BLOG TOUR: PIRATE NELL'S TALE TO TELL BY HELEN AND THOMAS DOCHERTY

 PICTURE BOOK REVIEW: 

PIRATE NELL'S TALE TO TELL BY HELEN AND THOMAS DOCHERTY

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MY BOOK REVIEW 

This is a story book adventure that celebrates the joy of reading and will thrill the little ones.

Nell joins a pirate ship with her trusty almanac but the Captain is not impressed with her bookish ways until she saves his life and discovers a treasure map! Can she find the treasure? Is it what they expect?

The rhyming text sets the fast pace for a thrilling adventure on the high seas. The gorgeous illustrations are a joy to behold overflowing with tantalising details that children will love pouring over. I especially like how the illustrations shows life onboard may not be all smooth sailing. Also there is a great surprise at the end!

 At its heart is a message about the joy and importance of reading and learning. It will open a child's eyes to the possibilities in a book and show them that with learning they can become captain of their own ship!

Perfect for sharing at home or in class.

THANK YOU TO SOURCE BOOKS FOR INVITING ME TO BE PART OF THE BLOG TOUR FOR THIS GORGEOUS PICTURE BOOK. 

ABOUT THE BOOK
Nell is finally a pirate!
And she has her trusty Pirate’s Almanac to help her sail the seas, even if Captain Gnash doesn’t like books on his ship. But when the journey gets rough and the captain is in trouble, it’s Nell and all her pirate knowledge that saves the day and leads them to the greatest buried treasure of all.

MIDDLE GRADE BOOK REVIEW: MARIE CURIOUS GIRL GENIUS SAVES THE WORLD BY CHRIS EDISON

 

MARIE CURIOUS GIRL GENIUS SAVES THE WORLD

 BY CHRIS EDISON 

MIDDLE GRADE BOOK REVIEW 9+

A whizz kid is thrown into a exciting world of science, inventions and saboteurs. A brilliant and imaginative start to a middle grade series for science lovers. 

Marie wins a place at a prestigious science camp in California run by the mysterious Sterling Vance.

In camp Marie is surrounded by like minded students all desperate to win the secret competition with their inventions. But some students will do anything to win including sabotaging their opponents. Can Marie work out who is her friend of foe? Can she and her new friends stop a computer virus being unleashed on the world?

I especially loved the references to famous scientists which kids can look up and all the cool gadgets and inventions in the futuristic camp. This super smart adventure is perfect for those who have a passion for STEM subjects and I can't wait for the next in the series.

About the book

50% Girl power + 50% Genius = 100% Awesome! A brilliant new series with a heroine who uses her science smarts – and her girl squad – to save the world from evil, one invention at a time.

Young inventor Marie can’t believe her luck – she’s spending her summer holidays in California, at the high-tech headquarters of Vance Corps! She and the other super-clever campers get to build robots, do super-cool science experiments and test out awesome gadgets. But not everyone is a happy camper . . .

Someone is sabotaging their robots, so Marie and her new friends team up to catch the culprit. Can Marie outsmart an evil engineer intent on causing a global disaster?

PICTURE BOOK REVIEW DANCE LIKE A FLAMINGO BY MOIRA BUTTERFIELD & ILLUSTRATED BY CLAUDIA BOLT

PICTURE BOOK REVIEW: 

DANCE LIKE A FLAMINGO 

BY 

MOIRA BUTTERFIELD & ILLUSTRATED BY CLAUDIA BOLT £12.99 HB 3+ PUBLISHED BY WELBECK

A hugely entertaining and fun interactive picture book perfect for sharing with little ones and getting them moving and laughing. Each double spread focuses on a different animal such as a crab or peacock which you can dance along with using specific movements. A great picture book just to read out loud or to share in class. Little ones will love dancing, wiggling, or leap along with it. A lovely gift.

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Meet a collection of animals from around the world and discover how they move, and why. A different creature is featured on each spread, along with step-by-step actions to show the reader how to move just like the animal. Scuttle sideways like a crab, leap like a lemur or waggle dance like a bumble bee. The perfect book to read aloud one-to-one, or as a fun activity to engage a group of young children and get them stretching, hopping, wriggling and jumping. Here is a video with author Moira Butterfield encouraging us all to move and groove like the animals do!