A review by Nalini Haynes Juniper limps towards New Salem, alone after murdering her father. Her sisters fled home seven years earlier, leaving her alone, …
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Future Friend by David Baddiel
A review by Nalini Haynes Rahul Agarwal misses his best friend who moved to Scotland. He’s also lost his inventing mojo after she used his …
All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
A review by Nalini Haynes Princess Amora turns 18 so faces a rite of passage where she must publicly kill a prisoner with magic. She …
Adam Egypt Mortimer
Today Nalini Haynes talks to Adam Egypt Mortimer, the writer and director of superhero movie Archenemy. Archenemy is distributed by StudioCanal. In New York City, …
Code Name Bananas by David Walliams
A review by Nalini Haynes This is the story of a spy mission with the code name bananas. It all begins with Eric, who loves …
Wolf Girl 4: The Traitor by Anh Doh
A review by Nalini Haynes Gwen is Wolf Girl: she can understand wolves, dogs and possibly some other animals. Gwen and Rupert are looking for …
Holly Godfree on why Students Need School Libraries
This may shock you , but I am passionate about books, literacy and libraries. So, when I met teacher librarian Holly Godfree, we talked about …
How To Make A Pet Monster: Hodgepodge by Lili Wilkinson, illustrated by Dustin Spence
A review by Nalini Haynes Artie just moved in to a spooky house with his mom, stepfather and stepsister Willow. Mom is renovating the house …
Future Girl by Asphyxia
A review by Nalini Haynes Piper is Future Girl and she is Deaf. The nerves to her ears stopped working when she was about 3 …
The ScoMo Diaries by Tosh Greenslade and Andrew Weldon
A review by Nalini Haynes In The Scomo Diaries, Scott Morrison is, effectively, Adrian Mole of Secret Diary fame all grown up and become prime …
Tosh Greenslade and Andrew Weldon on The Scomo Diaries
In this podcast Nalini has the privilege of sniggering and chortling with the mute button and/or her hand over her mouth while Tosh Greenslade and …
Betrayals by Bridget Collins
A review by Nalini Haynes Leo is a politician who, thanks to a passionate letter objecting to extreme bigotry in a bill under consideration in …
School Rules Are Optional by Alison Hart
A review by Nalini Haynes School Rules Are Optional is a whodunnit for primary schoolers. Jesse McCann’s jumper is missing. Later they find the corpse. …
We’re gonna need a bigger cup: take two
I have no idea who “We’re gonna need a bigger cup” is for. This card was a reaction to finishing my rocking card AND LEARNING …
We’re gonna need a bigger cup: take one!
We’re gonna need a bigger cup: take one! I spent several hours over the weekend making this card. SEVERAL HOURS. Then, this morning, I discovered …