There has been a short gap since my last post as last week another lurgy hit our house (I swear primary schools are an absolute cesspit of germs!) and then this week my laptop encountered the blue screen of death. It has been on its last legs for about a year so I’m amazed it’s still going, but I probably should get a new one sooner or later. It may not come back to life the next time…

Noddy covers through the years

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Five Have Plenty of Character by Vanessa Tobin

Long ago there were snugglers hiding things in caves, thousands of years ago, and then they all died.

Brodie’s summary of The Smuggler’s Caves from Enid Blyton’s Holiday Stories went from super-cute (snugglers isn’t a typo!) to a bit dark very quickly.