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- == May's News from Bookbag Towers == ...for the second year in a row? Screen fatigue is getting the blame and this may be right. We think it's more likely that ebooks and ereaders are finding th9 KB (1,467 words) - 16:34, 10 August 2020
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- {{amazonurl|isbn=0553819690|title=Bryant and May On the Loose}} (2009) [[Bryant and May and the Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler|The Invisible Code]] (2012)1 KB (155 words) - 13:10, 16 August 2020
- {{amazonurl|isbn=1786891360|title=Bloody January}} 2017 {{amazonurl|isbn=183885679X|title=May God Forgive}} 2022442 bytes (57 words) - 10:56, 14 May 2023
- ...l being entertaining and fun to share, is perfect for highlighting that it may not always be a good idea to be given absolutely everything that you want. |date=May 20172 KB (397 words) - 08:36, 10 October 2020
- |date=April 2017 ...rfect size for a tea-break, although readers may get so absorbed that they may wish to brew another cup in order to read the next story.3 KB (528 words) - 15:24, 27 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...vers being just some of the dogs joining in the preparations some children may like to identify similarities with the original lyrics. The rhyming text en2 KB (397 words) - 16:45, 16 February 2018
- |summary= It's 2017, and now even babies are doing yoga. If you can shake the cynicism of it al |date=September 20173 KB (548 words) - 16:59, 12 April 2018
- |date=September 2017 And what Dominic does, as you may well have surmised, is a lot. He can meet this, and that, and do this, and3 KB (553 words) - 13:49, 23 September 2020
- |summary=A very first reader book that may be simple, but has a sense of fun that makes it a joy to read. |date=May 20173 KB (607 words) - 09:15, 9 August 2020
- |date=June 2017 ...darkness, across the river and on, along the underground railroad. But as May's secrets become harder to keep, she learns she must endanger those now dea4 KB (565 words) - 15:21, 7 September 2020
- |date=November 2017 Living in 2017 has me longing to live in some sort of futuristic Utopia, in a world of fre4 KB (742 words) - 13:46, 9 September 2023
- |date=February 2017 ...What better way is there to get a kid to look under something than say it may contain the missing object? In this case, a Chick has lost their ball and3 KB (461 words) - 07:36, 19 August 2020
- |date=May 2017 '''Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award 2017'''4 KB (635 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...ntirely passed me by since first publication in 2003 until here and now in 2017. This is very different from [[Free Lance and the Lake of Skulls by Paul S4 KB (689 words) - 08:55, 17 September 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...th the novels. This new presentation of the YA trilogy, while bearing the 2017 Copyright mark, is the 2004 children's novelisations, as far as I can make4 KB (679 words) - 08:48, 10 October 2020
- |author=Gareth P Jones and Steve May |date=August 20173 KB (524 words) - 08:57, 4 October 2020
- ...that answers some of the big questions about technology that curious kids may ask. |date=January 20172 KB (374 words) - 16:33, 24 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...all, was my thinking. If I'd had this book as a youngster, who knows – I may have come out of it differently, having been shown the diversity of the bir4 KB (597 words) - 09:29, 5 March 2023
- |date=April 2017 This book featured in our [[May 2017 Newsletter]]3 KB (476 words) - 16:33, 10 August 2020
- |date=September 2017 ...nds. There's Evelyn, an upper-class girl expected to marry at a young age, May, a middle-class girl with an opinionated Mother, and Nell, a working-class5 KB (778 words) - 09:34, 25 April 2018
- '''Longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal''' ...However, a book with striking visuals that strikes a chord with a parent may not always chime with a child. Is a children's book always meant to be jus3 KB (541 words) - 14:51, 30 March 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...ture. It is, after all, vital we know not only where we are, but where we may be going…3 KB (556 words) - 10:48, 27 March 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...years old, but an 'interest' set for anyone from seven to twelve. Now you may think a book that took me twenty minutes to read will struggle to totally a3 KB (529 words) - 08:50, 8 May 2018
- |date=March 2017 ...a bank, but in doing so interweaves his life with a group of hostages that may be more on his side than you would think.4 KB (648 words) - 14:22, 10 March 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...insisting her superhero husband took a day off. The illustrations by Steve May are great and complement the text perfectly.3 KB (487 words) - 12:17, 17 April 2018
- |date=September 2017 The news of the death of Sir Roger Moore in May 2017 came as a great shock: he was one of those people you knew would go on for3 KB (548 words) - 15:49, 29 August 2020
- |author=Michael Morpurgo and Briony May Smith |date=July 20173 KB (544 words) - 08:32, 25 April 2018
- |date= November 2017 Cleverly written, the chapters alternate between 2017 and 1991, with the friends' teenage years brilliantly setting the scene for3 KB (579 words) - 14:52, 4 August 2021
- |date=January 2017 ...wanted to write and then lost his way and meandered to a conclusion which may have some screaming ''is that it?''. The key questions raised in this book4 KB (667 words) - 14:52, 6 March 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone|(here)]], I took to the brand-new-for-2017 volume with my pen, mapping paper, and most importantly, dice. For the fir7 KB (1,226 words) - 16:11, 16 February 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...ther random journey spying on animals and their children. A double spread may have two of three different creatures and tell us some facts about them –3 KB (564 words) - 13:24, 25 August 2020
- |date=January 2017 ...provement. Readers looking for quick answers, bullet points or sound bites may be disappointed as Duhigg's approach is to focus on case studies, told with3 KB (548 words) - 19:39, 3 August 2020
- |date=October 2017 You may think me lazy, but there is an inherent satisfaction for book reviewers in3 KB (571 words) - 17:57, 17 February 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...r seller, Bella, Dan's love interest, to have had a more active role. It's 2017 and girls aren't objects that boys ''win'' through feats of valour. But tha4 KB (701 words) - 09:50, 19 September 2020
- |date=January 2017 ...breathtaking journey. The book conveys his emotions perfectly and readers may need a pack of tissues on hand as it reaches its conclusion.3 KB (534 words) - 10:51, 26 February 2018
- |date=November 2017 ...n’t think. So much of this novel is about ignorance; though the characters may not be immediately appealing, we do understand them. This way of thinking,5 KB (780 words) - 13:41, 1 March 2018
- |date=July 2017 ...n – finding some of them will require a very sharp eye, and older siblings may have to be drafted in to help. And that's not all! There is even a very loo3 KB (434 words) - 14:05, 28 March 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...out in your thirties and know who you are and what you want to do. Things may have happened a little quicker if you had read more books as a child all ab4 KB (721 words) - 15:45, 10 April 2018
- |date=March 2017 ...If a picture of a Ball bores you, a bunch of bubbles, barbers and babies may be more exciting. Seuss' patented illustrations and colour scheme also hel3 KB (605 words) - 14:34, 16 August 2020
- |date=May 2017 If you enjoyed this you may wish to try another charming picture book that portrays us as one united wo3 KB (492 words) - 09:38, 19 July 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...he North Pole - he gets everywhere. From jungles to deserts to tundra, you may come across Charlie. Would you shake him by the hand, take the gift he offe4 KB (650 words) - 14:13, 19 February 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...and asides are funny enough to have adults laughing (or groaning) too. You may well find yourself having another sneaky look at the book once the sprogs a3 KB (482 words) - 13:01, 3 March 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...hand on the back of your neck or the spine-tingling creep of fear that you may not be totally alone upon waking in the night. The often impish tone of the3 KB (491 words) - 18:04, 24 February 2018
- |summary=Two apes take part in a game of dare that ends in something that may be a little too shocking to small children, but at least it is well illustr |date=July 20173 KB (534 words) - 11:20, 30 March 2018
- |title=The May Queen |sort= May Queen7 KB (1,140 words) - 10:09, 18 March 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...ged lady who wears a pigeon on her head as a hat but is not as daft as you may first think. As you would expect from this author there is loads of humour4 KB (639 words) - 12:00, 6 September 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...me discovered, Molly and her new friends face new threats and dangers that may threaten their new-found freedom.3 KB (460 words) - 15:48, 20 March 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...surprising twists with a firm, forceful hand: this is a page turner which may well need reading twice in order to get a completely full picture of the va3 KB (553 words) - 14:06, 21 October 2021
- |date=May 2017 ...read. I worried that it might have been rushed out in advance of the June 2017 General Election and that whilst it might be of interest at that point, it4 KB (588 words) - 10:48, 2 October 2020
- |date=April 2017 ...g that they do have going for them is the slapstick humour and although we may not enjoy clowns themselves, we do enjoy watching someone get smacked in th3 KB (560 words) - 09:10, 22 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...his book is designed to applaud his ninth decade's arrival due in November 2017 (his birthday is 9/11 – that's the British 9/11, not the other one), and4 KB (602 words) - 09:33, 16 February 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...ture bride, a circle of courtiers and a mistress. History suggests that he may have sought to strengthen his none too secure position by killing his mothe4 KB (713 words) - 13:12, 8 April 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...othpaste on the mirror, or a flannel on the floor? It would appear that I may not actually be to blame and that when I'm at work all the bathroom items c3 KB (557 words) - 15:50, 28 March 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...friendly type face. This is designed to help more people love reading but may put confident readers off. However, this is most definitely a story for all3 KB (608 words) - 12:48, 15 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...o think about what they are doing. With this in our backpacks, some of us may have been inspired to go into the industry.4 KB (627 words) - 11:30, 25 March 2018
- |date=October 2017 ...this franchise. The third work may be the best here, even if that verdict may depend on how happy you are to guess the twist a page or two before the boo3 KB (560 words) - 11:54, 23 April 2018
- '''Longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal''' ...o he hatches a plan to learn from the best, however scary a beast the best may be. I don't want to give away the ending, but this book is brilliant and ha3 KB (476 words) - 09:28, 4 March 2018
- |date=August 2017 There is so much to look at in the illustrations I think a child may enjoy curling up alone and discovering more about a typical school day by t3 KB (558 words) - 08:32, 18 August 2020
- ...is inventively silly for so long, results in a wonderful book that perhaps may persuade new audiences for poetry. |date=October 20174 KB (689 words) - 12:22, 19 September 2020
- |date=May 2016 '''Longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal'''3 KB (584 words) - 19:48, 25 February 2018
- |date=September 2017 ...interesting enough to capture the imagination. For an older reader 'VIA' may seem at first to be a little too in your face. It is certainly a fun book3 KB (534 words) - 09:30, 16 February 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...on which the reader can see distinctly, from his intriguing past and devil may care attitude to his love for his adopted daughter and the responsibility h3 KB (527 words) - 11:20, 21 March 2018
- |date=June 2017 However, as exciting and mysterious as this early incident may sound, the plot was, unfortunately, as slow as the giant Xeelee vessel that4 KB (629 words) - 11:10, 20 April 2018
- |date=June 2017 As with all Despentes' work, Vernon Subutex may be challenging for some readers. Never one to shy away from the seedy under4 KB (633 words) - 13:53, 25 August 2020
- |date=February 2017 ...around the pairs themselves, as some are quite similar to others, and you may think you've found a match only to see later that your shades of green were3 KB (511 words) - 11:42, 18 September 2020
- |date=October 2017 ...ce or on the high seas? Sometimes you do not need to seek adventure as it may just find you. It makes perfect sense to me that if the teacher leaves the3 KB (577 words) - 16:33, 16 February 2018
- What a fantastic story. Many may think that A Pig Called Truffle would be aimed at girls. However, the stor ...is another Jasmine Green adventure: A Duckling Called Buttons and in June 2017 the third book in the series: A Sheepdog Called Sky. I can easily see a fur4 KB (602 words) - 13:03, 25 August 2020
- |date=February 2017 ...y inch of the page with his watercolour style illustrations. A given city may be New Delhi and rather than telling you all there is about this city, he p3 KB (592 words) - 09:11, 7 September 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...forward once more, but actually ends in a nice surprise as Little Monster may just get what he wants.3 KB (606 words) - 09:57, 14 September 2020
- |date=March 2017 ...'s a bird type thing. Books that show images of items, colours or animals may seem a little dull to an adult, but to a toddler learning about the world t3 KB (577 words) - 22:00, 15 February 2018
- Looking back over this month, April 2017, the news has been full of terrorist attacks perpetrated by lone individual ...arsenal that can be used to inflict harm in a number of ways. Nowadays, we may need to be more concerned about the lone hacker about to launch a cyber att4 KB (588 words) - 11:51, 14 April 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...ied political commentary, aimed at preteens, than the adventure story some may expect. Yet, this definitely doesn't make this book boring- it just means r3 KB (544 words) - 16:54, 17 April 2018
- ...pters make it feel like a quick and easy read, even though the plot itself may take a while to wrap your mind around. This is one story that will keep you |date=May 20174 KB (660 words) - 14:30, 6 March 2018
- ...pages as a whole, but as for instantly likeable verse for the young, that may be a different matter. |date=July 20174 KB (704 words) - 09:35, 16 February 2018
- |date=May 20172 KB (351 words) - 15:02, 16 March 2018
- |date=October 2017 ...ect woman', with the house, the husband, the children and the dog. Careers may be a little unnecessary in this scenario (the husband is successful, but he3 KB (534 words) - 15:01, 31 August 2020
- |date=May 2017 ...ef bio of each artist. Perfect for an interested kid, helpful for one who may nothing about art, and easily ignored for those who just want to draw and d3 KB (558 words) - 15:39, 9 April 2018
- ...ritish literary canon. By academics and largely for academics, lay readers may find some of the essays a little dense. ...collection stops in 2010, just short of the Brexit referendum. Reading in 2017, this seems apposite and I certainly feel as though my country is in a peri3 KB (538 words) - 10:37, 6 October 2020
- |date=June 2017 ...s-friendly adaptation, designed to appeal and cater to the young, and they may want for more clarity as to what they're seeing. It makes the volume, even4 KB (626 words) - 22:15, 15 February 2018
- |date=February 2017 '''Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017'''5 KB (865 words) - 13:07, 12 August 2020
- |summary=For once, perhaps, a slightly Hollywood look at Buddhism's founding may be justified, as this simple and decent history has both appealing visuals |date=July 20174 KB (635 words) - 08:11, 4 September 2020
- |date=June 2017 Who is Aimee Leduc? I have to be honest and say that though this novel may be seventeenth in series from the best-selling Cara Black, it is in fact my4 KB (634 words) - 11:00, 10 March 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...rations when Consultants say ''I know there's no evidence for this, but we may as well try it''…the list goes on. As time passes, the pain remains but i4 KB (641 words) - 08:19, 7 April 2018
- |date=May 2016 '''Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2017'''6 KB (1,044 words) - 10:33, 24 March 2018
- |date=February 2017 ...d with the glamour and enviable jet setting that many of us on the outside may connect with the profession. Via Kate Nuala shows us the dark, disturbing4 KB (707 words) - 10:53, 28 July 2021
- |date=December 2017 ...ed but not specifically named – and whilst many can guess at where Verheul may have taken his inspiration from, that vagueness allows the reader to allow3 KB (534 words) - 09:25, 29 October 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...d whilst Kleeman does build relationships well, it's something that I feel may alienate some readers. The characters inhabit an exaggerated world, similar4 KB (713 words) - 09:04, 7 August 2020
- |date=September 2017 ...y men, danger and mystery. I know, the lad is totally irresponsible. You may well know it from panto, or from Disney – and it's the latter that this b3 KB (547 words) - 11:37, 18 April 2018
- |date=November 2017 ...o have seen Fry back in his days of presenting QI may think that this book may be filled with unpronounceable words and slightly baffling concepts at all,4 KB (634 words) - 17:12, 16 February 2018
- |date=February 2017 '''Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2017'''4 KB (697 words) - 15:44, 21 February 2018
- |date=June 2017 ...y and the Pursuit of Sausages]], [[May Contain Traces of Magic by Tom Holt|May Contain Traces of Magic]] and [[The Good, the Bad and the Smug by Tom Holt|3 KB (556 words) - 14:42, 3 October 2020
- ...Go to Sleep]] is about a woman's search for her dead sister's killer. It may start low key (comparatively) but builds to something exceeding the sum of ...hat with our own greater paranoia as we begin to see what's coming and who may be involved. The thing is that, even if we feel we might, we in no way com4 KB (671 words) - 09:26, 11 March 2018
- ...mpressively gross recipes that cheeky children will love, but other people may find a little unappetising. |date=September 20173 KB (600 words) - 21:56, 15 February 2018
- |date=April 2017 ...about them. There are countless other tales out there to learn about that may be more obscure, but are just as exciting. I don't know much about New Yor3 KB (599 words) - 08:25, 7 May 2018
- |date=August 2017 ...n, for they met much later on, at work for the FBI. But if they had, they may well have camped out in the back yard. They made have read scary stories t3 KB (561 words) - 16:21, 28 August 2020
- |date=November 2017 ...interest. Hamdy may never tell us precisely where this one went awry – he may not know himself. But ''Freefall'' is a failure. Another year, another 1003 KB (517 words) - 12:49, 9 March 2018
- |date=September 2017 .... Things designed to save us may kill us and things we think would kill us may save us. Welcome to the modern study of Microbes.4 KB (674 words) - 08:15, 28 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...or will have had, a father. Of course the modern world and current morals may mean that father is not present, or not even known, but somewhere along the3 KB (573 words) - 10:03, 25 April 2018
- |date=January 2017 ...full of weird characters, weird situations and even weirder events, which may be a problem. To my measured, too-mature mind a lot of this became a littl3 KB (594 words) - 13:24, 20 March 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...behind so they don't have to see any vicious comments the mysterious Thor may have posted about them to ruin their fun. Yeah, right – as if the average3 KB (520 words) - 18:07, 22 April 2018
- |date=May 2017 ...s vehemence may sting and Ava's justification for not speaking to her twin may seem righteous, but the more we read, the more our loyalties waiver.4 KB (642 words) - 09:33, 10 October 2020