Rarely does a novel make me stop so often just to marvel at the sensitive, sensible and inquisitive sentences. The combination of thoughts is quite astonishing, and the translation
Fizzing with wit and energy, Faïza Guène’s coming-of-age novel Men Don’t Cry tells the tale of an Algerian family in modern-day France, spicing up the familiar flashpoints of
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INSIDE THE VILLAINS by Clotilde Perrin Recommended for confident readers aged 6+ or for the junior school (key stage 2) classroom. In a large, tactile format, this guide to the vil
It’s not often that you pick up a book that grabs you from the very first page, holds you in its thrall to the last, and leaves you with haunting images of the extremes of human
There is nothing for Alpha in Abidjan. No work. No hope. Anyone who attempts to leave the country of Côte d’Ivoire legally, even on a tourist visa, is met with a wall of paperwo
Join Walker Books, publishers of Alex Rider, Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, as they present the imaginative adventure story The Book of Pearl. Hear internationally acclaimed aut
A workshop to celebrate children’s talents as translators – even from languages they don’t know! Sixty local schoolchildren translate into English ten strikingly illustra
