Hello, Here's a Book Blog.

Hello.

I'm a librarian who loves good books. I love children's books. I love young adult books. And hey, every once in a while I enjoy a full-blown grown-up book too! As I was recommending another book to a friend, she suggested I started a book blog. Maybe that was just her attempt to shut me up. But either way, I thought that I could share some of my best reads with Johnny Internet. You may like some of them.

And so, once a week or so, I'm going to throw a great book in your face. (Not literally; that'd be weird. And more hassle than it's worth.) Children's and YA books mostly, because I specialise in that area at my library, and it makes sense to give this blog a bit of focus. But hey, parents need books too, so every so often I'll be highlighting some excellent books just for them, too. There'll be some books that you'll definitely know (just because everyone's talking about them, doesn't mean they don't deserve people talking about them!) and hopefully some undiscovered gems that deserve more attention.

Every month, I'm going to be showcasing a children's author or illustrator whose breadth of work deserves applause. Again, sometimes they'll be well-known, other times,they may be new to you, but either way, they'll be superb masters of their field (because when do you get a mediocre master?).

And the first Booky Hero (right, that's what we're calling them, then?!) is...

Nick Sharratt.