Genre: Children’s

Stars: 4 for both

Go To Sleep!

Tansy the sheep can’t go to sleep. She’s forgotten how to do it! But when she follows the barn owl’s advice and starts counting sheep, she realises that something is wrong … The award-winning bedtime story with a humorous twist that children will love!

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My Review 

With beautiful illustrations of (OK not so) scary night-time scenes that intrude on Tansy’s sleep, this is a fun children’s book.

Counting sheep to go to sleep is not working for Tansy the sheep as she gets the whole flock in a twist over her methods. It’s a simple yet amusing story that’s perfect for young inquisitive minds that like to problem solve. Guessing the flaw in Tansy’s methodology draws out the fun 🙂

 

Author Bio

Marion Adams has been writing for as long as she can remember, usually for fun and sometimes for money as well. She started her career as an in-house copywriter with a publisher and now works as a freelance proofreader and editor. It’s her dream job because she’s paid to read all day (and eat dark chocolate). Over the years, she’s written all kinds of things for both adults and children, some serious and some less so, with published work including magazine stories, articles, poems, plays and non-fiction books.

Marion lives in Devon, UK, and when she’s not reading or writing (or eating dark chocolate), she loves going for walks on the wild moors where her picture book Go To Sleep! is set.

You can connect with Marion on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

Sarah’s Shadow

If you could change something about yourself, would you do it? When Sarah Simpkins is teased about her shadow in the school playground, she finds herself wishing she didn’t have one. That night she has the chance to make the wish come true. But will losing her shadow really make her happy?

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My Review

When Sarah is teased about her shadow, she wishes it away, but then she goes to a summer camp and realises the value of her lost shadow. How will she cope?

With lovely drawings and a moral message between the prose, this is a lovely little story about valuing the good things in life.

 

Author Bio

Nick Jones is an author based in Cheshire, UK, but originally from Bristol. He has written a series of joke books and an illustrated children’s book. His first joke book, Gagged and Bound, was written during the summer of 2014 and was published by Full Media Ltd later in the year to critical acclaim, garnering positive reviews from numerous book review websites such as Reader’s Favorite and The Bookbag. A follow-up, Gagged and Bound 2, was released a year later and received a similarly positive response, and in 2017 Nick returned with the third instalment. Nick returned with a very different book, Sarah’s Shadow, in December 2017. He has several new books in the pipeline including two picture books and a children’s joke book.

You can connect with Nick on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,  and LinkedIn.