Melville House Books

“UK children pick ‘anxiety’ as their word of 2021”—blares a headline in The Guardian. Of course they did, we mutter morosely. Have you seen Euphoria? The kids aren’t alright. But… Read more »

Did you know that a young child from an ethnic minority background is more likely to read a book with an animal protagonist than a human one of their own ethnicity? So reported the Centre… Read more »

Calmness and courage—two qualities most of us have coveted over the last year—are to be celebrated in the form of two new characters in Roger Hargreaves’ hit Mr Men series,… Read more »

Hot on the heels of last week’s juicy book-box scandal, Yorkshire pops up on our radars again today—but this time for altogether more wholesome reasons. Carr Junior School in Acomb,… Read more »

The Little Princess has been a perennial favourite with kids across the world since publication of the first book in series, I Want My Potty, in 1986. Following the escapades… Read more »

One in 6 adults struggle to read and 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health issue at some point in their lives. These are the findings of The… Read more »

This week it was announced that Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, has signed a seven-book children’s book deal with Serenity Press. According to a report in Tatler, Ferguson made the… Read more »

You might have heard there’s an election on today in the UK*. Brenda from Bristol: NOT ANOTHER ONE! Yes, Brenda, another one. Because that’s just how we roll over here… Read more »

Don’t know about you guys, but I don’t find Halloween that scary any more. The main reason for that, of course, is that I’m a literal adult, capable of rationalising… Read more »

Don’t you just hate it when you’re innocently performing an Accio summoning spell or trying to cast a Patronus and an evil spirit turns up instead, ready to drag you… Read more »