Friday 4 July 2014

First Picture Book Blog for KLA - The Fun Begins by Sandra Stoner Mitchell

So last night was story time in the Holyoake house. I rallied the children and our next door neighbour Phoebe and what started out as a ten minute story turned into a 40 minute chit chat.

We have started our picture book blogs with Sandra Stoner Mitchell's http://sandrascapers.com/ the Fun Begins, the latest addition to the Hedgerow Series. Timmy and Tommy are household names for us as I illustrated the very first Hedgerow book so the kids were very excited to hear the new story. This is a wonderful introduction to all the characters and leaves you wanting to know what fun they will get up to next.



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So the children's verdict was an all round thumbs up. We had a long chat about how awesome it would be to go to school in the bus, they all thought that Timmy and Tommy were very luck to have this privilege. Phoebe then went on to tell me how the book would be great for younger children just starting school and how her brother George is starting in September. After a later than usual bedtime it was all agreed that we were looking forward to the next picture book review so I now have my official team of reviewers for this weekly blog recording.

From the grown up point of view, well I am familiar with Sandra's writing and this is yet another little gem she has created. This story is a lovely introduction to the Hedgerow gang and goes through a story about them all playing hide and seek in the haystack and then venturing into their first day at school. The characters are endearing from Millie the Mole the more quieter character to Reggie the rat, the groups clown and we can't forget Millie the Mole and Cyril the Squirrel.  This story will be a joy for any younger reader as it is told in a way that they will relate to, covering topics that they understand and day to day adventures that children have.

Oh and off course the illustrations are great lol ( well I would say that wouldn't I, considering I illustrated the original illustrations for Hedgerow Capers) he he

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From all at the Holyoake house......sweet dreams world xx




8 comments:

  1. I couldn't agree more Corrina, I love this book and so do my grandkids.

    Both yours and Sandra's imaginations bring this book to life, Sandra has a great gift for telling children's stories and your illustrations bring them to life.

    Can't wait for the next one!

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    1. Thank you Carol, all three of us make quite the team. The three Cs will take over the world mwahaha, ok maybe not quite that extravagant but I am sure we will all have good things come to us soon enough. Keep up the fantastic work, it's an absolute pleasure working with you

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  2. Thank you so much, Corrina, for this lovely review of my book. I am sure everyone will enjoy looking at the wonderful illustrations you did for me as they read the story, or have it read to them.

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    1. Thanks for the lovely comments Sandra and a big thanks to you for bringing Timmy and Tommy into our lives. To this day the kids (and their friends when they come over) colour in the Hedgerow colouring sheets. Looking forward to reading all the new adventures these guys get up to

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  3. Hi Corrina, I wrote you a reply on here 2 days ago and its gone missing! I just wanted to thank you so much for your wonderful review. Thank you, Thank you! The illustrations were brilliant, you know I have always been pleased with those. Right, posting now! xxxx

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    1. Thank you Sandra for the lovely comments and thank you for bringing Timmy and Tommy into our lives. To this day the kids (and their friends) colour in the colouring sheets. Can't wait to see what adventures these guys have next

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  4. This is a great blog. I can't believe you have not done one before.
    Fantastic illustrations and team work with Hedgerow Capers.

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    1. Thank you so much Karen and if it wasn't for KLA I probably would have never been brave enough to do this so big hugs for the opportunity

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