Today I am very excited to have a guest review to review to brilliant books. The books in question are Sarah’s Shadow by Nick Jones and Go To Sleep by Marion Jones.
Before I introduce you to my special guest review let’s find out about the books.
About 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?
About 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!
My Guest Reviewer’s Thoughts
Today I would like to introduce to everyone to my very special guest reviewer today, my daughter Amelia, who is perfect for reviewing these books as we reads them before bed.
Let’s start with Sarah’s Shadow as we read this book first.
The story follows a young girl called Sarah who gets picked on at school one day about her shadow so makes a wish on a shooting star that the shadow should go away.
The story then follows her as she goes on a school trip but tries to hide the fact she doesn’t have a shadow from everyone.
Amelia’s thoughts – I thought the book was very good and really enjoyed the pictures. The story was good and I liked how it ended.
My thoughts – I thought the book was very well written and illustrated. The way the story was written made it an enjoyable read the numerous times we have read it since it arrived.
Now onto Go To Sleep review
This story follows a sheep called Tansy who can’t go to sleep one night so goes around waking everyone up so they can suggest ideas to help her fall asleep but after speaking with the Barn Owl things go wrong. She ends up waking the Sheep dog who in turn wakes up all the other sheep to solve the issue.
Amelia’s thoughts – I liked this book as well and really enjoyed counting the sheep when one was lost. The pictures were really nice as well.
My thoughts – This book is a really good book, which Amelia really enjoyed counting along with when Tansy thought one of the sheep was missing. Before we got to the end of the book I asked Amelia lots of questions and it helped her to think about what was happening and what might have caused the issue, which she seemed to enjoy doing.
Overall we both liked each of these books and would read them both again as part of our night routine.
To purchase Sarah’s Shadow click here
and to purchase Go To Sleep Click here
About the Authors
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.
Social Media Links – Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickjonesauthor
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickJonesAuthor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickjones.author
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickjonezy/
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.
Social Media Links – Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marion_author
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProofreadMarion/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marionadams_author/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marion-adams-7ab52a71/
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