Winter Issue 2016 (2)
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EDUCATION<br />
Book reviews<br />
Exploring great reading ideas...<br />
Bookseller Deborah Holland from Waterstones<br />
in High Street, Lincoln, recommends four titles<br />
to get stuck into this Christmas…<br />
Fantastically Great Women<br />
Who Changed the World<br />
by Kate Pankhurst<br />
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC £6.99 (9781408876985)<br />
This has been one of my favourite non-fiction titles<br />
released this year. If you have visited the store I<br />
work at or you are a friend of mine you will know<br />
this is no lie. I love the picture book format which<br />
vibrantly introduces young children to women<br />
throughout history who have tackled adversity<br />
and have achieved these goals none the less.<br />
As a mother of girls aged 4 and 8 years old this<br />
is a message I want to teach my girls. However<br />
regardless of genre or whether a teacher, parent,<br />
friend or child this book is brilliant.<br />
Each double page spread introduces an example<br />
of one of these Fantastically Great Women with<br />
very accessible facts and illustrations. From<br />
Marie Curie to Coco Chanel, Anne Frank to Rosa<br />
Parks among others. Emmeline Pankhurst is also<br />
featured and the author is related to her through<br />
her paternal line which is question I am asked<br />
a lot. This book is an inspiration and cannot<br />
recommend enough for children 5 years and up.<br />
The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo Egmont UK Ltd £6.99 (9781405281775)<br />
It is Gwyn’s 9th birthday and as well as the strange objects that his grandmother gives<br />
him and her bizarre proclamations that he might be a magician – it is also the 4th<br />
anniversary of when his sister, Bethan, disappeared. This book, set in Wales, starts in<br />
autumn and ends at Christmas making it a wonderful book for a child to start reading<br />
now. The magic and mystery of this story would appeal to children who love stories<br />
like Moondial by Helen Cresswell or Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce and<br />
the world of Harry Potter. This 30th Anniversary edition is very pretty and a great<br />
introduction to the fantasy genre for any child 8 – 12 years old. I enjoyed rereading it<br />
also and as it is the start of a trilogy I am going to continue to revisit the series.<br />
Animalium – Welcome to the Museum<br />
by Jenny Broom and Katie Scott<br />
Templar Publishing £8.99 (9781783706112)<br />
When the large format Animalium was published in<br />
2014 it was an instant hit with me and many others<br />
becoming a bestseller instantly. Any child (or adult)<br />
with a passion for natural history would instantly<br />
love it. With animal specimens curated and exhibited<br />
in this stunningly illustrated book it is a portable<br />
museum. Open to whoever and whenever they like.<br />
Imagine my excitement when a mini version of this<br />
title was released this year! It fits in - pockets, handbags, schoolbags and, most<br />
importantly, Christmas stockings. While mine and my kid’s favourite will always<br />
be the large original format (9781783700608 £20) this latest edition is just as<br />
brilliant. Perfect for your budding David Attenborough or Steve Backshall.<br />
Harry Potter and the Chamber<br />
of Secrets: Illustrated edition<br />
by J.K. Rowling and Jim Kay<br />
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC £30<br />
(9781847807182)<br />
The new Harry Potter and the Cursed Child<br />
was released this year and Fantastic Beasts<br />
Screenplay is soon to be published on 18th<br />
November not to mention its film. It would<br />
be hard not to review a book from J.K Rowling but which one?<br />
October saw the second Harry Potter book reimagined in this superb<br />
illustrated edition. Jim Kay manages to bring these characters to life<br />
further with stunning watercolours that will take your breath away.<br />
The second year at Hogwarts literally gets off to a flying start with an<br />
unfortunate trip in a flying Ford Anglia. This is captured beautifully<br />
on the front cover.<br />
I love these editions as you can read out loud as a family. Let your<br />
imagination run riot with award winning illustrator – Jim Kay’s pictorial<br />
portrayal of Harry Potter’s world while being swept by the magic of<br />
J.K. Rowling’s words. This is a forever book. A book for keeps that is<br />
completely ageless. Whether an adult, collector or a child you will be<br />
hard pressed not to put this and the illustrated Harry Potter and the<br />
Philosopher’s Stone on your Christmas list.<br />
Waterstones holds weekly Sunday<br />
storytimes throughout the year<br />
and has a programme of summer<br />
holiday activities too.<br />
To find out more: T: 01522 540011<br />
297a High Street, Lincoln, LN2 1AF<br />
Twitter: @waterstoneslinc<br />
Facebook: Waterstones<br />
12 <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2016</strong>
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