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The Mummy's Curse - M.A.Bennett
The Mummy's Curse: A time-travelling adventure to discover the secrets of Tutankhamun - The Butterfly Club Would you risk the future to...
simpsonrd
Oct 19, 20221 min read
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Daydreams and Jellybeans
Out today! What a great little collection of poems, in which every reader is sure to find a new favourite.... A mix of funny and serious,...
simpsonrd
Jan 27, 20211 min read
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Too Small Tola and the Three Fine Girls - Atinuke, ill.by Onyinye Iwu
Three charming stories about a young girl who lives in a flat in Lagos with her sister, Moji, who is very clever; her brother, Dapo, who...
simpsonrd
Jan 27, 20215 min read
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The Boy Who Sang With Dragons - Andy Shepherd, ill. Sara Ogilvie
What's happened here...how have I missed not just one, but FOUR, books in this series, leading up to this fifth and final instalment???...
simpsonrd
Jan 21, 20214 min read
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The House At the Edge of Magic - Amy Sparkes
A fast-paced adventure, racing through the streets of Victorian London, this is a funny, magical, slightly scary, and ultimately...
simpsonrd
Jan 19, 20213 min read
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Ghost Garden - Emma Carroll, ill. Kaja Kajfez
This spooky little novella from Emma Carroll is the perfect dark Winter's eve mystery, and will sit perfectly alongside other creepy...
simpsonrd
Jan 17, 20212 min read
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The Broken Raven – Joseph Elliott
Having loved the thrilling first instalment in Joseph Elliott's Shadow Skye trilogy, I was very excited to be asked to be on the blogtour...
simpsonrd
Jan 12, 20213 min read
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Another Twist in the Tale - Catherine Bruton
This brilliant follow on from the original Dickens classic quite literally does what it says, introducing us to another Twist...the...
simpsonrd
Dec 12, 20201 min read
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Amelia Fang - Laura Ellen Anderson
The most popular arrival in our house this year, we received the first book in the series as a gift from the very kind people at...
simpsonrd
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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The Lost Child's Quest - James Haddell
Just like the evil Mr Silverman, right from the action-packed beginnings of this story where he first appears, I was hooked and desperate...
simpsonrd
Dec 4, 20203 min read
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The Beast and the Bethany - Jack Meggitt-Phillips, ill.by Isabelle Follath
The best of children's literature here, and I don't say that lightly. This is my type of book...the type of book that captivated me as a...
simpsonrd
Dec 3, 20203 min read
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Glassheart - Katharine Orton
It's my stop on the blogtour for this fab tale full of magic and menace set on the misty moors of Dartmoor - perfect reading material as...
simpsonrd
Nov 14, 20203 min read
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I Hate Reading - Beth Bacon & her kids, Arthur and Henry
This is a really fun and clever little book for people who hate books and reading! YES - they exist! Cleverly introducing itself with the...
simpsonrd
Nov 9, 20201 min read
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The Haunting of Aveline Jones - Phil Hickes
I hope that Phil Hickes is writing the sequel to this as quickly as I read this first book, as I can't wait to see what comes next for...
simpsonrd
Oct 27, 20202 min read
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The Ghost of Gosswater - Lucy Strange
I read extracts of this spooky tale to my Y6 class in the run-up to our October (Halloween) half-term break, and there is a waiting list...
simpsonrd
Oct 26, 20202 min read
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Time School We Will Honour Them - Nikki Young
This great concept for a series allows children to explore events of the past through the eyes of four children who travel back in time -...
simpsonrd
Oct 26, 20202 min read
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The Secret Lives of Mermaids - Prof Anuk Tola & Anja Susanj
Reading more like a non-fiction guidebook than a collection of fantastic descriptions of magical mer-men and maids, this beautiful guide...
simpsonrd
Oct 26, 20201 min read
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The Queen, The Princes and The Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen's Most Enchanting Tales
This beautiful hardback compendium of some of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved and magical tales (translated from the original...
simpsonrd
Oct 25, 20201 min read
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Flyntlock Bones: The Sceptre of the Pharoahs - Derek Keilty ill. Mark Elvins
This fun, fast-paced adventure has all the ingredients of classic pirate adventure tales: treasure, maps, crooked captains, planks, boats...
simpsonrd
Oct 23, 20201 min read
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Leo and the Gorgon's Curse - Joe Todd-Stanton
This is a great take and addition to some of the traditional Greek Myths, looking at a 'Brownstone' family member, Leo, who inadvertently...
simpsonrd
Oct 22, 20201 min read
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