Month: July 2015

  • Completely Cassidy.

    Completely Cassidy.

    Completely Cassidy, by Tamsyn Murray. What it is about: “My life is a joke. Actually, that’s not true – it’s too TRAGIC to be funny – but it IS a total disaster. You might think that I sound a teensy bit DRAMA-QUEEN-ISH here but that’s because you don’t know the full horror.” So says Cassidy…

  • Angela Nicely.

    Angela Nicely.

    Angela Nicely, by Alan MacDonald. Illustraed by David Roberts. What it’s about: Three short stories. Three funny situations. One single-minded, determined little girl. Angela Nicely (about 6 years old, I think) is an engaging, if not what you’d call a well-behaved, girl. Her misbehaviour is not malicious (perhaps with the exception of getting her modelling…

  • Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone.

    Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone.

    Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone by James O’Loghlin What it’s about. Daisy and her talking dog, Ben, allow Daisy’s curiosity to lead them straight into an adventure that involves destroying the world…or saving it, depending on what happens. A blue glowing stone turns up in their lives and crazily enough it has a connection…

  • Brownies: Helping Hands.

    Brownies: Helping Hands.

    Brownies: Helping Hands by Caroline Palisted, illustrated by Katie Wood. What it’s about: Katie, Ellie, Charlie, Jamila and Grace are best friends who’ve recently joined the Brownies. Have you heard of the Brownies? They are the group for younger members of the Girl Scout Movement, though that group has different names in different countries of…