This book was my favourite in 2017, closely followed by La Belle Sauvage (which I reviewed here). Here is the blurb, my review follows. In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories … Continue reading The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden
I love fairy tales - stories set once upon a time in imaginary worlds, that take children in unexpected adventures and often teach lessons for life -, and I am a huge fan of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, so I could not resist this gorgeous edition that puts together four of the tales … Continue reading Four tales, by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Peter Bailey
Let's start this blog with a lovely fairy tale I read in October! I first heard about The Girl Who Drank the Moon in a New Yorker ad. The cover looked lovely and the critics were laudatory (plus, it got a Newbery Medal!) . So I decided it was a must read for me! I … Continue reading The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Kemy's bookshelf 