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Updates & Book Reviews for Children's Book Sequels

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World Book Day

March 2, 2020

 

 World Book Day!

It’s World Book Day – March 5th 2020.Looking for ideas to celebrate books and reading? Check the World Book Day website for lots of resources. www.worldbookday.com

There’s now a basic guide on YouTube showing you all the different ways to search for the books you’re looking for. Here the link:

How to use the Children’s Book Sequels website.

Many of the authors who wrote the £1 World Book Day titles this year have series on www.childrensbooksequels.co.uk.  To find out more click on the author and series links below and get some ideas for spending your book voucher.

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Book Review: Adventures on Trains: The Highland Falcon Thief by M.G. Leonard & Sam Sedgman. Illustrated by Elisa Paganelli

February 16, 2020

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Full steam ahead for a fast paced adventure.

The Highland Falcon, Britain’s famous steam train, is set to depart for one last journey around England and Scotland, calling at Balmoral to collect a Prince and Princess and returning to Paddington. Harrison Beck’s Uncle Nat loves steam trains, writes books and articles about travel and trains and he has a ticket for this wonderful trip. Harrison’s mum is expecting a baby any minute now so she sends Harrison off on the train with his uncle. Four days on a train! thinks Harrison, there are no other children and it will be boring.
So begins a fast speed journey, with a motley selection of guests on board.

Bits of jewellery begin to go missing and Harrison, as the only child on board gets the blame. Determined to find out the truth, Harrison begins his own investigation, and gets help from an unexpected quarter. Continue reading

Book Review: The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

February 9, 2020

The Story of Doctor Dolittle - Alma Junior Classics (Paperback)

Click on the image and click and collect from your nearest Waterstones

 

100 years ago, in 1920, the Story of Doctor Dolittle was first published. The world was introduced to a Doctor who although he treated people, preferred animals even more. After all his human patients had deserted him, put off by his growing menagerie of animals, he starts to run out of money. His parrot, Polynesia, teaches him the language of birds and then other animal languages. Continue reading

New Series and Updates added January 2020

January 28, 2020

Hi everyone, I’ve just realised  how long it’s been since I did a update and new series blog. Apologies. I have been transferring computers from a loved and trusted Windows 7 with Microsoft Office 2010 to Windows 10 and LibreOfice. I’ve also started using Simplenote which came up as a free alternative to OneNote which I had been using to add the book titles as I added them on to the www.childrensbooksequels.co.uk website. So there’s a long list of titles and series. Click on the series name and the link will take you to the right page on the www.childrensbooksequels.co.uk website.

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