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Beautifully Bonkers!
We've recently discovered the beautifully bonkers writing of Ralph Lazar in his Total Mayhem series. The mini's and I loved everything...

The Book Whisperer
Mar 26, 20221 min read
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Between green and red, fight don't forget.....
I was thrilled to be invited to close out the Blog tour for Darren Simpson's latest masterpiece - The Memory Thieves. Scavengers made me...

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Aug 8, 20213 min read
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Jane Austen for the Modern Girl. Blog Tour for Jane Austen Investigates.
Being a big fan of Jane Austen's work this book had me in love from it's opening line. In fact the whole book has a feel of her style...

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Apr 24, 20212 min read
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Darkness & Light in Jack's Well...
I'm probably the world's biggest fan of Alan's last book - Callum and the Mountain (seriously if you've not already read it rush out and...

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Oct 14, 20202 min read
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The Garden of Inside-Outside
It's not often that you find a Graphic Novel about Wartime, and yet having discovered The Garden of Inside-Outside by Chiara Mezzalama,...

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Sep 25, 20202 min read
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History Brought to Life
Tigers in the Tower by Julia Golding is the perfect blend of history and fiction, bringing a colourful period in England's history to...

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Sep 22, 20202 min read
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I Don't Like Kids Books.
This is something I hear more often than I'd like when talking to parents about reading with their kids. Often the child is a reluctant...

The Book Whisperer
Jun 20, 20208 min read
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Are YOU a Troofriend?
We love a sci-fi based story in the Book Whisperer household, sadly we don't come across enough of them so there's much joy when we find...

The Book Whisperer
May 13, 20202 min read
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A dark adventure for kids - that adults need to read.
A book this size would usually take me around a week to read. I finished it in less than two, and that's whilst lockdown homeschooling,...

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May 11, 20202 min read
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All the Feels with Monkey.
Just like Charlie and Me, Mark Lowery takes us on an emotional Journey in Eating Chips with Monkey. The story introduces us to Daniel, a...

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May 7, 20202 min read
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The Ultimate Lockdown Antidote!
Bored with staying in? Parent's driving you mad with telling you to get of the tech and do something to expand your brain? Missing the...

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May 6, 20202 min read
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Turning Nightmares into Adventures!
Tom Percival is brilliant at writing picture books for children that deal with emotions and how to recognise and deal with them, they are...

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May 6, 20202 min read
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Don't wait for the clocks to stop...
A.M Howell has created a work of mystery and intrigue in The House of One Hundred Clocks. Helena, her parrot Orbit and her Father, move...

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May 6, 20201 min read
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Embrace the Dark side...
My latest read Evernight by Ross Mackenzie, immediately grabbed me by the throat and pulled me in from the very first chapter. This is...

The Book Whisperer
Apr 23, 20201 min read
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Slugboy, the superhero you can relate to!
Oh - I really felt for Murdo, the hero of our story. He desperately wants to join the ranks of Scotland's most impressive Superheroes...

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Mar 10, 20202 min read
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