August 2016, Magic Editions, 120 pages, Ebook, Review copy
Book summary
A story from the Magic Meadow where anything can happen...
Big Beard the Pirate is a force to be reckoned with. Pursued by the navies of four countries he is not a man to be thwarted easily - to say the least he is a bit of a bully. In this debut children' adventure story, Francesca Spaghetti and Poppy Noodle use all their courage, ingenuity and Magic Powers to try to stop him getting his greedy hands on a treasure chest that rightfully belongs to their friend Patti's family with exciting and unexpected results.
Even against the background of The Magic Meadow - a place where anything is possible - the outcome is still a surprise.
Big Beard the Pirate is a force to be reckoned with. Pursued by the navies of four countries he is not a man to be thwarted easily - to say the least he is a bit of a bully. In this debut children' adventure story, Francesca Spaghetti and Poppy Noodle use all their courage, ingenuity and Magic Powers to try to stop him getting his greedy hands on a treasure chest that rightfully belongs to their friend Patti's family with exciting and unexpected results.
Even against the background of The Magic Meadow - a place where anything is possible - the outcome is still a surprise.
Nayu's thoughts
This was a book which
I was excited about because I love stories with sisters in! Francesca
and Poppy are full of energy, inventive, and find a magical world
that takes them on board a wild adventure. It reminded me a little of
Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree series with different worlds and all kinds
of creatures. The sisters come across flowers who move and like to
smell the girls rather than being smelled themselves. The Magic Meadow
is full of wondrous things including a unicorn who helps transport
the sisters.
I liked how there's a bit of mystery at the ice cream
shop which gets referred to later in the story. The girls discover
they each have a magical talent to help them get out of trouble and
help others, and those talents were a joy to see used. Francesca
isn't fond of walking but her grumpiness when she had to trek a
little way made me smile. The characters they meet are fun to read
about, mostly helping the sisters who have fun experimenting with
their powers. I especially liked how their cat comes along for the
adventure too!
Animal companions are a hit with me, and made it an
even more enjoyable tale. There is a fair amount of major peril, but
nothing insurmoutable. Big Beard and his crew provide hilarity as
they try to beat the sisters on their quest, with a lot of in about
pirates conveyed. The end was a little bit of a surprise, and I'm
already looking forward to rereading this tale. The colour
illustrations throughout the book while not 100% my style fitted the story and was nice to
look at to add that extra dimension to Francesca, Poppy, and all
those they meet, appearing at key moments in the tale.
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