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simpsonrd
Mar 10, 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...
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simpsonrd
Mar 7, 20211 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...
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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)...
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simpsonrd
Mar 7, 20217 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...
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simpsonrd
Mar 7, 20212 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...
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simpsonrd
Feb 28, 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...
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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....
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simpsonrd
Feb 28, 20211 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...
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simpsonrd
Feb 28, 20212 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...
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simpsonrd
Feb 22, 20213 min read
The Undiscovered Writings of Marcus Preece - Edited by Malu Halasa and Aura Saxén
Two guys named Tom Bone. A spaceman speaking only lyrics from pop songs, confusing the aliens. A Gogolesque telesales agent with a dog...
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simpsonrd
Feb 16, 20213 min read
The Last Bear - Hannah Gold, ill.by Levi Pinfold
There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. At least, that's what April's father tells her when his scientific research takes them to...
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simpsonrd
Feb 11, 20215 min read
Can Bears Ski? - Raymond Antrobus, ill. Polly Dunbar
We love this book in this house...and not just because it's a lovely story, brightly and beautifully illustrated, but because there was a...
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simpsonrd
Feb 11, 20211 min read
An Illustrated History of UFOs - Adam Allsuch Boardman
This fantastic book, full of brilliant facts, stories and theories about UFOs is an absolute delight. I loved the style of the...
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simpsonrd
Feb 11, 20211 min read
True Adventures- Devika Rangachari, Kekla Magoon
These great novellas from Pushkin Press are action packed recounts of real life historical events, but told from a different perspective...
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simpsonrd
Feb 2, 20214 min read
Imagine - Patricia Forde, ill. by Elina Braslina
UPDATED FOR BLOG TOUR STOP 13th JULY 2021 - new content from author, Patricia Forde at bottom of review. This is a delightful picture...
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simpsonrd
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Maggie Blue and the Dark World - Anna Goodall
Maggie Blue is an outsider, both at home and at school. She lives with her eccentric aunt Esme, and has no friends other than the...
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simpsonrd
Jan 27, 20211 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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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