book cover unicornia The first book in Ana Punset's Unicornia series.
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Reviews: Lauren O’Connor-May
Unicornia Learning to Fly
Ana Punset
Penguin Random House
If books had a flavour, I’m guessing this book would taste like bubblegum sparkle.
I had never seen a pinker book until I became acquainted with this one, which is the first in Ana Punset’s Unicornia series.
Unicornia is a place to which the child protagonist Claudia, and her parents have recently moved. As the name suggests, Unicornia is the haven of unicorns, created when the magical creatures were in danger of going extinct.
Several humans live in Unicornia, which functions as a small city. This book details Claudia’s first few days at her new school, where she must learn to fly.
With the help of her new friends, Claudia learns more about her magical new home and overcomes her fear of flying.
book cover dork diaries Book 17 in Rachel Renee Russell's Dork Diaries series.
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Dork Diaries Sister Showdown
Rachel Renee Russell
Simon and Schuster
In book 17 of the hugely popular Dork Diaries series, Nikki’s little sister Briana nearly ruins her life when she takes her phone and diary and sends friendship-ending level messages to Nikki’s best friends and crush.
It all works out in the end, though, when the sisters realise how much they actually like each other and come to a compromise.
The Dork Diary books are graphic-heavy, and the text looks like pages of a diary that have been photocopied.
My 11-year-old daughter is crazy about this series and checks it out of the library any chance she gets.
cover Anne of Green Gables The cover of Katherine Woodfine's retelling of this Canadian classic, Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables
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Anne of Green Gables
Retold by Katherine Woodfine
Nosy Crow
This retelling of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Canadian classic is shortened and illustrated but not modernised, thankfully, as some other retellings have disastrously attempted.
Illustrated by Isabelle Follath, this delightful retelling of one of my favourites has finally caused one of my daughters to become enchanted with this story too.
I’ve been trying to introduce my daughters to all my childhood favourites, with varying success, and not even a read-aloud session with the full version of this book managed to intrigue them − though it worked with others − but my 11-year-old declared that she loved, loved, loved this book.
Nosy Crow has been modernising story-telling in innovative ways and it has hit on another winner with this version.
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