Category: Younger Readers Age 9-12

I love the fact that I am lucky enough to also have a daughter who is a massive bookworm and who is also keen to share her love of books via this blog.

She will be sharing her favourite books in this section and sharing her thoughts and feelings.

Posted in Blog Tour, Young Readers 5-9, Younger Readers Age 9-12

Today it is my pleasure to join the blog tour for Animalympics by Josie Dom

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My Review

I love reading children’s books as with lots of nieces and nephews it is always great to have a new story to recommend to them or sit an enjoy when I see them.

Animalympics is a fun and enjoyable story from the first page, I loved the vibrant cover and how we followed a series of animals of all shapes and sizes as they competed in their Olympics whilst enjoying the story being told in rhyming verse.

The illustrations work wonderfully with the story, they are bright and colourful and clear for the children to understand which is great and helps to ensure that whilst younger readers might not be able to read all of the words the pictures will help them keep the thread of the story and be able to translate it and join in at story time.

I loved the rhyming verse and found myself reading snippets out to my animal crazy teenage daughter as I read. A really lovely story guaranteed to keep your little ones entertained on a cold winters evening whilst snuggled up before bedtime.

Book Blurb

When the Olympics were cancelled, the animal kingdom stepped up to compete instead, and the Animalympics were created! With Woodpecker Will taking charge and animals of all shapes and sizes travelling from across the world to compete, this fun rhyming story is a joyous celebration of sports and doing your best.

Available to purchase here

Meet the Author

Josie Dom is a children’s author learning to embrace her individuality.

Join her in a world of imagination where anything could happen and the most important things are friendship and kindness.

Josie lives in the small town of Halstead in Essex with her husband Nic Phine (illustrator of the Lum books), their son and daughter, a mixed-up dog (LabLurchTrievOodle) Frank and a big fluffy ginger cat called Mittens.

Although Josie’s books are too young for her children now, it was their love of stories when they were little which inspired Josie to pick up her pen and create. 

After a lifetime in sensible office jobs, Josie is relishing the opportunity to explore her creative side.

Josie is passionate about supporting causes close to her heart.  Each year, Josie donates 15% of profit on book sales to a children’s charity.

In 2020, due to Covid-19, Josie penned an Animalympics which she used to raise funds for UK zoos.

Social Media Links

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josiedomauthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josiedomauthor/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JosieDom

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiedom/

Giveaway to Win a signed copy of Animalympics, an Animalympics gold medal plus stickers and bookmarks (Open to UK only) 

*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome.  Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below.  The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data.  I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.

Please click here for your chance to win this fantastic prize

Many Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation to join the blog tour. Please remember to like and share to help spread the book love

Thanks for visiting Love the Smell of a Book today and I hope you have a great day!

Daisy & Kel x

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Posted in Blog Tour, Younger Readers Age 9-12

Lets kick off my Saturday blog tours with a review for Middle School Mayhem 1 – Down with the Dance by C.T Walsh

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My Review

Today I am sharing my review for a fun story that will capture kids imaginations as they meet Austin, his brother Derek and the very unpopular headmaster.

Derek and Austin are brothers who although born within the same school year don’t particularly get on due to very different personalities. When Austin meets Sophie and decides he wants to ask her to the dance, Derek steps up and does all he can to stop Austin in his tracks.

A fun and engaging story with great descriptions that includes some illustrations scattered throughout the pages. This will make kids laugh and also want cower in the corner when Principal Buthaire is on the war path. I liked the age group this book was targeted at and think the younger kids will be keen to keep reading and discover whether Austin manages to stop his brother ruining the school dance.

This is the first book in the series and after a promising start which I am sure will capture your child’s imagination, I look forward to reading more by this author.

Book Blurb

Meet Austin Davenport, whose fabulous luck landed him on this earth only eleven short months after his brother, Derek, putting them in the same grade. While Austin’s brain power is unmatched, it appears as if his brother got all the athletic gifts and the family butt-chin, meaning their parents love Derek more than Austin, or so it seems. 

Join Austin on his journey through the tumultuous waters of middle school as he navigates the swampy and undeodorized hallways and explores the depths of the cafeteria’s seafood surprise. 

Oh, and someone is plotting to take down the Halloween Dance, the one that Austin has his sights set on, so he can take Sophie Rodriguez, a girl way out of his league, but who doesn’t seem to know it.  

Can he stay one step ahead of the new principal who has it out for him? Will Austin figure out who the perpetrators are? Will he save the dance in time? Will he wear a diaper on a stakeout?  

This first in a planned series of twelve will have you ROFLing like you never have before. 

The funny and fast-paced nature of this series is meant for middle grade and early young adult readers.

Available to purchase here

Meet the Author

Besides writing fun, snarky humor and the occasionally-frequent fart joke, I love spending time with my family, coaching my kids’ various sports, and successfully turning seemingly unsandwichable things into spectacular sandwiches, while also claiming that I never eat carbs. I assure you, it’s not easy to do. I know what you’re thinking: this guy sounds complex, a little bit mysterious, and maybe even dashingly handsome, if you haven’t been to the optometrist in a while. And you might be right.

My goal with my writing is to engage young readers with fun and adventure. With so many competing forms of entertainment available to our kids (and so many of them mindless), I really try to provide a reading experience like no other.

I value the importance of combining fun with learning and life values. My stories are humorous and adventurous with strong characters and solid life lessons with some potty humor sprinkled in. You gotta give the kids what they want…Hey, it’s better to read fart jokes than to play video games, right?

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Many Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation to join the blog tour. Please remember to like and share to help spread the book love

Thanks for visiting Love the Smell of a Book today and I hope you have a great day!

Daisy & Kel x

Posted in Blog Tour, Young Adult, Younger Readers Age 9-12

If you are passionate about animals and conservation, check out my review for The Adventures of Ellie & Boo by Millie Kerr

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Today we are sharing our thoughts and feelings after reading The Adventures of Ellie & Boo by Millie Kerr.

My Review

I love reading middle grade and young adult releases with Daisy as we both love to talk about the books we have read and the different feelings they create. As soon as I read the blurb for this one, I knew Daisy would love it as she is so passionate about animals and her cat Toodles is never far away.

I loved the relationship between Ellie & Boo at the beginning of the story and how she took her gorgeous furry friend everywhere with her. Boo is the pet that we all dream of having as we all wish we could communicate with our pets and see how they are really feeling.

A story that highlights lots of facts whilst being a work of fiction, it will help raise awareness of the impact society is having on animals natural living conditions and what we can do to help. Where we live we used to have a badger set close by and we used to love seeing them running around, however since more houses have been built they have disappeared and this added to the impression this story left on us.

A brilliant read that will make children stop, think and ask questions, with a few images scattered throughout to help with visualisation and impact. We both found the story informative and factual and it created lots of talking points. Hopefully it will help to create more awareness in children surrounding conservation and animal protection.

Book Blurb

A nature-loving cat and her conservationist mum team up to save endangered species!

Boo the tabby cat is born on a Lincolnshire farm and seems destined for a simple life. Everything changes when she’s put up for adoption and is taken in by Ellie Caldwell, an adventurous Cambridge graduate student who loves animals and is studying to become a wildlife conservationist.

Between lectures, Ellie heads to the countryside for camping trips, her Instagram-anointed ‘adventure cat’ in tow. On rocky trails, Boo discovers that, like Ellie, she has a passion for the natural world, and because she’s able to communicate with all animals, she can relate their challenges back to Ellie. But there’s a serious problem: whenever Boo tries to tell Ellie something, all Ellie hears is “Meow.”

Can they work out a communication system, and in doing so, save endangered animals from harm while encouraging public support of nature and wildlife?

Available to purchase – Amazon UK, Amazon US, Waterstones

Meet the Author

Millie Kerr is an author, journalist and photographer focused on wildlife conservation. A former lawyer, Millie uses storytelling to help people see splendour and fragility of the natural world. Her creative essays and reported articles—which predominantly involve travel and wildlife—have appeared in dozens of top-tier American and British publications, among them The Economist, National Geographic Traveller, Popular Science, and The Wall Street Journal. Millie has also worked for numerous global conservation NGOs, both as an in-house writer and an external consultant; and her legal career saw her working in private practice and government. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Masters of Philosophy in Conservation Leadership and has lived between the UK and USA for fifteen years. Her adopted cat, Baboon, has been her constant companion, although unlike their fictitious counterparts, they only enjoy indoor adventures.

Where to find Millie Kerr

Twitter @millieckerr

Instagram @milliekerrphotography / @millieckerr

Many Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation to join the blog tour. Please remember to like and share to help spread the book love

Thanks for visiting Love the Smell of a Book today and I hope you have a great day!

Daisy & Kel x

Posted in Blog Tour, Younger Readers Age 9-12

Today I am teaming up with Daisy to review Time School – We Will Honour Them by Nikki Young #TimeSchoolSeries #UKMG #backablogger @nikki_cyoung @hashtag_press @literallypr

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Today Daisy is joining me on the blog tour for the new Time School release. She is currently reading the book and and I am sharing my review.

My Review

I really enjoy dipping into Middle Grade and YA fiction and enjoyed reading this historical fiction for children.

Nikki Young has written a book packed full of historical references for children to help them be aware of how the Polish families were treated at the end of World War II. Stories like these are so important to helping preserve our history and helping children to learn more through reading fiction as well as non fiction.

We havent read the first book so hadn’t met these characters before but that didn’t affect the story. The language of the book was easy to understand and the paperback has a good size font to ensure that children don’t lose their place as they read. This is a book that they can read independently or could be read with or by a parent.

Reading this story has sparked a thirst for more knowledge from me and would be a great book for schools as there are talking points throughout the story that could be explored in a group environment.

A great storyline to keep readers engaged whilst helping to enforce some knowledge of events that happened as a result of the war.

Daisy’s Thoughts So Far…

I am really enjoying reading this book. I am now about halfway and have found it easy to read and understand. The characters are varied and I like that they have different personalities so I can imagine them as I read.

I like learning more about our history and am looking forward to finishing the story and seeing what they discover on their train trip this time and what year it will be based in.

Book Blurb

Nadia Kaminski knows very little about her Polish grandfather so how is she going to write a speech about him to read at his funeral? She’s never really considered her Polish roots, so a trip back in time to time (to the end of the Second World War) and an encounter with Marcel, a Polish refugee, might be just what Nadia needs. Along with fellow time-travellers, Jess, Tomma and Ash, this is the group’s second experience of Hickley School in the past, and a chance to discover the struggles of those who found themselves stranded in a country that wasn’t their own. It’s time to board the train for another exciting journey back in time.

Available to purchase here

About the Author


Nikki Young is a freelance writer, copywriter and author. She is the author of ‘The Mystery of the Disappearing Underpants’ an adventure story aimed at 7-9 year olds and reluctant readers.

Nikki also writes health-related articles, reviews and recipes on her blog, ‘A free-from life’. This blog was a finalist in the 2017 UK Allergy Blog Awards, recognising its provision of health information for food allergy and intolerance sufferers. Having a son and a husband, both with different dietary needs has been a challenge and one which has tested her knowledge.

As well as writing middle grade and young adult fiction, Nikki runs Storymakers, a creative writing club for children, which provides weekly courses and holiday workshops for children aged seven and above.

Many thanks to Helen at Literally PR for the invitation to join the blog tour and our copy of the book to read.

Please like and share to help spread the book love and thanks for visiting Love the Smell of a Book today!

Posted in Blog Tour, Younger Readers Age 9-12

#Review Today we are joining the blog blitz and Daisy is sharing her review for Wild Sky by Lexi Rees

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Today we are joining the blog blitz for the latest release by Lexi Rees – Wild Sky which is Book 2 in The Relic Hunter series. Daisy loved reading Eternal Seas and is today joining me to share her review for Wild Sky.

 

Daisy’s Review

I really enjoyed Wild Sky which is the second of the Relic Hunter series by Lexi Rees. My favourite two characters would have to be unique Pippin and her trust cat Hobnob. Pippin is a lively girl who is easily excitable and was extremely happy when she found Hobnob on the island and her eyes even brimmed with tears. Hobnob is a cat who Pippin hardly ever lets out of her sight and event takes on a dangerous Himalayan journey.

Eternal Seas is about finding the sea-tamer relic and Wild Sky is about finding the air-rider relic, both books that I would recommend. You never know what might happen next when reading these books and I found this a fun read. I would love to read more by this author, because she knows how to create suspense in her books and keeps me up reading late into the night.

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After delivering the pearl, Finn and Aria thought life would return to normal.

But with the survival of the clans still in peril, they must continue their quest.

Can they find the next relic before the forces of evil?

Not everyone is who they appear to be

And time is running out …

 

Wild Sky Cover

Available to purchase here

 

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Lexi Rees writes action packed adventures for children. The first book in The Relic Hunters Series, Eternal Seas, was awarded a “loved by” badge from LoveReading4Kids and is currently longlisted for a Chanticleer award.

She’s passionate about developing a love of reading and writing in children, and as well as an active programme of school visits and other events, she has published a Creative Writing Skills workbook, is a Book PenPal for three primary schools, and runs a free online #kidsclub and newsletter which includes book recommendations and creative writing activities. 

In her spare time, she’s a keen crafter and spends a considerable amount of time trying not to fall off horses or boats.

 

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www.lexirees.co.uk

https://twitter.com/lexi_rees

https://www.facebook.com/LexiAuthor/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvWC70tUEfzPk9e4n9OvOmg/

https://www.instagram.com/lexi.rees

 

The Relic Hunters Giveaway

Win a copy of each of Eternal Seas and Wild Sky, the action packed fantasy adventure for 7-11 year olds.

UK – choice of signed paperbacks or ebooks

International entrants – ebooks only

https://kingsumo.com/g/dpaovz/the-relic-hunters-giveaway

 

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Many thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting us to take part on this blog tour, please remember to like and share to help spread the book love! 

Posted in Cover Reveal, Younger Readers Age 9-12

#CoverReveal Today I am excited to be sharing the cover for the upcoming release Wild Sky by Lexi Rees

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Daisy has previously read and loved Eternal Seas by Lexi Rees, today we are excited to be able to help with the cover reveal for her upcoming book Wild Sky. Have a read of the blurb below before we reveal her gorgeous new cover.

 

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After delivering the pearl, Finn and Aria thought life would return to normal.

But with the survival of the clans still in peril, they must continue their quest.

Can they find the next relic before the forces of evil?

Not everyone is who they appear to be

And time is running out …

 

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Lexi Rees writes action packed adventures for children. The first book in The Relic Hunters Series, Eternal Seas, was awarded a “loved by” badge from LoveReading4Kids and is currently longlisted for a Chanticleer award.

She’s passionate about developing a love of reading and writing in children, and as well as an active programme of school visits and other events, she has published a Creative Writing Skills workbook, is a Book PenPal for three primary schools, and runs a free online #kidsclub and newsletter which includes book recommendations and creative writing activities. 

In her spare time, she’s a keen crafter and spends a considerable amount of time trying not to fall off horses or boats.

 

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www.lexirees.co.uk

https://twitter.com/lexi_rees

https://www.facebook.com/LexiAuthor/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvWC70tUEfzPk9e4n9OvOmg/

https://www.instagram.com/lexi.rees

 

Now it is time to reveal the stunning new cover for

Wild Sky from The Relic Hunter series

 

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Available to pre order here 

 

Many thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the invite to help reveal this gorgeous cover, please remember to like and share to help spread the book love! 

 

 

Posted in Blog Tour, Non Fiction, Younger Readers Age 9-12

#Review Today we are really excited to be joining the blog blitz for Creative Writing Skills by Lexi Rees #CreativeWritingSkills #BackaBlogger #BlogBlitz @rararesources @lexi_rees

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Today I am teaming up with Daisy and we are joining the blog blitz to share our review for Creative Writing Skills by Lexi Rees.

I love the brightly coloured book cover and have had great fun completing some of the activities alongside Daisy, I found the tasks fun and interactive and we have completed different exercises and shared ideas with each other. The book has great images throughout to help make it fun for younger children whilst the exercises are also relevant for the older age range that this booked is aimed at. It is a really visual book with clear fonts and fab chapter banners, I also liked the space left for the activities to be completed to allow us to really get stuck in.

 

Daisy’s Review

 

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Last year I read Eternal Seas by this author and was really happy to help with looking at this book as I love to write stories. The book cover is really creative and cool, I found the book really interesting and it is easy to read with good illustrations.

My favourite sections were Character Profiles and Story Sparks. If you want to write a story you need a main character and this helped me create a character who can take the lead in my story, I enjoyed thinking about the likes, dislike and hobbies the characters might have.  The activities also helped my creative thinking, exploring ideas for different stories on paper.

I am looking forward to using this book when I write stories as it is full of great tips. I have found it really helpful, I particularly liked where we could write a story about my teacher being an alien, this helps you think more creatively whilst being fun.

A good author for both creating stories to read and sharing ideas to help her readers write their own stories.

Overall Thoughts

I think it is safe to say that both myself and Daisy have loved reading this book and working through some of the activities, we will definitely be keeping this one on the bookshelf so that we can work through the remaining activities and use it for inspiration and story building in the future.

 

Book Blurb

Discover the secrets to becoming an amazing author

  • Find your creative spark
  • Grow your skills and confidence
  • Have more fun with your writing

Packed with top tips, this awesome workbook has everything you need to know about creating colourful characters, perfect plots, dynamite dialogue, and lots more …

 

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Available to purchase on Amazon UK / US

 

About the Author

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Lexi Rees writes action packed adventures for children. As well as the Creative Writing Skills workbook, the first book in The Relic Hunters Series, Eternal Seas, was awarded a “loved by” badge from LoveReading4Kids and is currently longlisted for a Chanticleer award. The sequel, Wild Sky, will be published in November.

When not writing, she’s usually covered in straw or glitter, and frequently both.

She also runs a free club for kids designed to encourage a love of reading and writing which you can check out here https://lexirees.co.uk/kidsclub/

 

Social Media Links

Website https://lexirees.co.uk/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LexiAuthor/

Twitter https://twitter.com/lexi_rees

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lexi.rees/

 

Win 2 copies of Creative Writing Skills 

Choice of paperback or pdf for UK winners and pdf for international winners.

https://kingsumo.com/g/gw6isv/creative-writing-skills-workbook

 

Many thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the invite for Daisy and myself to take part in the blog tour, please remember to like and share! 

Posted in 5*, Blog Tour, Younger Readers Age 9-12

#Review #Blogtour Daisy is joining me on my blog today to share her thoughts on Space Dragons by Robin Bennett #SpaceDragons #YoungReaders #MiddleGrade #Childrensbooks @rararesources @MonsterBooksRaw

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Today my daughter Daisy is joining me on my blog to share her thoughts on Space Dragons which she has recently finished reading.

Daisy has just had her 12th birthday so sits in the higher age group for this book which is aimed at 8-12 year olds. She always has a book in her hand and was really excited to receive her copy and get stuck in.

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Daisy’s Review

It all started when Stan looked up through his broken telescope and saw Venus’ eye. It’s an amazing story, about dragons that live on the planets of our solar system. The story was about stopping Hades (Pluto) putting the particle of light back to where it belongs and saving Stan’s sister.

My favourite character is Mercury because he’s funny and very talkative.

I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend reading Space Dragons, it was a book that kept me hooked as I wanted to know if Stan would be able to stop Hades and save his sister.

 

Book Blurb

If Stan Pollux had known he would be spending his summer holidays in the outer reaches of our solar system, he would have put on different underpants.

But when he gets kidnapped by the Planet Dragon Mercury, most things suddenly seem small and insignificant. Stan finds himself in a universe of dragons who had once ruled the skies as gods: Mars, Venus, Saturn and even Uranus way out back. This is shaping up to be the best summer holiday in the history of the cosmos until Stan discovers his stupid sister is missing and that Pluto (AKA Hades) is trying to use her to destroy the Solar System. And it will be all Stan’s fault if he doesn’t get Poppy back.

So, all Stan has to do is learn how to fight like a hero in space armour, defeat the dragon god of the Underworld, Hades, rescue his sister and save the world. All before his parents realise she is missing.

 

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Available to from Amazon UK / US

About the Author

Robin Bennett is an author and entrepreneur who has written several books for children, adults, and everything in between. Listed in the Who’s Who of British Business Excellence at 29, his 2016 documentary “Fantastic Britain”, about the British obsession with fantasy and folklore, won best foreign feature at the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards, and his first book for young adults, Picus the Thief, won the Writer’s News Indie Published Book of the Year Award in 2012. Robin is also a director at Firefly Press

Twitter – https://twitter.com/MonsterBooksRaw

 

Giveaway to Win 10 x Hardcover Copies of Space Dragons – UK Only

*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome.  Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below.  The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over.  Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data.  I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.

Posted in Blog Tour, Fantasy, Younger Readers Age 9-12

#BlogTour #Review The Curse of Ragman’s Hollow by Rhys A Jones #childrensbook @rararesources

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Today I am inviting my daughter Daisy to my blog to help kick off the blog tour and share her review for The Curse of Ragman’s Hollow.

Daisy was really excited to read this book after I shared the blurb with her and dove straight in once the book arrived.

Daisy’s Review Age 11

Ragman’s cove was a really good book and draws you in so you want to keep reading.

It has really good descriptions and is an amazing supernatural book. My favourite character was Sam, he may have been considered crazy but I loved his fun character.

I loved the adventures and how super exciting it was throughout the story and would recommend this book to other children who enjoy fantasy and magic with some adventure. I would love to read more books by this author.

Book Blurb

Just a walk in the countryside. What could possibly go wrong

Sam Jones’s grandmother is training him to be one of the Cunning Folk, like her, and exams are looming.

But Sam’s mother has holiday plans and drags him off to a remote cottage in the middle of nowhere for some country air. No mobile phone, nettle soup and long walks are the rule. One such walk takes them to Ragman’s Hollow, a place the locals avoid with good reason.
It’s a place where people and animals go missing, never to be found.

That’s just superstitious nonsense, according to Sam’s mother. But there is no smoke without fire and Sam soon finds himself up against an old, very spiteful, and very tricky enemy.
He’s going to need every ounce of his cunning to stop the Ragman. But can he do it alone?

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Available to purchase on here

About the Author

Rhys A Jones was born in 1955 and grew up in a mining village in South Wales with his nose in a book and his head in the clouds. He managed to subdue his imagination long enough to carve out a career in medicine, writing whenever the chance arose.

The Merryweathers mysteries feature a boy and his more-than-meets-the-eye Granny Merryweather. The Curse of Wihtlea Barrows (previously the Dreables) and The Curse of Borage Doone have just been released as paperbacks with new covers and a new publisher (Wyrmwood). The third in the series entitled The Curse of Ragman’s Hollow is now available at last

Rhys is currently writing The Artefact Quintet featuring eleven-year-old Oz Chambers whose family inherits a ‘haunted’ house. His mother wants to leave, but Oz wants to unlock the house’s mysteries and uncovers a secret that will change his life forever.

Rhys also writes for adults as DC Farmer and Dylan Young

He has three grownup children who have emerged remarkably unscathed into adulthood. When not writing, he practices medicine and lives in darkest West Wales with his understanding (very) wife and dog.

Oh, and the Rhys is pronounced Reece–as in the actor Rhys Ifans of Mr Lovegood (Harry Potter) and The Lizard (The Amazing Spiderman) fame. Or perhaps it’s easier if you just think of Reece Witherspoon, though she is a lady.

 

Social Media Links

Author Website – https://jonestheauthor.com/rhys-a-jones-landing/

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RAJonesauthor/

 

Giveaway to Win a signed copy of the Merryweathers Mysteries series (Open Internationally)

*Terms and Conditions –Worldwide entries welcome. Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below. The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over. Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data. I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.

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Massive thanks to Rachel and Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting us to take part.

Posted in Blogs, Younger Readers Age 9-12

Easy guide to illustration apps for kids

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Some brilliant tips here and really interesting if you have a budding young artist, I’ll definitely be sharing this with Daisy as she loves to sketch

Thanks to @lexi_rees and Charlotte for sharing today!

Lexi Rees, author

Sometimes you meet people whose talent just blows your mind! So today I have the very great pleasure of introducing Charlotte who is going to share her illustration app tips. She’s already planning a career in art and I see a bright future for her.

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She entered my illustration competition, and not only were her drawings amazing, but she was the only computer based entry which really caught my attention. I asked her, via her Dad, if she would mind sharing her knowledge on computer based illustration to help other youngsters try it out. I’m delighted too share this blog from her, and being a super cool tech-savvy kid, she’s made us a YouTube video too!

So over to Charlotte …

Hi, I’m Charlotte and I am 11 years old. I love to draw; it’s one of the things that I like to do most in my free time and…

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