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Blog Tour – Too Small Tola
We are thrilled to be taking part in the blog tour for Too Small Tola and The Three Fine Girls by Atinuke and illustrated by Onyinye Iwu. One of the reasons we started Glorious Reads was to share diverse books that showcased children just living their lives. Books featuring “issues” of course have their…
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The Absolutely Amazing Adventures of Ava Appelsawse
Today we’d love to introduce you to The Absolutely Amazing Adventures of Ava Appelsawse written by Roy L. Pickering Jr and illustrated by his wife Erin Rogers Pickering. Inspired by their daughter, who is also called Ava, and the lack of diversity he noticed while reading classic children’s stories with her, Roy was determined…
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Blog Tour- Zombierella
Today we are taking part in the blog tour for Zombierella! With the kids back at school and autumn finally on it’s way, we’re looking forward to cold wintery nights and lots of spooky reads. ZOMBIERELLA by Joseph Coelho and illustrated Freya Hartas is out today and the perfect book to get us excited for Halloween 👻🕸🕷…
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Blog Tour- Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister
Today we are taking part in the blog tour for Sona Sharma Very Best Big Sister written by Chitra Soundar and illustrated by Jen Khatun. Read on for Lily’s thoughts on the book. Sona Sharma is used to having the attention on her and being the only child in the house, but then one…
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CLEAN UP!
CLEAN UP! by Nathan Bryon and illustrated by Dapo Adeola, is the second book by the award winning team. Look Up! their first book together was this years Waterstones children’s book of the year. Lily and Joseph both loved Clean Up! Read on for Lily’s review: “Rocket always finds a way to bring people together…
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Tight
TIGHT by Torrey Maldonado is an amazing book that is very true to life and has endless detail all throughout whilst being a fun and interesting read. I like how the author carefully weaves in important life lessons that the reader can learn from. The main protagonist of the book is Bryan, a 6th grader who…
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