Laura is a primary school teacher with a Masters of Education in Children’s Literature. She loves writing for children and regularly critiques the work of fellow writers.
Laura won the 2017 High Sheriff of Cheshire’s Prize for Literature, with an extract of her current work-in-progress (a novel for middle grade readers). She won the ‘Aspiring’ (unpublished) Picture Book Category at the CYA conference 2017 and was long-listed for the Bath Children’s Novel award in 2016. She has been published in the Hysteria Flash Fiction anthology and has had several short stories and poems shortlisted in competitions.
Laura has taught in primary schools in Spain, The Netherlands and England and she currently lives in Bath with her husband and two young sons.
Recent Posts by Laura Bridge
A Mouse Called Julian by Joe Todd-Stanton
Not since The Gruffalo has a picture book about a mouse had such a twist in the tale!! Julian the ...
Has Anybody Seen A Story? by Mandana Sadat
What an unusual story this ‘lets-find-a-story’ story is! Translated from the original Spanish, this book is a whirlwind of ideas ...
Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
Nowhere Boy: exploring migration Ahmed leaves Syria with his father to find safety. Max leaves The United States with his ...
Small World by Ishta Mercurio & Jen Corace
Nanda grew bigger. But as she grew, the world grew too. Small Word is such a lovely story of a ...
Up the Mountain – Marianne Dubuc
Up the Mountain by Marianne Dubuc is a Book Island beauty ...
Emmett and Caleb – Karen Hottois & Delphine Renon
Ultimately, what makes this book unique is the story and the way it is told ...
You’re Snug With Me
You’re Snug With Me is beautiful. Poonam Mistry’s gorgeous cover illustrations invite you to touch and feel. You want to ...
I Went Trick-or-Treating
There is nothing not to love about Paul Howard’s latest memory-testing story game book - I Went Trick-or-Treating ...
The Pony With No Name
As an eight-year-old, I was always on the lookout for the perfect pony book. I had to wait a good ...
I Swapped My Brother On The Internet
With a title like this, how could this not be an instant hit? Two siblings I know jumped at the ...
We Travel So Far
We Travel So Far: exploring the wonders of our wandering wildlife. This beautiful, hardback book (Laura Knowles & Chris Madden) ...
The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole
Cover: Zoe Perisco “Be careful when you throw something bad inside your black hole. You may find you’ve gotten rid ...
Laura Bridge – Best Book of 2017
Laura Bridge, versatile reviewer for MyBookCorner, selects her Best Book of 2017… My top pick of my reviews this year ...
The Princess and the Christmas Rescue
The Princess and the Christmas Rescue by Caryl Hart and Sarah Warburton is a clever and engaging rhyming adventure with ...
Oliver Elephant
Oliver Elephant is a delightful rhyming Christmas read from writer Lou Peacock and illustrator Helen Stephens. The story is set ...
Poppy And The Blooms
“Even something very small can make a BIG difference” The theme of Poppy and the Blooms, the latest picture book ...
Sophie Someone
Cover Illustration: Jan Bielecki At the heart of Hayley Long’s Sophie Someone there is a superb story about discovering who ...
All the Ways the World Can End
Cover Design: Margaret Hope “Did I just kill my dad?” Lenny, the protagonist of Abby Sher’s Young Adult novel All ...
The Song From Somewhere Else
The Song from Somewhere Else, by A.F. Harrold and Levi Pinfold, is a wonderfully powerful story about friendship for anyone ...
Murder In Midwinter
Cover: Robert Ball Murder in Midwinter, by Fleur Hitchcock, is a gripping page-turner, which hooks you in from the start. Described ...
Fly On The Wall
While E Lockhart’s book Fly on the Wall explores some controversial and challenging themes, this book is also an easy ...
We Are Giants
We Are Giants is the debut novel by Amber Lee Dodd that is being described as “A total page-turner” by ...
