I’ve got a couple of delightful books to share with you this afternoon in the Hollie and Figgs series. The books are written by Annette Sharman and are aimed at children aged 5-8 years of age.
As you all know, my own eight year old son loves our cat Brewster, although I’m not entirely sure that’s a mutual feeling at times. But I’ve loved cats pretty much all my life and can remember that comfort my cat Lady and her brand new kittens gave me when we moved from Surrey to Oxfordshire when I was fourteen. I’m a firm believer that pets are an important part of family life and good for children to be around. Although I’m not sure that any of my cats are quite like Figgs.
Hollie is struggling in her new school, without her old friends and feels so lonely. She wishes that she could go off on an adventure with Figgs and maybe she can. It turns out that this little moggy is no ordinary cat, he’s got a bit of a secret, he’s magical. Before Hollie knows it her bedroom rug turns into a magic carpet and Hollie and Figgs are off on a magical adventure which takes them to the faraway land of the Hippogoblins. The firm friends meet the King and Queen and is invited to stay for a magical afternoon tea. The King and Queen have a daughter, Princess Lulubud who’s incredibly unhappy, could Hollie become her friend? Before long the Princess and Hollie are firm friends and Hollie is asked to attend a ball in honour of the Princess.
Hollie has been dreaming about what she’ll wear to the ball and suddenly notices a tiny tiara has appeared by the side of her bed. Before she knows it she’s whisked away on her magic carpet along with her beloved Figgs. A new adventure awaits, she presumes she’s heading for the land of the Hippogoblins but the pair end up in a green and murky land close by called Chippogoblin Land. They get to meet Thomasin who has been sent by the King to find them and explain what’s happened to all the colour. A grey cloud has appeared over the land and the rainbow has disappeared.
Can Hollie and Figgs come to the rescue and save the day? The ball has been cancelled so Hollie is determined to try. Along the way we get to meet new characters, Smudgers a large blue furry friend and Prince Zulubud who might know something about the cloud.
This is another lovely story, again with a little surprise enclosed for young reader to discover.
We’ve enjoyed reading both books, and you can find out more about the series on the Hollie and Figgs website, along with details of who the main characters are based on. The books are priced at £7.99 each and I’ve included my Amazon Affiliate links below for easy ordering.
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monkeys
A monkey be as my son likes to clown around like a monkey
A flying horse. Can ride on horse, yet with horse being able to fly :- Means can travel quickly, enjoy a great view during flight, increasing opportunities within available adventures. Bliss!
monkey 🙂
Monkey loads of fun
It would have to be a magical unicorn!
dolphins – they love swimming and would love a magical trip under the water
Definitely a dinosaur.
forgot to say why. Well a dinosaur is fierce and the ones they like are huge so they could sit on their back and see wonderful things
My son loves pandas so would love to go on an adventure with one
My boy loves dinosaurs. So it would have to be a trex
My daughter would love to be a unicorn because they are magic and everyone loves them
Definitely a unicorn
My children would like to go on a magical adventure with a dinosaur because they love them.
My daughter said a dragon because they are fierce and can fly with her on magical adventures. She has a vivid imagination as a 6 year old!
A griffin because its a mythical greature
An owl because its her favourite and she could get a ride on the owls back so doesnt have to walk
a pug, because she fell in love with Mac out of secret life of pets
An unicorn will be an awesome adventure on a rainbow. My daughter loves unicorns
Unicirns
A dinosaur so he can stomp around and be mischievious x
I would think its a dragon as they love Pete’s Dragon
I’m sure a horse as we now can’t go a day without walking to some local fields each day to feed a horse and they are so in love with everything to do with horses
my little boy would love to go with a monkey as he is obsessed with them and no doubt theyd cause lots of mischief together… my little lady would love a pony to go on adventures with!!
A fox because we all have a thing about them or quite possibly a penguin
Magic pigeons because we talk about what beautiful, courageous and resourceful little birds they are and how unkind many people are to them.
A unicorn as they are the ultimate magical creature
Probably a dog, my youngest loves them
A dog, my daughter is dogs daft she cannot walk past one without asking if she can clap.
would have to be a giraffe as they adore them
A lion because its his favourite animal at the moment 🙂
My kids would love to have an adventure with mermaids!
A unicorn because they’re magical!
A dinosaur to explore prehistoric lands and see what life was like then x
Unicorns because they are the best thing ever!
Does a Banshee count as an animal? because we have just returned from Orlando where the boys became a little Banshee obsessed!
I will be featuring magical pigeons in the next Hollie and Figgs book in the series. Due to be released for Christmas 2018
a unicorn as they are so magical
I have to say unicorns as the world has gone mad for unicorns and this includes my daughter, she’s obsessed!
My daughter is obsessed with dragons – I know she’d take one on a magical journey!
My daughter would love to go on a magical adventure with a unicorn as they are her favourite magical animal at the moment.
Definately unicorns, so magical
An unicorn
My little girl says she would like to go on an adventure with a fish like Nemo, because they can hold their breath for a long time underwater and she would get to explore and see all the beautiful colours of the ocean!
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Probably a dog, she absolutely loves them and points and waves at every dog we pass
It looks like unicorns are a favourite. Maybe I should think about a unicorn for Hollie and Figgs` next magical adventure Mmmm The next book in the series has a Christmas theme and is possible that it could fit in well. Any thoughts you can always email me at hollieandfiggs@gmail.com
My niece has a Jamaican tortoise called Little Mo. She would like to go on a trip with her.
A penguin, my little one loves’em
unicorn
Unicorn for my daughter and a cow for my son!
A fox. I love them.
My children would love to go on an adventure with a Kangaroo because they have such springy legs and can jump up to 30 metres at a time. It would be fun and exciting.
Our little girl loves Monkeys and would love to go on a magical adventure with one.
A giraffe because they have long necks and we could climb up and see over mountains
An otter, just because my son loves them
A monkey as they seem to have lots of fun x
Monkeys can be very mischievous too. I can imagine flying through the trees with a cheeky monkey. How amazing would that be?
Hedgehogs – to see what are spikey friends get up to when we are all asleep!
My 5 year old would love to go on an adventure with her bunny, she’s had him since birth and still can’t sleep without him!
Monkey because it’s cheeky
Giraffe because it’s their favourite animal
a rabbit as she has a very much loved stuffed rabbit
My nephew loves horses / ponies at the moment, so he would love to go on an adventure with them.
My little niece would love to go on a magical adventure with a cat! She absolutely adores my four & she meows whenever she sees one!
An elelphant!
A wolf there mystical
mine would go with our Pug lola. they are the best of friends!
our own cats
Mylah would love to see what our cats do when they aren’t in the house, so she says cats.
Phoenix is unicorn mad so she’s says a “horse which can fly” – think she’s slightly confused lol.
Maxx would love to see what a REAL Spiderman would do, so he says “spider”.
A magical unicorn because they would have an amazing adventure
a unicorn, because unicorns are life
A sloth because she loves how lazy they are!
A Pegasus, as she loves Rainbow dash and fluttershy
Pony 🙂 she loves them
My 8 year old has discovered Harry Potter so she wants a Hippogryff! Not sure where I am going to fit one of them 🙂
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dog as they adore them
A dog she loves all dogs