As summer winds down and the excitement of a new school year begins, we’ve got the perfect way to keep children engaged with reading with these FIVE incredible children’s books! Whether it’s for relaxing after a busy school day or diving into an adventure during the weekend, these reads are perfect for young book lovers.
We have been so looking forward to this book as we absolutely loved book 1. Let us introduce you to the latest book in the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning series for mystery lovers written by Beth Lincoln and illustrated in black-and-white throughout by Claire Powell.
Shenanigan Swift’s second round of sleuthing begins with a burglary that takes place in her very home. Shaken by the event, Shenanigan takes matters in her own hands, but she quickly realises there’s more at stake. The simple case of robbery soon becomes a murder mystery entwined within century-old family secrets. This is a fun and quirky mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end!
This debut middle-grade novel has everything we love in magical fantasy: ancient sorcery, secret societies, mystery and perilous journeys.
The story follows Sam, who at 12 years old discovers he is a direct descendant of a secret society’s leaders. The Order of the Evening has always protected the world from danger, but now it faces a new threat, bigger and more powerful than ever before. Sam must discover his true powers if he wants to save the world. This is a must-read for anyone who is nostalgic of His Dark Materials, Percy Jackson or Harry Potter.
This is a beautiful and whimsical middle-grade adventure from the lyrical voice behind the award-winning October, October.
Tilda lives on the tiny and picturesque Island of Ayrie. Nothing out of the ordinary ever happens here, until a new boy moves into town. All Tilda wants to do is show off the coolest parts of her home, including the ghost-infested island just a (forbidden) boat ride away. But Tilda’s got a ghost of her own to tackle, and so the story is enriched with beautiful layers as we read on.
It’s a book of friendship, community and carrying home in your heart, with all the lyricism of Katya Balen’s voice.
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The award-winning Piers Torday, who most of us know from his The Last Wild trilogy, is back with a gorgeous new middle grade fantasy.
This time, we travel to an empire of vampires and werwolves, where a young werwolf Tibor and his friend Roza embark on a quest to find a treasure more valuable than gold: the Midnight Treasure. The journey is a dangerous one of dazzling spells, jaw-dropping escapes, plot-twist betrayals, but above all courage and hope are at the core of this story.
We especially recommend this to readers who loved Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures or S.F. Said's Tyger.
Our favourite picture book this month is the latest release in the Aliens Love Underpants series. This time, after having met dinosaurs, pirates and monsters, we meet DRAGONS who love underpants.
The book is colourful, so very funny and has brilliant rhyming text which is a useful tool when getting children familiar with phonics and new words. We love pointing at the different underpants all the dragons are wearing: spotty ones, stripey ones, armoured ones and more as the poor dinosaurs try to find a pair of underpants that can survive their fiery bottoms.
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