You’ll fall in love with Henri and cheer on Nancy as she transforms into a fierce fighter and respected commander. The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire took the number-two spot on The Official UK Top 50 and took the number-one spot of Hardback Non-Fiction list. One of my former bosses was Romanian and his Swiss wife said that his family’s behavior was very strange when they visited. You’ll find yourself immersed in a world of intrigue with the story of a British spy, Agent “Verity.

I think this is a great thing for the children to see as it shows them that they can do anything if they want to and having a supportive friend is great encouragement. Steve Antony - a graduate from the prestigious MA in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin - is the author-illustrator of The Queen's Hat and Please Mr Panda . We have so many similar opinions (and I spy a bunch that were included on my best of the decade list). From a childhood illness to near-fatal accidents to miscarriage, O’Farrell gives you such an intriguing look not just at how she has almost died, but more importantly how she has lived.I'm so pleased that a wheelchair user at last gets to be a bit naughty, rather than, as often happens, having to provide a lesson or example for other characters.

Another must-have picture book for the shelves of school libraries and bedroom bookcases everywhere. This is a wonderful book and I only wish I could give it 6 stars because it's in a league of its own. But when Kate and Peter fall in love, the two families must learn to confront the tragedy that ties them together.Looking back, the massive power of Silicon Valley will surely be a recurrent theme in literature in the years to come. John Grisham’s debut novel didn’t receive much attention until after he published the bestsellers The Firm and The Pelican Brief, but it’s my favorite of his books.

I particularly love the double page spread where Zibbo and the hero are at the front of a line of other children who are all also on wheels, and delighted that the wheelchair user gets to be the leader rather than in the background or bringing up the rear. The real question is do I just keep adding books as I read more amazing stories, or do I keep it at 50 books. This is a book about a boy and his pet dragon and all the adventures they get up to together with their friends.

Antony’s very genuine understanding of the preconceptions that disabled people can encounter ensures that any messages are spot-on; the approach empowering, understated and unpreachy. Within relatively few words, alongside elegantly flowing and expressive illustrations by Karen George, the Catchpoles convey a complex topic with a dexterous lightness of tone and clarity. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

Whether you want to use it yourself, or gift it to a friend, this book will be sure to get those feel good hormones and chemicals flowing through your system completely naturally. Some brilliantly narrated audiobooks that I’ve had the pleasure of listening to include: “Inside the O’Brien” and “Left Neglected” both by Lisa Genova, “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese, “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman, “The City of Girls” by Elizabeth Gilbert, “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen and “The Book of Dust” by Philip Pullman. A heartwarming tale that I found downright hilarious will be a popular book among book clubs for years to come.The character of the boy is refreshingly liberated from the all too common shackles of disability representation in stories (he’s not shown being assisted and his friends don’t have to adapt their behaviour for him, he’s not marked out as being brave, lonely, teased…. All about reclaiming your life through powerful choices, McKeown will make you realize it’s not about having more time, it’s about doing the right things with the time you have. As an older millennial, 9/11 was a defining day in my life, I was old enough to understand that everything had changed. Subscriptions for the 2023 awards are still open, and even though we have announced the Long List there is still plenty of time to vote for the 2023 Shortlist! Steve aims to create picture books that are slightly 'off the wall', books that children will laugh at and adults will tweet about, but most of all, books that he enjoys.