Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
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Mallika shares her love for reading and mentions her favorite authors, including Enid Blyton, Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and many others. Mallika enjoys reading a variety of genres, including detective fiction, history, historical fiction, children's books, young adult fiction, popular science, maths, fantasy, classics, and humor. Read reviews on..
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
1w ago
Here are my mother's second and third picks for Karen and Simon's #1937Club, two teen mysteries which turned out a lot more dramatic than she expected After reviewing a short story by an unknown author as my first offering for the 1937 club, I decided to look for someone familiar and an assuredly comfortable read ..read more
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
1w ago
On the lines of stories like Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, Elizabeth Von Arnim’s The Enchanted April, and Lucy Maud Montgomery’s own, The Blue Castle, where a change of scene and importantly nature bring about a life changing transformation in the characters’ until then dreary and oftentimes even miserable lives, is Jane of Lantern ..read more
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
3w ago
I received a review copy of this picture book from the author, Genna Rowbotham for which my thanks. Ellie May and Her Toy Dragon (2023) is a colourful and sweet story told (like another of Genna Rowbotham’s books I previous reviewed) in verse. This is the tale of a little girl Ellie May, who can’t ..read more
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
1M ago
For #MarchMagics2024, I finally picked up my very first Diana Wynne Jones and what an absolute delight it was from start to finish—so much so that I didn’t want to put it down once I started. It luckily being a weekend when I read it, I could do just that! While using a fairy-tale structure ..read more
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
1M ago
Maybe because the Dark can only reach people at extremes—blinded by their own shining ideas, or locked up in the darkness of their own heads. Set amidst the Welsh landscape and weaving in Welsh and Arthurian legends, Silver on the Tree (1977) brings to a satisfying conclusion Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising sequence where ..read more
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
1M ago
I received a review copy of this book from Nosy Crow via NetGalley for which my thanks. A cursed gemstone, a dark secret society, a colourful circus and a sweet sloth, all amidst nineteenth century Paris where a young Indian girl must find her missing father and solve the mystery of why she was so ..read more
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
4M ago
Thanks to the #Ozathon24 hosted by Lory at Entering the Enchanted Castle, it was after years that I cracked open the covers of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), a book I enjoyed as a child (and have read several times) and the only Oz book I knew back then. Reading it I realised how ..read more
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
4M ago
The second set of Savages back-to-back, though not linked with the first at all, except that both books have children in them with this one focusing on them more than on the adults. But before I say anything about the book itself, I just have to say that my new favourite word (noun/adjective, whichever one ..read more
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
4M ago
My thanks to BooksGoSocial for a review copy of this book via NetGalley. Written in simple verse and with vivid and appealing artwork, Lucas the Spy Cat (2022) is a picture and activity book by Samantha Shannon and illustrated by Lei Yang. The books opens with the story of Lucas, whose human sisters are ..read more
Literary Potpourri » Childrens Books
4M ago
My thanks to author Sean Anderson and Sulis International Press for a review copy of this book. A children’s/middle-grade fantasy–adventure, An Adventure Through the Togetherwood (2023) by Sean Anderson is a lovely story of friendship where our three adventurers, lost in the Togetherwood, face many challenges, learn (and help others realise) many things—from the relevance ..read more