Today's discoveries.....

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll But it's the illustrations by Alison Jay that you must see. The gorgeous, colourful crackled finish makes this classic a must-again-buy-for-the-pictures!!







"Horowitz Horror: Stories You'll Wish You Never Read" by Anthony Horowitz He is also the author of the Alex Rider Adventures from which series there is a film out now called Stormbreaker ( I've heard very little except it was coming out last week, it did not make it to our little town so will catch it on DVD)




"The Spoon in the Bathroom Wall" by Tony Johnston is the only paperback on todays list, liked the cover a lot, on the back it says for ages 8-12.

"Tales Of Deltora" by Emily Rodda ........."special edition that finally reveals the truth about the battles and the bloodlines that forged a universe full of adventure. As an added bonus, this collection offers twenty stunningly lavish new color illustrations by Marc McBride" quoted from Amazon.com's description. Has two glossy gems buried into the cover which appealed to my child, as did the wonderful and detailed illustrations by Marc McBride and then there's a pull out map too, very cool.





"The Beatrice Letters" by Lemony Snicket. More details for the fans of A Series of Unfortunate Events. How many of these story offshoots can they come up with? Not that I am complaining, I think it is brilliant and very addictive, clever little buggers!



"The Silver Donkey" by Sonya Hartnett, looks cute with a classy, simple, older style finish that is a very pleasing change to the usual dustcovers. Not unlike the Sisters Grimm books in size and finish.

"Things Hoped For" by Andrew Clements is the follow up to his other book, "Things Not Seen".





"Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic" by Emily Jenkins has inside that it's aimed at age 7-11, has cute illustrations on several pages by Paul O. Zelinsky.






"Voyage of Slaves: A Tale From Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" by Brian Jacques is the third installment in the "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" adventures.






"Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and other Wily Characters" by Patricia Mckissack looks very interesting and has 9 tales in it for ages 8-12. It is a bigger book, similar size and look of a picture book but to be found in Kids Fiction like the rest of the books above.