The book we've sent our Cockatoo subscribers this month is a powerful and thought-provoking dystopian thriller. Here No Man's Land author Joanna Nadin answers a few questions for us about what inspired the book and her top recommendation for what to read next.
Clementine Florentine is a laugh-out-loud romp with a creative and hugely relatable lead character. Plus its packed with three of our favourite things: poetry, punk music and parrots! Here author Tasha Harrison tells us all about her favourite funny books, inspiring teachers and writing gross poo stories for kids.
To mark the release of Monster Max and the Marmalade Ghost, we invited author Robin Bennett to tell us about his own reading journey as a child and how he thinks we can best encourage reluctant readers.
This month our Macaw subscribers are heading into deep water with the mysterious, imaginative and hugely original The Monster Belt by Ruth Estevez. Here we quiz Ruth on what inspired the book, what she learnt about mythical creatures from her research, and which books inspired by myths and legends she would recommend you read next.
Our Cockatoo book for this month is How I Saved the World in a Week by Polly Ho-Yen and it’s just as exciting and dramatic as it sounds. Survival skills, zombies, a mysterious virus, an epic road trip and kids saving the world - this book has it all! We are huge fans of Polly’s books and were delighted to have the chance to ask her more about what inspired Billy’s story.
Our Macaw subscribers faced a tough choice this month between two highly original and thought-provoking books, including the Costa Children's Book Award-shortlisted Maggie Blue and the Dark World. We asked author Anna Goodall to tell us all about what inspired the book and which fantasy books for young readers she would recommend you turn to next.
One of the two books we sent our Macaw subscribers this month is a thrilling, mysterious sci-fi adventure that had us hooked from the very first page! Boy in a White Roomtakes the reader inside a virtual reality packed with twists and turns, raising some fascinating questions along the way. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to ask the author, Karl Olsberg, what inspired the book.
An Alien in the Jam Factory has it all - aliens, jam, doughnuts, snails, one dastardly and very dodgy villain, and one brilliant kid fizzing with ideas that will save the day! It’s a hilarious adventure, brilliantly illustrated by Jenny Taylor. We quizzed author Chrissie Sains on what inspired the book and which illustrated chapter books for younger readers she thinks you should read next.
This month we sent our Cockatoo subscribers Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire, a thrilling and hilarious romp starring one of our favourite lead characters of 2021. In this exclusive video, author Nat Amoore tells us all about what inspired the book, which other funny books she would recommend you read next, and what shewould do with a million dollars...
This month our Parakeet subscribers are reading a fun, charming and important book that is perfect for initiating family conversations about anxiety. The Worries: Sohal Finds a Friend is the first book in a new series by Jion Sheibani. Here Jion tells us more about what inspired her to create the book and which illustrate chapter books for younger readers she would recommend you turn to next.
Our Beautiful Game is a moving historical story, set during the First World War and inspired by the incredible real-life story of trailblazing women’s footballer Lily Parr and her peers. Here we ask the book’s author, Lou Kuenzler, to tell us more about what inspired the book and which historical books for kids she would recommend you read next.
The book we sent our Cockatoo subscribers this month is a fun, quirky and in places pretty dark take on the classic fairy tale genre. Here debut author Chloe Perrin tells us what inspired the book and what other funny books for kids they would recommend you read next.
