On a cold winter’s evening – July 8 to be exact – at the close of the Guardians of the Galaxy 17 minute preview I …
Children
The Cat Returns (bluray)
A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Hiroyuki Morita Produced by Studio Ghibli Writers: Aoi Hiiragi (comic), Reiko Yoshida (screenplay); English version: Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt Starring: Anne Hathaway, Andrew …
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell – the novel
A review by Nalini Haynes Author: Cressida Cowell ISBN: 9781444922219 Extent: 227 pages Subject Category: General fiction (Children’s/Teenage) This is not the cover I was …
How to Train Your Dragon 2 in 3D
A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Dean DeBlois Writers: Dean DeBlois, Cressida Cowell (“How to Train Your Dragon” book series) Stars: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler Watch this if you liked: …
Incy Wincy Spider Illustrated by Karen Erasmus
A review by Nalini Haynes Publisher: Hachette Childrens ISBN: 9780734415486 Binding/Format: Hardback Extent: 24 pages Subject Category: Picture books Remember the nursery rhyme Incy Wincy …
Eye of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde
Last Dragonslayer book 3 A review by Nalini Haynes Publisher: H&S (Hachette) ISBN: 9781444707281 304 PAGES Rating: ★★★★☆ 4/5 Jennifer Strange is a teenage orphan indentured …
Missing, Presumed Evil by Garth Nix and Sean Williams
Trouble Twisters book 4 A review by Nalini Haynes Missing, Presumed Evil is the 4th in the Trouble Twisters series for children aged 8 to 12 by Garth Nix and Sean Williams. I …
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
A review by C J Dee Cloudy with a chance of meatballs is about Flint Lockwood (Hader), a child inventor who grows up to be …
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan
A review by Nalini Haynes I love and adore Shaun Tan’s work. If I had the opportunity, I’d save and frame his napkin and envelope …
Loki’s Wolves by K L Armstrong and M A Marr
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★☆ Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy Curriculum Subjects: Fantasy, Folk Tales Grade: 3-7 Loki’s Wolves is the first of a series for children built in …
Pirates: Band of Misfits (2012 movie)
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★☆☆☆ two out of five stars The Pirates pins all its hopes for an audience – any audience – on …
Wombles by Elisabeth Beresford
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★★ five out of five stars The Wombles is a classic novel originally released in 1968, converted into a TV …
Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★★ five out of five stars The Red Wind is the first of the Kingdom of the Lost series for children; …
World of Poo by Terry Pratchett
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★☆ four out of five stars The World of Poo is a book that Young Sam, Sam Grimes’s son, absolutely loves. It’s …
Instructions by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Charles Vess
A review by Nalini Haynes ★★★★ Instructions is less a story and more a jumble of odd comments, mostly instructional in tone, blended into a …