Tag: Books

One of the objectives on Roo’s school report from the last term was for her to broaden her reading repertoire.  Whilst she is a confident reader, there are authors and genres that she turns to time and time again.  With this in mind, we have been browsing bookstores for different titles.  Earlier this month Roo received The Fizzle Trilogy by Tim Walker. Following the exploits of Polly and Tom as they seek to unravel the mystery of a special, seemingly magical water known as the Fizzle. Their action-packed adventures, set first in Shipley Manor – the ship-shaped country house in which Polly lives – then in the Caribbean and finally the Arctic, see them overcome a host of evil villains and deadly perils as they draw ever closer to meeting the Fizzle’s creator and discovering its true purpose.

Roo is at the age where sleepovers are the highlight of her tween social calendar.  Whether she is heading off to stay at a friends house for the night or she is persuading me that hosting a sleepover at our house would be a great idea.  In the days where I would attend sleepovers, it was just a quick chat at the school gates between parents before heading home to your friends’ house.  Nowadays it is much more of an event, a social occasion if you will.  Planning, games, invites and goodie bags are a must-have for any great sleepover.