This idea certainly came from left field. It’s untypical, strange and unusual—the definition of left field apparently

After reading Narnia last week, a book from my childhood, I remembered another I’d been given for my sixth birthday; Rip Van Winkle.

One sentence stuck with me. ‘Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.’ Well, that's happened to me.

I re-read this book in the school holidays. Instead of practicing for a concert, I think you’ll agree, it’s eminently more sensible.

A middle-grade mystery always appeals to me, and this one’s set in Paris! Not only that, the protagonists are a group of canny time-thieves.

Okay, I’ve just unearthed Ferdinand’s all-time favourite musical book. I’m calling it now, as I don’t believe it will ever be beaten…

Naturally, I love fantastical animals, and this book was full of them. A mastiff in a suit, a Labrador in Khakis, Coyotes in army regalia...

When I first discovered this book, I was bursting with fruit flavour. Every type; banana, watermelon, strawberry, kiwi… strawberry and kiwi.

Being blessed with music from the fairies, might indeed be a curse—and there is a lot of that going around.

Orpheus, as a God himself, had other defining characteristics. Above his head 'there hovered bird in-numerable...'

The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making The first thing I loved about this book is the title. How fantastic,...

There appears no doubt about musical prodigies—there was something special in the water the day that they were born.

For fans of musicals, this is a book for you. No doubt the tunes will be so familiar, that as you read, you’ll be able to sing the songs.

The first book in the Land of Stories is not officially a musical one… however, there is music in it.

If you wish to be moved, inspired, and amazed by the incredible stories middle-grade authors are telling, this is certainly the book for you

Today, Ferdinand and I finished the very entertaining audio book of The Mystwick School of Musicraft. We enjoyed it immensely.

Imagining a place our music exists outside ourselves is fascinating to me. Where does sound go when we play it? Where does it come from?

Now, this book is soooo great. It is also for anyone—like most middle-grade reads—and I certainly learnt a thing or two.

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) thought about transcending too; but before I explain, I must tell you of a fun-filled fortnight.

A force of nature conjures all kinds of imagery. Leopard print tights, for example—fantastic, but they take confidence to carry off.