Review: Finley - a Moose on the Caboose - Candace Spizzirri - April 2023 This was such an adorable picture book and reminded me of a cross between Thomas the Tank Engine with the trains and then a touch of Rocky and Bullwinkle with the Moose. This is a book I could imagine that my younger brother would have loved when he was a child as he went through a stage where he was a huge fan of Rocky and Bullwinkle and he also loved Thomas the Tank Engine. This book is set in Alaska where it is a common occurrence to see moose around where people like myself have never seen one in real life as we don't get them in New Zealand - too warm of a climate here. Finley loves watching the trains go past and his dream is to take a ride across Alaska on the train, however, rules are rules and unfortunately, wild animals are not allowed on the trains. Throughout the book, Finley will have fun donning different disguises and trying to get past the conductor, but each time he fails and is kicked off ...

Review: 20 Minutes on the Tube - Book #1 20 Minutes Series - Daniel Hurst - February 2020 I had recently won an Amazon voucher and was scrolling through looking at books I might want to grab and I stumbled across the 20 minutes series by Daniel Hurst. Reading the blurbs, they sounded fascinating and so I thought, why not and I clicked the "buy now". This book was intriguing as it goes to show that a lot can happen in 20 minutes and how often our worlds can interweave and connect without even knowing it. This book is written in a way similar to an anthology where each chapter represents one of twenty people in twenty minutes. This first book represents those twenty minutes in the morning while everyone is getting ready for work. Every day millions of people catch the London Underground Tube and this book is a glimpse into the lives of twenty of them for just twenty minutes that Monday Morning. We have Jelena who is being trafficked and managed to escape if only for that ...