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The Beach Puppy - Holly Webb, ill. by Ellie Snowdon
A charming quick read about the arrival of a new sausage dog puppy (Coco) to a family, and the ensuing adventure as they visit the beach....
simpsonrd
Apr 25, 20211 min read


Arctic Star - Tom Palmer
Having loved 'After the War' by Tom Palmer last year, I was excited and highly anticipating this new release, and am happy to say I was...
simpsonrd
Apr 25, 20212 min read


The Tindims and the Ten Green Bottles - Sally Gardner, ill. by Lydia Corry
Book three in this charming series following the adventures of miniature marvels, the Tindims: Captain Spoons, Mug, Jug, Brew, Skittle,...
simpsonrd
Apr 20, 20212 min read


Another Man - Leslie Croxford
A captivating tale of the obsessive search for the missing chauffeur of an infamous Nazi, alongside the narrator's search for his own new...
simpsonrd
Apr 17, 20212 min read


An Alien in the Jam Factory-Chrissie Sains, ill. by Jenny Taylor
A brilliant mix of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-style crazy invention, but with aliens and a dastardly, doughnut-making villain!...
simpsonrd
Apr 2, 20212 min read


The House on the Edge - Alex Cotter
Where has Faith’s dad gone? Why has he left his family living in an old house perched on a crumbling cliff top? A crack has appeared in...
simpsonrd
Apr 2, 20212 min read


Bartholomew and the Morning Monsters - Sophie Berger and Ruan van Vliet
Longlisted for the 2021 Klaus Flugge Prize! 👏👏👏 https://twitter.com/KlausFluggePr/status/1359781583176269824?s=19 Reminding me a...
simpsonrd
Apr 2, 20211 min read


Alley Cat Rally - Ricky Trickartt
A funny, Wacky Races-style story from Ricky Trickartt, this will thrill younger readers as they follow Asta's mission to build the...
simpsonrd
Apr 2, 20211 min read


Tell Tail - C.K. Smouha, ill. Katie Brosnan
This is a funny and bright book telling the sad tale (sorry!) of Dex and his overly waggy tail that gets him into trouble... Dad tells...
simpsonrd
Apr 2, 20211 min read


Tragedy at Sea - David Long, ill. by Stefano Tambellini
Although everyone knows the tragic end to this story, David Long cleverly and dramatically retells the tale here with enough drama to...
simpsonrd
Apr 2, 20211 min read


Just Like Me - Louise Gooding
BLOG TOUR POST! Having a child who wears hearing aids, and seeing the delight expressed when she read a book recently that featured a...
simpsonrd
Mar 15, 20212 min read


Vampirates 1: Demons of the Ocean- Justin Somper
Thank you very much to UCLan publishers and Justin for including me on the blog tour for the re-release of the original Vampirates books...
simpsonrd
Mar 10, 20212 min read


Featherlight -Peter Bunzl
Inspired by real life young heroines such as Grace Darling, this brilliant novella from Peter Bunzl and Barrington Stoke packs a powerful...
simpsonrd
Mar 7, 20211 min read


High Times and Locomotion - Golden Cosmos, Nobrow Press
These are brilliant in both content and design from illustrators Golden Cosmos (German artistic couple Daniel Doltz and Doris Freigofas)...
simpsonrd
Mar 7, 20211 min read


The Outlaws Scarlett and Brown (UPDATED)- Jonathan Stroud
UPDATED 31st March 2021 as part of the blogtour for the book - thank you to Walker Books, Jonathan Stroud and Kirsten for including...
simpsonrd
Mar 7, 20217 min read


Shipwreck Island- Struan Murray
Orphans of the Tide was one of my favourite books of last year, and so I was very excited to receive a copy of this from Puffin Books to...
simpsonrd
Mar 7, 20212 min read


The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke- Kirsty Applebaum
Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the dead. But he pays a price for this gift – by...
simpsonrd
Feb 28, 20212 min read


Darwin's Dragons- Lindsay Galvin
1835. Cabin boy Syms Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the world-famous scientist Charles Darwin....
simpsonrd
Feb 28, 20212 min read


Thunderbolt- Wilbur Smith
I loved this...being able to claim that you're reading a book for school/work but because it's by one of your adult favourite authors you...
simpsonrd
Feb 28, 20211 min read


The Shark Caller - Zillah Bethall
We were very lucky to have been given a set of these as a class read by Usborne and I've been running a book club in school with my y5...
simpsonrd
Feb 28, 20212 min read
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