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Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers

Pages & Co., Book 1

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Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers

By: Anna James
Narrated by: Aysha Kala
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About this listen

 A magical adventure to delight the imagination. A curl-up-on-the-sofa snuggle of a debut from a uniquely talented author.

Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents’ bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more than to escape into the pages of her favourite stories.

One day Tilly realises that classic children’s characters are appearing in the shop through the magic of ‘book walking’ – crossing over from the page into real life.

With the help of Anne of Green Gables and Alice in Wonderland. Tilly is determined to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago, so she bravely steps into the unknown, unsure of what adventure lies ahead and what dangers she may face.

©2018 Anna James (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Action & Adventure Education & Learning Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mystery & Suspense Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Magic Adventure

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Critic reviews

'Delightful! A joy of a book’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars

‘A thrilling, inventive book-lover’s delight, where fiction really does come to life. It’s a treat for readers of every age’ Matt Haig, author of A Boy Called Christmas

‘Pages and Co. is a celebration of all the best things in life: books, friendship, adventures and cake. And pirates. And hot chocolate. It’s utterly beautiful and perfectly brilliant’ Greg James and Chris Smith, authors of Kid Normal

‘An enchanting tale for book-lovers of all ages, Tilly and the Bookwanderers is a magical debut that is NOT to be missed’ Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper’s Island

‘Pages & Co. is a true delight for book-lovers – you’ll adore exploring the magical world of the bookwanderers with Tilly’ Katherine Woodfine, author of The Clockwork Sparrow
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loved it thought it was great story 😜and I CANT WAIT FOR THE THIRD BOOK 📚 TO COME OUT👍👍👍👍👍♥️💙💛💚

best book ever 😄🙂👍

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This is my all time fav story! My child has Ben listening to it since 2019 and we ask her is she wants the new one and says no. She loves it to the bottom of her heart! 10/5 stars

Best

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I definitely recommend 🤍
The story line is so different compared to any other book I’ve read

AMAZING

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She little bit like me and I like that I like the book I love it

🙂📚

Her mother

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I absolutely adored this story which weaves together the wonder of so many classic tales so elegantly. It's one I think I'll come back to again and again.

A new classic

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Amazing! I loved this audiobook, I also loved all the other books that follow this one. 👍🏽

Great book, would definitely recommend! 🫶🏼

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Such a great book! Definitely one to listen too many times. I hope that Anna James is planning to write more.

Amazing book

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Loved it
Never know what's going to happen next within the pages of books

Best Book Ever!!!!

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My daughter at 7 years old absolutely loved the story, I heard some of it, and it tapped into my childhood adventures by bringing Alice and Anne to life. My daughter excitedly would update me with the storyline saying who lived in the book world and who lived in the human world. It has really caught her imagination and inspired her to notice her own role and worlds in books. The narration is a little on one note, and quite slow in the "He saids" and "She saids" and drawn out pauses, but characterisation is good, my daughter, more importantly, has no such criticism of the narration so clearly a matter of taste...

A cosy magical world,

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Immersive story and famous characters make for a young book lover's dream.

4.5 stars.

Tilly Pages lives above her grandparents' bookshop. Growing up around books she is a true reader, and despite not knowing her father, her mother disappearing while she was still a baby, books are her respite.

Wanting to know more about her mother, she notices one day strange people appearing in the bookshop that seem somehow familiar. Lizzy... Alice... Anne...

Tilly soon realises that she is meeting characters from her favourite books. crossing from literature to life... and she may be able to go back with them...

It's the start of a book lover's paradise, a wish fulfillment - what if you could travel inside your favourite stories? It did remind me of Inkheart at several points, but used real books and characters known and loved the world over, using real details and scenes from them.

This will all wash over the heads of readers who aren't familiar with such titles as Anne of Green Gables, Alice in Wonderland and A Little Princess, but for those who love these stories, it will be a real treat seeing their favourite lovingly worked over and meshed together into a story.

I really liked this as an audiobook, it was a well-narrated story that transferred well for listeners, with the narrator voicing Tilly, her friends and family as well as the book characters with distinctions. She also kept Tilly sounding her age, though I wasn't too keen on her accent for Anne Shirley (or how she pronounced Avonlea!).

A great start to a series, will be pored over by young literature lovers (and those adults who read them as children). Lots of excitement and the potential for adventure.

With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.

Immersive story is a young book lover's dream

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