Today I’m delighted to be part of Cheryl Carpinello’s Blog Tour for Sons of the Sphinx. You’ll find lots of information and an excerpt from the book, a giveaway for a $50 gift card PLUS an EXCLUSIVE interview! BOOK INFORMATION
Pahoehoe, pyroclastic flow and The Shadow of the Volcano
P is for… pahoehoe and for pyroclastic flow Pahoehoe (pa- ho-ee ho-ee) is possibly my favourite Earth Sciences term – it is a type of lava that forms great masses that look like rope, so also dubbed ‘ropey lava’. I
Book Review and Blog Tour : The Search for the Stone of Excalibur
About the Book Title: The Search for the Stone of Excalibur (The Chronicles of the Stone, Book 2) | Author: Fiona Ingram | Publication Date: October 6, 2014 | Publisher: The Educational Publisher / Biblio Publishing | Pages: 376 |
Book Review| The Secret of the Sacred Scarab by Fiona Ingram
This is a cracking adventure story for younger readers by one of my fellow BookElves, Fiona Ingram. Adam and Justin manage to get leave from school to go with their aunt to Egypt – provided they tell their classes about
Book Review | The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
This was a bookclub read, and so I didn’t have a lot of choice in the matter. Scanning the Goodreads blurb I noticed comments like ‘difficult to like the protagonist’ and ‘hard to identify with the Red Queen’, so I
Excerpt: Sons of the Sphinx by Cheryl Carpinello
I’ve already enjoyed a taste of Cheryl Carpinello’s excellent writing for older children with the first adventure of the Young Knights of the Round Table. Now she’s nipped back to ancient Egypt for a tale inspired by a holiday there.
Book Reviews | Falco Series Double Bill
I first met Marcus Didius Falco in Britain in AD 70. Well, I think he started in Rome, and then he came to Britain and uncovered some dastardly goings-on in the silver mines, thus bringing himself to the welcome attention
Book Review | The Shadow of the Pyramid by Wendy Leighton-Porter
If you haven’t started reading the Shadows from the Past series, I really think you’re missing out. It starts with the Shadow of Atlantis, and we meet Jemima and Joe, twins who have come to live with their Uncle Richard,
Book Blast | Young Knights of the Round Table – King’s Ransom
Woo-hoo! Cheryl Carpinello has an amzing new cover for her great book which I reviewed last year. It’s definitely a book you should be reading! About the Book Title: Young Knights of the Round Table: The King’s Ransom | Author:
Book Review: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Unusual for me to review a book that I first read when I was very young, but a friend mentioned her 8 year old was reading it when we were talking about my books. It got me thinking about my