week to read. I finished it in less than two, and that's whilst lockdown homeschooling,...