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  By Your Side By Ruth Jones Genre - Women's Fiction My Rating - ★★★★★ I had the incredible chance to dive into an advance copy of Ruth Jones's, By Your side, thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Transworld Publishers. Due to be released on 22nd May 2025   This is the third book that I have read by Ruth Jones and it really did not disappoint.   Synopsis Linda and Levi will never meet. But they’re going to change each other’s lives. In her role at the council’s Unclaimed Heirs Unit, Linda Standish investigates the lives of those who’ve died alone and tracks down any living relatives. She’s been a friend to the friendless for the past thirty-three years. And now she’s looking forward to an early retirement. But before she hangs up her lanyard, Linda takes on one last case – that of Levi Norman – a Welshman who made his home on a remote Scottish island for the past five years. What brought Levi here? And who did he leave behind? Obliged to travel (by hear...
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World Book Day 2021 Book Review - Calm Down Boris by Sam Lloyd

 

World Book Day 2021.

As many may have noticed I have not been as active on my blog over the last few months, this partly being down to home-schooling. Home-schooling seems to have taken over my kitchen table and our daily lives! So, I thought seeing as the only books I seem to have read recently have been children’s books and the fact we are celebrating World Book Day from home (Home schooling a five-year-old who is dressed up and just wants to play rather than work is quite the challenge.) I thought I would join in and write a review of one of my daughter’s favourites, and I have to admit one of my favourites to.

 


Calm Down Boris by Sam Lloyd

 

Synopsis

Meet Boris - he's a very loving little monster! Orange, hairy and over-enthusiastic, Boris means well, but always ends up getting carried away and spoiling things. In "Calm Down, Boris!", the reader is asked to help Boris brush his hair ready for his trip to the park - and gets smothered in grateful kisses. The same happens when we feed him, and when he gets to the park none of the other little monsters want to play with him because he's so loud and boisterous. But when a big scary dog jumps over the fence, Boris saves the day by scaring him away with his big, friendly kisses!

 

My Review

I always believe reading with children should be fun and engaging and not made to feel like a chore, if you read what they enjoy, you get them loving to read and coming back time and again for more. Calm down Boris certainly ticks all the boxes in our house.

Its fun and engaging and when ever it is read (which is over and over) it always has my daughter giggling away and leaves us adults with a smile on our faces. It’s a book that can be read over and over and you never tire of it because of the reaction it gets every time.

I have read reviews that says its not a bedtime book and completely understand why people say this. For younger children it may make them to excitable but for my five-year-old she often loves it as a bedtime story and is quite happy to settle down after Boris kisses!

The age range for this book is listed as baby to five years old but I believe, it will be a firm favourite in our house for a good few more years yet.


Below is a link to amazon, where I have come across many more books by the author of Calm Down Boris.


Sam Lloyd Children's Books

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