Hi everyone, this week’s review post is about an intriguing little story that caught my eye a while back. I’m including photography as an art-form in this month’s reads as it takes quite a fair bit of skill to master and create images. This story takes readers on a journey into one young girl’s life behind the lens…
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Tweens and The Arts
Hi everyone, I hope this first week of April is going well for everyone. Down here in New Zealand we’re getting ready for the colder days as autumn makes her voice heard around us with windy days and a few rain clouds!! This week’s booklist post has a selection of reads about tweens and the arts that inspire them in their daily lives. Press below to find out more…
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Hi everyone, this merry month of May I’ll be taking you and your tween into the world of The Arts. What I mean by The Arts are the main three hobbies that fill the lives of tweens and teens in those early years; music, painting and drawing, and the performing arts. If this has made you curious, join me below to find out more…
Continue reading “All About The Arts This May”Books I Read After Watching the Netflix version
Hi everyone, this week’s post is a booklist of titles that I read after I watched the Netflix version. Yes, I know, not the best first impression from a librarian, but at times, binge-watching a funny series or escaping into a movie keeps the heart warm. So, if you’re interested to see which titles ended up on this list, press below…
Continue reading “Books I Read After Watching the Netflix version”A Quartet of Teen Reads set in Asia
Hi everyone, this post is for all you lovers of teen fiction. I had read only a handful of YA fiction that looked suitable for this post so I ended up digging around for a few more. I hope you enjoy the short reviews I have in store for you below featuring some awesome characters and their adventures in amazing Asian cities…
Continue reading “A Quartet of Teen Reads set in Asia”The Ethan I was Before by Ali Standish
Hi everyone, I hope you all are keeping warm over there in the north. The heat is fairly bearable down here, especially if you live close to a beach. I managed to dip my toes in recently and found the cooler sea waves refreshing after a week of completing assignments indoors!! The title I’m reviewing this week is a teen title I found myself drawn towards. I hope you enjoy it!!
Continue reading “The Ethan I was Before by Ali Standish”The Water Castle by Megan Frazer Blakemore
Hi everyone, this first week of January I am giving you a review of a tween book I enjoyed towards the beginning of this journey. It was actually my first foray into that magical overlap between fantasy and contemporary. So if you and tween enjoy fantasy elements interlaced with family secrets, then delve inside.
Continue reading “The Water Castle by Megan Frazer Blakemore”This booklist is made of books with books inside them…
Hey friends, no, you have not crossed over to the dark of the moon or the twilight zone!! Never fear, I will try my hardest to keep the Daleks from attacking!! Yes, the title is a bit convoluted, but rest assured, once you delve further into this booklist it will all make sense. So, to venture beneath, you will need a wizard, a thief, a prince… and a finger to press the button below…
Continue reading “This booklist is made of books with books inside them…”Let’s go bookish this October
Hi everyone, welcome to a bookish month of October!! I know, it’s a bit of a mouthful, but as I’m pressed for time and on an extended holiday, this is what you’ll get. If you were after something meatier, you’ll have to wait until I return from my holiday. I promise to make it worth your while. In the meantime, please feel free to either go back to your Insta reels or press below to see what bookish treats are there for you this month…
Continue reading “Let’s go bookish this October”A tween series by an English tween author
Hi everyone, this week I’m featuring a post about an English tween author I found. One of the reasons the first book caught my eye was because the blurb at the back stated that it was written by ‘Eleven-year-old Libby Scott’!! A tween read by a tween author!! I HAD to read it and boy did it pack a punch. Press below to find out more…
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