Dani Solomon
Dani Solomon is the manager of Readings Kids
Review — 28 Feb 2021
The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel by Nicki Greenberg
Pepper’s father is the captain of the RMS Aquitania, a huge luxury liner transporting people across the Atlantic Ocean from England to New York. After years of begging, Pepper finally…
Review — 31 Jan 2021
The World Between Blinks by Amie Kaufman & Ryan Graudin
The World Between Blinks is the place where things, buildings, cities and people end up when they are truly lost. So it’s a bit of a surprise when Marisol and…
Review — 1 Oct 2020
Roll with It by Jamie Sumner
Ellie isn’t exactly looking forward to starting at a new school in a new town. Despite her doctors confirming that her brain scans reveal ‘no abnormal activity’ (yay! no more…
Review — 8 Nov 2020
When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke
When We Say Black Lives Matter explains to the reader why Black lives matter. It talks about what ‘Black Lives Matter’ means exactly and why it still needs to be…
Review — 6 Sep 2020
The Fire Star by A.L. Tait
When Maven and Reeve, two servant children, meet for the first time, they barely have time to start to dislike each other before the Fire Star – a precious gem…
Review — 2 Aug 2020
Found by Bruce Pascoe & Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
Found starts with a frightened calf in the Australian outback; he can’t find his family. The calf is very quickly found by a man, who picks him up and pushes…
Review — 30 Sep 2020
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
My first attempt at this review was basically an essay about why Elizabeth - the octogenarian founder of the Thursday Murder Club, and a woman who I am certain spent…
Review — 28 Jun 2020
Sneaky Shadows by S.C. Manchild & Sam Caldwell
Sneaky Shadows is a very simple premise, on one page the reader is shown a silhouette and asked to guess what it might be. The next page reveals the answer…
Review — 28 Jun 2020
The Power of Positive Pranking by Nat Amoore
Casey and her friends learn their local Mayor has nefarious plans for their town – plans that disregard the environment and rely on the town’s voting-aged citizens remaining disengaged from…
Review — 28 Jun 2020
The Lost Soul Atlas by Zana Fraillon
The Lost Soul Atlas takes the classic story of the journey through the underworld and flips it. What if, instead of a hero’s journey through the underworld to save a…