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The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey

June 19, 2019

Good deeds. Whether you like it or not. Four animals with reputations for being bad guys – wolf, snake, piranha and shark – decide to become good guys by carrying out kind and generous deeds. What could possibly go wrong?!… These chapter books are not just funny, they are laugh ’til your belly aches funny.…

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Charlie Changes into a Chicken by Sam Copeland

June 11, 2019

I seem to have focussed on adventure stories recently, and so it’s time for a bit more variety. I read Charlie Changes into a Chicken, the first in a new series by Sam Copeland, a couple of months ago and always meant to blog about it, but for some reason I just didn’t find the…

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Dave Pigeon (Royal Coo!) by Swapna Haddow and Sheena Dempsey

March 12, 2019

We are HUGE Dave Pigeon fans in our house and so World Book Day came around with much excitement. Not because the children could go to school in fancy dress (albeit my daughter did indeed go as DP himself!), but because it meant that the fourth book in the Dave Pigeon series – Royal Coo!…

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Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes by Babette Cole

March 12, 2018

Some of you may have grown up with and loved the picture book adventures of Princess Smartypants, which have been around for over 30 years.  Two years ago, Babette Cole decided create a Princess Smartypants full-length adventure book, and I’m so glad she did because it’s a riotious read.  Sadly, Babette died earlier this year…

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Rabbit & Bear: Rabbit’s Bad Habits by Julian Gough

February 24, 2018

‘I’m sick of having my dinner run away from me at forty miles an hour’.  Due to the dreaded lurgy, I am conscious that I have been away from the blog for a few weeks.  So, with the sun shining and the children miraculously playing nicely together, there’s no better time to get back into…

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Dave Pigeon – How to Deal with Bad Cats and Keep (most of) Your Feathers by Swapna Haddow

January 20, 2018

‘Warning – this book ‘contains TOP SECRET ideas that are NONE of a cat’s business’.  Swapna Haddow has just released the third in her Dave Pigeon series.  As all 3 books have received rave reviews, we thought we’d start at the beginning.  Say hello to book number one: Dave Pigeon – How to Deal With…

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Ask Oscar by Alan MacDonald

January 17, 2018

‘You know what they say… where there’s a dog there’s a way’. Alan MacDonald, of Dirty Bertie fame, has just published the first in a new series of books, and if my daughter’s reaction is anything to go by, it will be a great success. Sam, a young boy, has been desperate for a dog…

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