Hi everyone, this week I’m giving you a review of an amazing book I read last year that still warms my heart and leaves me in tears! If I said the one thing I liked about this without reading the story was the vibrant cover, I wouldn’t be lying!! Now, if that has given you a reason to find out more… Please press the button below to check it all out…
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A Tween Booklist for you…

Hi everyone, welcome to this first week of January!! I hope everyone had a restful break over the festive weeks. My family and I will return to New Zealand in a few day’s time and I hope to share a bit of our adventures together in a post later on. This first week I have a booklist of tween reads which feature inter-generational relationships. I hope you enjoy the titles below!!
Continue reading “A Tween Booklist for you…”A Classic Teen-Read Re-imagined
Hi everyone, this last week of November I have a doozy of a review planned for you. It’s true what they say that the best things happen when you least expect it. And boy was I pleasantly surprised when I opened the pages of this teen book to discover a few of my favorite characters from the classics I had read as a child… oops… I may have revealed a bit too much here… press below if you want to find out more…
Continue reading “A Classic Teen-Read Re-imagined”A Trio of Tween Paranormal Stories
Hello everyone, the post this week has a small selection of paranormal stories I read over the years. If you’re wondering why I’ve got these separated from the others from last week, the main reason is because the stories are not just about ghosts, but also about phenomena that are strange and unexplainable! I hope to see you below if you want to find which titles have been included this week…
Continue reading “A Trio of Tween Paranormal Stories”We Are Giants by Amber Lee Dodd
Hi friends, this first post for September is a tween read that really touched my heart in a big way! I found this quite by chance a few years ago and decided that I liked the author’s stories!! If you enjoy stories about everyday life’s challenges but with a slight twist, then this is definitely the read for you!! Hope to see you below…
Continue reading “We Are Giants by Amber Lee Dodd”An eclectic mix for this September
Hi everyone, welcome to the month of September. I can’t believe we’re almost at the last quarter of this year!! Both my nieces will have birthdays coming up soon, and we’ll be planning for parties and such quite soon. As I didn’t have much in the way of themes set for this month, I thought I’d give you all a bit of a mix to your reading options this month. So… if you would like to learn more, click below…
Continue reading “An eclectic mix for this September”Worth a Thousand Words by Brigit Young
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…
Continue reading “Worth a Thousand Words by Brigit Young”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…
Continue reading “Tweens and The Arts”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.
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