Up to 4 child profiles, so each kid can enjoy a personalized reading experience. Spotlight Words and audio-enabled Dictionary Lookup teach vocabulary and pronunciation.Ī paid subscription beginning with a 7-day free trial. Multilingual: The majority of books on Epic are in English, but we also have Spanish-, French- and Chinese-language books to engage readers of different backgrounds and interests.įun rewards and learning tools: Reading Buddies, badges and quizzes keep them motivated to read and learn. ![]() Featuring talented voice actors, fun music and exciting sound effects that bring stories to life! You can even download books to read offline!īooks that read to them: In addition to our library of more traditional ebooks, we have a huge collection of Read-To-Me books and audiobooks. You can also enjoy reading a guest blog post from author Simon Cherry where he talks about what inspired him to write.Epic is the world’s largest digital library for kids! Our fun, kid-safe, interactive reading app fuels curiosity and reading confidence by letting kids freely explore their interests with instant access to 40,000+ books, audiobooks, learning videos and more.Īnytime, anywhere: Access our library from any Apple device. Read more about them and how you can vote by clicking on the link above. The Lollies are book awards that celebrate the funniest children’s books. I reviewed this book as part of the Lollies 2017 blog tour. Thank you to Usborne for sending me this book to review. Their full names are highly entertaining too (although perhaps not to children): Chevalier François Cabernet Lalande-de-Pomerol and his companion, Plonque.Įddy Stone and the Epic Holiday Mash-Up is an hilarious, action-packed, off-the-wall adventure. Just writing their name makes me chortle. If I were to choose my favourite character it would be a toss-up between the grumpy penguin with aspirations to be a world famous stand-up comedian (he actually has some of the best lines in the book) and the miniature resistance fighters, the Raisins of Death. Along the way they also have to outrun and outwit the terrifying Barracuda Bill and his bloodthirsty crew (rival pirates on board the Scavenger). ![]() The four of them embark on their quest, solving clues, completing dangerous trials and collecting various items that will prove them worthy winners of the treasure. It’s a bit like a sat nav and it also spells out the different clues which will eventually lead them to the treasure. Their boat, the Codcake, started out as a snack bar but magically transforms into a sailing vessel. Their only other shipmate is a grumpy stowaway penguin. Amusingly, the frustrated ageing junk shop owner ends up as the Crew (assuming all of the roles except for Cabin Boy, which falls to Eddy). Their next mission is to hire a crew and commandeer a boat. Eddy and the Captain follow the dream’s exceptionally detailed instructions and find a treasure map, exactly as foretold. The pirate, Mad Bad Jake McHake (or Captain, for short), has had a dream that he will find the treasure map in a junk shop. So, when a pirate lands in his gran’s bath, Eddy doesn’t think twice about agreeing to join him on an adventure to find Grungeybeard’s buried treasure. The local children are unwelcoming and unfriendly. Sleepy Tidemark Bay is a dreary, run-down seaside resort and his gran is not much company. And yes, I did pore over the illustration until I found it!Įddy Stone’s busy parents have bundled him off to stay with his gran during the school summer holidays. I actually had to stop reading because I was laughing so hard about Frankie Halftrousers and his single buttock. Or at the other end of the scale there was the giddy, childish humour of fart jokes and pirates’ naked bottoms. Then there were the times when I simply smiled at the dry wit and clever wordplay. When I wasn’t guffawing, I was quietly sniggering to myself. ![]() Frequently the humour is laugh out loud stuff (which is apt as the book has been shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Children’s Book Awards). Eddy Stone and the Epic Holiday Mash-Up made me laugh.
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