Recommended Reads for May 2012

Check out the reviews section of our website for the latest recommended reads - from children's fiction to poetry and classic reads we're sure there is something for everyone. We also welcome your reviews too - email them to 'Reviews' at info@bookapoet.co.uk and we'll let you know when we use it!

Below are the titles we recommended during May 2012:

‘Foxly's Feast’ by Owen Davey (Templar Publishing)

‘Banjo’ by Samantha Wynne-Rydderch (Picador Poetry)
‘Cinders: The Lunar Chronicles’ by Marissa Meyer (Puffin)
‘Department 19’ by Will Hill (Harper Collins Children’s Books)

‘I Spy with My Little Eye’ by Edward Gibbs (Templar Publishing)

'The Queen’ by Richard Brassey (Orion Books)

‘For My Beautiful Black Sister’ by Nathan B. Brooken (Self-Published)

'Legend' by Marie Lu (Razorbill at Penguin Books)
‘Bob’s Best Ever Friend’ by Simon Bartram (Templar Publishing)
‘What a Catch’ by David R Mellor (Mellordramatic)

 


June's recommended reads will start to appear on the website from next week. A selection of reviews will be published here too, as well as on our Facebook page and links from our Twitter account.

If you'd like to send us a book to review or have a book review you'd like us to publish, please email us at info@bookapoet.co.uk.

‘The Queen’
By Richard Brassey
Published by Orion Books on 5th April 2012
RRP £4.99 (paperback)
ISBN 9781444001273
Reviewed by Lynsey Evans

This is a great little book, one I had a lot of fun reading with and without my daughter! It really reminds me of the Horrible Histories series, but it’s a much more friendly version, cram-packed with facts and brilliant illustrations. 
 

It’s ideal for primary school children who want to learn more about our monarch in an interesting, informative and entertaining way. After reading ‘The Queen’, readers will know much more about her from quirky facts, such as her grandfather’s nickname for her and her likes and dislikes, to historical facts, such as her family tree and how many Prime Ministers she’s seen during her reign.

My daughter really liked the illustrations and learnt from the book as we read it together. She now knows much more about the ‘lady on money and stamps’ and it’s great that she’ll be celebrating the Jubilee with an insight to Elizabeth II’s reign.

Whether you read this book in preparation for the Diamond Jubilee or after the event, it’s brilliant book that makes understanding our current monarchy much easier for children.

 

Richard Brassey has also written and illustrated other books about historical figures, such as Robin Hood, Elizabeth I and Henry VIII that you'll also enjoy. 'King Arthur' is out this summer too!

Highly recommended for readers aged 5+