Dani Solomon
Dani Solomon is the manager of Readings Kids
Blog post — 25 Jun 2015
The beginner's guide to Emily Rodda
If you haven’t picked up a fantasy novel since childhood but want to introduce your children to the magic of reading about magic – never fear. Here I provide a…
Review — 23 Jun 2015
The Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
When I was a kid visiting Adventure Playgrounds, I always entered thinking, ‘This place is built for me and in it I can be anything, and anything can happen.’ Reading…
Review — 27 Apr 2015
88 Lime Street:The Way In by Denise Kirby
Ellen’s new house is huge, it has a massive overgrown garden, it’s full of old furniture and it even has towers, one of which is mysteriously blocked off. After the…
Blog post — 24 Mar 2015
Three authors that remind me of Terry Pratchett
In an attempt to cheer myself up and make myself feel a little better since my literary hero Sir Terry Pratchett passed away, I thought I’d list a few…
Blog post — 16 Mar 2015
A tribute to Terry Pratchett
Stop all the clacks.
An entire world ended last Friday: warring countries; vibrant, huge, dirty cities; small villages settled by people with busy work-filled lives all gone. Individuals perished too…
Blog post — 11 Jan 2015
Dani Solmon reflects on Cat Out of Hell by Lynne Truss
I have to confess that even though I do own a cat I am not – as I discovered in the early days of my cat ownership – a cat…
Review — 2 Nov 2011
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz’s addition to Watson’s chronicles of Sherlock Holmes is so perfect that my naturally sceptical mind is struggling to shrug off the suspicion that just maybe Horowitz somehow found…
Review — 26 Oct 2014
Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz
You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes himself to know that Arthur Conan Doyle grew to dislike his creation - it’s written there in his stories for all to see…
Review — 22 Jul 2014
My Dog Doesn’t Like Me by Elizabeth Fensham
When you’re eight and you finally get a puppy for your birthday, you feel like nothing in the world can ruin your happiness. But what if owning a puppy is…
Review — 12 May 2014
The Adventures of Sir Roderick, the Not-Very Brave by James O’Loghlin
Roderick enjoys his quiet, uneventful life as a herbalist but luckily for us we meet Roderick on the day this all comes to an end – when he becomes Sir…