Have you met Harriet Clare?
This is such a great book. My girls are in LOVE with this book…engrossed from the first page!
Harriet Clare: Boys Beware
The release date for the book is 1st August 2016…so keep an eye out for it. They can’t wait for the second book in the series to be released.
We were provided this book as a review. We read together each night and as far as the girls were concerned it was just another book. They were unaware that SK had been gifted this book to review.
Louse Park has done a tremendous job on this book and what will be a splendid series.The presentation of the book had them intrigued and it connected with them. It resonates so well with the age group and certainly draws them in and keeps them entertained.
We read it as a girls moment as they were arguing over who could read it first (lol) as they were so excited to get their hands on it. It was an enjoyable time to watch their squeals of laughter, ‘oohh’ and ‘ahhs’ and “Oh no’s” at some of the antics through the connection and linking in with the story and sharing the inclusive elements made it all the more interesting and real for the girls. It transported them into Harriet’s world so cleverly. The world of Harriet is humorous, entertaining, fun, creative and relates to the age group brilliantly.
I am lucky that my girls love reading. They do it as just part of their day and they become so thrilled at the prospect of finding a new author to read and they certainly have here. It is clear to see why Louise Park is a best selling author. Now the girls are begging to buy more books by her….a trip to the shops is now planned.
The way the book is presented… the illustrations, the illustrated text and areas for their own activities all embrace the reader into the world of Harriet Clare and her secret notebooks. It is just so relatable for this age. It hits the nail on the head! It is entertaining and yet it also has intertwined in the storyline components of problem solving and empathy in their real world terms.
From a practical parent perspective I loved the built in book mark. I don’t know about you but as an avid book reader myself and with girls who love to read it irritates me when they turn down the pages in a book to hold their place if they can’t find their bookmark. So this is a lovely added extra.
The book is on sale from the 1st August for $14.99
I just have to tell you a little about the author as well…..
Louise is a bestseller….once your child reads one of her books you will easily see why. She has a background in education and literacy and this shows as she truly understands the reader demographic and ignites their passion for reading and love of learning. Louise not only writes fiction she also has resource books (yes, they are now on our list for the bookshop!) I have to tell you that as an author she is seriously impressive with the capacity to be able to say she is 9th in the prestigious ’10 best selling books of all time in Australia’! her sales are over 3 million but that is easy to see why when you share the joy of reading one of her books with your child.
