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The Colour Red – Book Review

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I recently purchased Loss De Plott by Stephan J Myers and the author asked me if I would like a copy of The Colour Red which is a children’s book.

Loss is a little girl who loves to draw and one day one of the characters from her drawings came to visit with a gift, a book for her to record her dreams. 
The story is written in prose and my girls loved the story. We had to read it through several times so they could pick out all the rhyming words. There is nothing like poetry to get the little ones interested in reading for themselves. 
Full of beautiful illustrations the story takes you on a magical journey through dreams and drawings. Completely enticing and enjoyable for all ages.
You can purchase The Colour Red on Amazon and for the month of March Stephan J Myers is donating all royalties to Save The Children charity. How brilliant is that?
You can follow the author Stephan on Twitter and Facebook.
I’ll let you know what I think of Loss De Plott when I’ve finished reading 🙂
WORLDBOOKDAY

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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The Wizard of Oz has always been a favourite of mine so I was thrilled to be given the chance to review a copy of the new book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published by Carlton Kids. The story is magically retold by Stella Gurney, and wonderfuly illustrated by Lorna Freytag.
I am also able to give away a copy of this lovely book to one of my lucky readers, just follow the instructions in the widget below.

As well as being wonderfully illustrated this book also has great pop-ups and pull the tabs to make reading it a fully interactive experience. I read the book along with Star (7) and Boo (5). Star is an advanced reader and had no trouble reading this but just to break it up for her we shared the reading. We all shared the fun of pulling tabs and making things move, and reading the little extra stories about the characters. The girls favourite page had to be the one with Oz’s balloon flying off without Dorothy. After I finished reading with the girls they continued to look at and play with the book while I cooked dinner. They were really impressed.

The story is a retelling of the original Wizard of Oz but it doesn’t stray too far. It still contained the old favourites like the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow as well as the famous yellow brick road.

Also this year is a fantastic live action Walt Disney Film, Oz:the Great and Powerful, a sequel to the original story, and an animated movie, Dorothy of Oz.

Now for you chance to win a copy please follow the instructions on the following Rafflecopter widget.
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