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Heavy Metal Badger

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Duncan Beedie. Little Tiger, (32p) ISBN: 9781801045063. Picture Book, read 31/03/25, Paperback ★★★★☆

Heavy Metal Badger

Heavy Metal Badger

Another story time favourite in the shop.

Full of noise and energy that you can get your audience joining in with, plus lots of little details and asides for young and old alike, I especially like the little song quotes that come up every now and then.

Also keep your eyes out for the band posters…

Badger has a need to make music, loud loud music, and this is his story of the search for the right kind of music for him.

There are disasters along the way but eventually all is right in the end and he finds like minded animals that play the right kind of music for him and they end up entertaining all the others that he inconvenienced in his journey.

Another great fun picture book from Duncan Beedie!

Grumpfort

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Jamie Hammond, Usborne, (288p) ISBN: 9781835400951. Middle Grade, read 28/02/25, Paperback ★★★★☆

Grumpfort

Grumpfort

A great fun adventure for 7 and above readers.

A forest full of monsters and a village under siege which has always needed Wardens to protect them.

Into this comes Mo (Monday the Fifteenth). Wardens are meant to be fearless, skilled in weapons, and unrelenting… Mo is none of these, he is timid, and bookish but really doesn’t want to disappoint the village and live up to the legacy of the Wardens.

To this end Mo hatches a cunning plan, he will go into The Forest (not allowed!!!) and capture a monster (ill advised) to bring back to the village so as to prove his worth.

A fun adventure about outsiders and acceptance, finding friends, and growing up and realising that what everyone else wants for you might not be what you want for yourself or even what’s best for you.

I received this from Usborne in exchange for an honest review.