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...
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simpsonrd
Jan 27, 20211 min
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,...
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simpsonrd
Jan 27, 20215 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Jan 21, 20214 min
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???...
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simpsonrd
Jan 19, 20213 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Jan 17, 20212 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Jan 12, 20213 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Dec 12, 20201 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Dec 12, 20202 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Dec 4, 20203 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Dec 3, 20203 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Nov 14, 20203 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Nov 9, 20201 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Oct 27, 20202 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Oct 26, 20202 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Oct 26, 20202 min
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 -...
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simpsonrd
Oct 26, 20201 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Oct 25, 20201 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Oct 23, 20201 min
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...
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simpsonrd
Oct 22, 20201 min
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...
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