Joe Todd-Stanton's Unveiling of the Mystery of Black Rock

Morgan gant: As a teacher this is one of the best books I have ever read to students. Both KS1 and 2. There is stuff in there for all. The illustrations are amazingly done, the story is thought provoking and moving and it's obvious why it's won what it has won

United Kingdom on Jun 30, 2023

Kelly: Used this book with my class and they loved it, great story and lots of discussions to have. Illustrations are also lovely.

United Kingdom on Jan 02, 2023

Kyra Beaven: I love the fact the illustrations are so bright, bold and explain every aspect of the story. They remind me of Tintin and it's a mix of graphic novel/picture book that my students love!

Canada on Jan 22, 2022

Christy: Already loved this author/illustrator from his other works - Arthur and the Golden Rope, A Mouse Called Julian to name a couple - so I’ve been slowly adding to my collection. This book is a sweet take on loving the world around us and seeing the beauty in differences. Very well done.

United States on Sep 14, 2021

Amazon Customer: Great book: superb story with a moral lesson, great art work plus it’s an interesting story for a wide age group. Creative!

United States on Apr 05, 2021

Amazon Customer: Unfortunately did not arrived for Christmas as should.. but it is a beautiful book! We just opened it and my 4 years old completely fall in love with it! He loves enciclopedia style books and that was the second time he showed interes for a fairytale.. The paintings and the story are fantastic! Wish I bought it before..

Germany on Dec 30, 2020

lynda: I bought this for my grandson as he loves the books by the same author

United States on May 26, 2019

R. M. Fisher: The best thing about "The Secret of Black Rock" is its illustrations: they're bright and beautiful, with realistic marine life and a spunky little protagonist. There's nothing wrong with the story itself, but it's really three stories in one: a little girl disobeying her mother, the titular secret of the black rock, and the adults of the tale very nearly making a terrible mistake.

Erin Pike lives with her mother and dog Archie in a fishing village, though she's not allowed to accompany her mother (a fisher-woman) on her trips because of the black rock, a legendary boulder of massive proportions that moves around and endangers boats. But Erin is intrigued by the story, and regularly stows away on her mother's boats in the hopes of seeing it.

But one day, when the boat turns suddenly in the mist, Erin falls from the side and plummets into the water. But just when things are at their darkest, the black rock comes to her rescue – and it's not at all what anyone suspected.

So there are a lot of things going on in this story: an environmental message, a "don't judge things by their appearance" moral, even a slight feminist angle considering Erin's mother is a...

United States on Dec 04, 2018

Coconut Boogaloo: Beautiful art, great story, finely crafted book. I love it, my son loves it.

Canada on Nov 05, 2018

Michael: The illustrations are just lovely. Often the first thing that captures a young kid's imagination and whether or not a book is worthy of reading is the quality of the illustrations, and these are really well done.

United States on Sep 19, 2017