You read all the Zac Power books and want something similar? You could try another series like Max Flash by Jonny Zucker and also the Secret Agent Jack Stalwart series, by Elizabeth Singer Hunt. There’s always books for everyone! If you like them then send us a review !    
                   

Our author Sandy says: ‘Sometimes I don’t. I make it up. The key to writing history is it has to be credible. It has to be possible for it to have happened and there has to be no known reason why it couldn’t have.
 
From my research I know samurai learned sword-fighting, wrestling, archery, horseriding, poetry [...]

Halloween had just finished when I came across this book. It’s a compilation of not 2 or 3 but 10 ghost stories! I was so beside myself that I immediately found a corner and read it. If you like to feel shivers down your spine and tremors to your toes then this book is for [...]

Dogs are delightful. Cats are cute. And fish are fun. But the best pet of all is…..a DINOSAUR! Buying, training & caring for your dinosaur by Laura Joy Rennert has all the tips. Hmm, what kind of dino should you choose? Spiky, armoured, humongous, pea-brained, plant-eating? How do you take care of him once he’s [...]

   Never. But it’s true some research tasks are more fun than others. I love sitting in the library reading about long ago times. Especially if there are swords involved. Did you know samurai swordmakers once tested their blades on criminals from the jail?
I also love visual research – whether it’s documentaries, YouTube clips or [...]

My name is Sandy Fussell and I write historical fiction – books set in the past. Polar Boy is about a brother and sister who lived above the Arctic Circle 800 years ago and the Samurai Kids lived in Japan almost 400 years ago. I write about ancient history because I find it interesting. I [...]

Have you meet Henry before? Henry lives in an extraordinary house. If you want to check it out step inside (wipe your feet first) and discover all the fact-packed, fun-packed information about dinosaurs in Dinosaurs by Philip Ardagh. This book is in a comic style with lots of fun pictures, so join Henry as he makes some [...]

It turns out that we are not the only smart creatures in this planet. Animals also have some extraordinary abilities at being clever, as I had read in The Smartest Animals on the Planet, by Dr Sally Boysen. Bees have a special dance they do to show other bees the locations of flowers,  but not as [...]

You’re just a kid, right? So what can you do to change the world? Well then check out Teach your Granny to Text & other ways to change the world. This book was created by thousands of children but it has to be finished by one person in particular (you!). You can test your teacher, make [...]

This book contains strange facts about mummified cats that will purr throughout eternity or our controversial cousin the Neanderthal or the strange way anglerfish falls in love and maybe we might all have Martian ancestors. It has loads and loads of other strange stories and awesome and funny illustrations. The book is called “How Weird [...]