Leila and the Blue Fox: An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of JULIA AND THE SHARK

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This book is beautifully written, and the blending of Leila reflecting back on her past, along with her current adventures with the fox is mesmerising. The dynamic is frayed and ever-shifting; Leila hasn't seen her mother in six years and is desperate for answers.

It's a beautiful book, lovely illustrations, and with elements to the story that I hadn't realised were there, as they're not in the synopsis. Kiran Millwood Hargrave was born in Surrey in 1990, and her earliest ambition was to be a cat, closely followed by a cat-owner or the first woman on Mars.Together with her mom and the crew of other scientists, the girl sets off for an engaging, challenging, and dangerous trip. A fabulous collection of all time short story greats - including Dickens, Ian McEwan, Alice Munro, Roald Dahl, Kate Atkinson and so much more. I came across her children’s novels last summer when my granddaughter, then 10, told me that her favourite book was A Girl of Ink and Stars. Whether you are suffering from loneliness, lack of courage, heartbreak, hopelessness, or even from an excess of ego, there is something here to ease your pain. This is the second middle grade pairing of wife and husband, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Tom de Freston.

Pritchett, Thomas Pynchon, Muriel Spark and Colm Toibin, That Glimpse of Truth is the biggest, most handsome collection of short fiction in print today. In the years since he first had the idea of prescribing short, powerful poems for all manner of spiritual ailments, William Sieghart has taken his Poetry Pharmacy around the length and breadth of Britain, into the pages of the Guardian, onto BBC Radio 4 and onto the television, honing his prescriptions all the time. Her fourth poetry collection OE, a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice in collaboration with the artist Tom de Freston, was published by Bloomsbury in October 2017.Alongside the stories of these journeys, the ever-changing issues of climate change, migration, immigration and mental health are also explored.

and Miso , unaware of the miles she has to cover, ‘is full of needs she has no names for, and follows them like a magnet toward its true North. Leila And The Blue Fox, Kiran Millwood Hargrave ( paperback October 2023) €15,95 Come with an Arctic fox on a breathtaking journey .Throughout this story, we are able to see the journey of a child getting to reconnect with her mother and the development in their relationship, as well getting taken on the journey of a young artic fox, forced to journey thousands of miles to ensure their survival. Yesterday a parent came over to tell me how impressed she was by the book fair and that you did a fabulous job of selling the books to the children first. These details breathe life into each environment, making them more than just a backdrop to the story. Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children, teenagers and adults, and has written many plays for radio, theatre and television. Julia is staying with her parents on the tiny island of Unst, where her father is repairing the lighthouse.