John of John by Douglas Stuart

John of John by Douglas StuartDouglas Stuart was born and raised in Glasgow. After graduating from the Royal College of Art, he moved to New York, where he began a career in fashion design. Shuggie Bain, his first novel, won the Booker Prize and both 'Debut of the Year' and 'Book of the Year' at the British Book Awards. It was also shortlisted for the US National Book Award for Fiction, among many other awards. His second novel, Young Mungo, was a number one Sunday Times

best friends Ronnie and Esther leave school together

'Snow White' Hafsah Faizal

Is this yet another example of suppression of the past in colonial history

and quietly poignant

 Lil loves doing yoga with her friends

The main character

auditioning for NIDA

Engaging in the arts improves the functioning of every major organ system in the body

luminous writing I discovered only recently

Three dragons

Archie Weller is a master storyteller

Kids will delight in discovering that wombats poo in cubes and that penguins poo in squirts that come in different colours depending on what they've eaten