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simpsonrd
Mar 9, 20242 min read
Lie or Die - A.J. Clack
BLOGTOUR STOP When a casting call is announced for new reality TV show Lie or Die, Kass is tricked into auditioning by her best friend....
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simpsonrd
Mar 8, 20242 min read
Globe Defenders - Jonny Daymond, ill. by Marco Guadalupi
To celebrate the release of debut middle grade adventure series Globe Defenders I am sharing a special guest post from award winning...
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simpsonrd
Mar 5, 20242 min read
The Big Dreaming - Michael Rosen : FCBGCBA24 post
I'm absolutely thrilled to be sharing this book by Michael Rosen as part of the Federation of Children's Book Groups Children's Book...
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simpsonrd
Mar 4, 20241 min read
Hercules The diary of a (sort of) hero - Tom Vaughan
If Hercules Braver is going to survive his new secondary school, he has to live up to his name, fast. He needs to become strong and...
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simpsonrd
Feb 9, 20241 min read
Peng and Spanners - Steve Webb
Meet your new favourite superheroes, a sarcastic penguin and a clever cat with a toolbelt. Join Peng and Spanners as they investigate the...
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simpsonrd
Feb 7, 20241 min read
Paper Dragons - Siobhan McDermott
An extraordinary destiny unfolds . . . Twelve-year-old Zhi Ging has always been an outcast. Until she receives an invitation to Hok Woh,...
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simpsonrd
Feb 3, 20241 min read
Moscow X - David McCloskey
A daring CIA operation threatens chaos in the Kremlin. But can Langley trust the Russian at its center? CIA operatives Sia and Max enter...
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simpsonrd
Feb 2, 20241 min read
Mind and Me Going to Bat - Sunita Chawdhary
Going to Bat is the second book in the funny and perceptive Mind and Me series from author and illustrator Sunita Chawdhary. Serving as a...
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simpsonrd
Jan 29, 20242 min read
The War Of The Heavenly Horses - Roland Chambers
The Adventures of Billy Shaman: The War of the Heavenly Horses is the second book in a feel-good, exciting, accessible adventure series...
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simpsonrd
Dec 12, 20232 min read
Tales of Truth and Treasure Book 4: Dagger, Spear and Sword - James Haddell
Having spent her early years in a children’s home, knowing nothing of her birth history, Tia Trevelyan now has a loving family and loyal...
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simpsonrd
Nov 24, 20231 min read
Kingdom of Broken Magic - Christine Aziz
A whirlwind of a story with talking tigers, a knitting elephant and a sinister monkey. In the Kingdom of Broken Magic, who can you trust?...
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simpsonrd
Nov 21, 20232 min read
Start Small, Think Big - Mary Auld, various illustrators
Start Small, Think Big is a series that sets readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of...
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simpsonrd
Nov 9, 20232 min read
The November Witches - Jennifer Claessen
At the beginning of what is going to be a miserable, magicless month for their coven elders, also known as November, Clemmie is relieved...
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simpsonrd
Nov 6, 20231 min read
The Midnight Switch -
When Lewis's family moves to a faraway town called Barrow, he can't quite put his finger on what feels so strange about his new home....
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simpsonrd
Nov 6, 20232 min read
The Girl Who Became A Fish - Polly Ho-Yen, ill. by Sojung Kim-McCarthy
An absolute honour and privilege to be the first on the blog tour for this lovely book from fab author, Polly Ho-Yen. I'm already a big...
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simpsonrd
Nov 1, 20231 min read
Man-man and the Tree of Memories - Yaba Badoe, ill. by Joelle Avelino
A brilliant, jubilant celebration of dance, festivals, freedom and culture, this is a shining light of a story from award-winning author,...
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simpsonrd
Oct 25, 20231 min read
The Spirit Snatcher - Cat Gray
A brilliantly eerie mystery, perfect for those dark evenings and this Halloween time of year...I loved creepy, spooky Elbow Alley and its...
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simpsonrd
Oct 17, 20231 min read
Absolutely Everything - Christopher Lloyd
AN ARMADILLO the size of a pick-up truck. A 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles. A legendary Chinese Empress said to have invented silk. Bees...
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simpsonrd
Oct 13, 20231 min read
Scrap - Guy Bass
When the humans arrive on Somewhere 513, they discover that the robots sent to prepare the planet for Humanity’s arrival have chosen to...
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simpsonrd
Oct 11, 20232 min read
The Wild - Yuval Zommer
When humanity takes too much from the Wild it starts to suffer. For the Wild to be well again someone must be brave enough to raise...
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