Recommendations from our site
“Rosa Parks, Maria Callas, Amelia Earhart. The range is amazing. It’s spectacular. I wish I had had this book when I was a child. In terms of female role models, it’s wonderful. I took this on holiday over the summer and my 14-year old niece was reading it to my 8-year old daughter and they just couldn’t stop. They were sharing the stories, they’d read one to each other and we’d be regaled with facts. ‘Did you know?’ Or ‘This chemist did this and this astrophysicist did that.’ They’re beautifully potted mini biographies, perfectly phrased.” Read more...
Zoe Greaves, Children's Author
Our most recommended books
-
Finding Home: Amazing Places Animals Live
Mike Unwin, Jenni Desmond (illustrator) -
Olivetti
by Allie Millington -
Akata Witch
by Nnedi Okorafor -
Circus Maximus: Return of the Champion
by Annelise Gray -
Father Christmas Goes on Holiday
by Raymond Briggs -
No. 5 Bubblegum Street
Mikołaj Pa, Gosia Herba (illustrator), translated by Scotia Gilroy
