My enormous thanks to Jo Hardacre for sending me a surprise copy of the children\u2019s book Meet the Mubbles<\/strong> by Liz Pichon. I\u2019m delighted better to share my review today.<\/span><\/p>\n Meet the Mubbles<\/strong> is published by Macmillan children\u2019s books on 13th March 2025 and is available for purchare through the links here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n A FABULOUS, all singing, all dancing book of JOY!<\/span><\/p>\n Meet the Mubbles<\/strong> is the first in a hilarious brand-new, full colour graphic novel series perfect for young readers from Liz Pichon, creator of the global phenomenon Tom Gates series. Filled with colourful characters, boundless fun and lots of adventures this series is a guaranteed hit for kids!<\/span><\/p>\n Welcome to the Isle of Smile where everyone, including the Wibbles of Wobble Mountain, the singing Earworms and the one-eyed Drib Drabs, lives in perfect harmony \u2013 most of the time! But when the Clouds of Joy BUMP together to make a wonky rainbow it means one thing: someone or something is coming to VISIT. Who could it be?<\/span><\/p>\n Time spent with The Mubbles on the Isle of Smile makes everything better \u2013 you\u2019ll see.<\/span><\/p>\n Featuring a QR code that will take you to a website full of extra content including arts and crafts and many fun songs from The Mubbles world and The Isle of Smile. Join our ever growing community \u2013 with over 88,000 subscribers already!<\/span><\/p>\n A strange ball arrives.<\/span><\/p>\n As usual with children\u2019s books, I think it\u2019s worth commenting on the physical attributes and Meet the Muggles<\/strong> is excellent. The hard back copy I have is a perfect size for young hands and has a solid and robust cover that feels high quality and which will withstand rough treatment in schools and libraries as well as in the home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I do have one small niggle to get out of the way as I prefer not to have upper case letters used for emphasis in the middle of sentences in books for young children. I would rather see emboldened text, because I feel it\u2019s a good idea to model the kind of writing we\u2019d like emergent writers to produce. That said, other elements are perfect for teaching writing, with a clear distinction between direct speech and thought through the shapes they are contained in, for example.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n That aside, I thought Meet the Mubbles<\/strong> was terrific as it is utterly bonkers and huge fun. The illustrations are fabulous, being a perfect style for the target age group and so engaging in their vibrancy. There\u2019s so much to see that Meet the Mubbles<\/strong> can be returned to time and again without young readers ever discovering everything in the pictures. Adults too will love the book, partly through the hilarious thought bubbles and partly through the illustrations. Anyone reading this who hates sprouts will appreciate the section containing stuorps!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n There\u2019s a magical quality in the story that children will adore, from wonky rainbows through a slug of knowledge, to singing and being fabulous. In fact, being fabulous is at the heart of the book, encouraging children to be as bright and vibrant as they can as they work together like the Mubbles \u2013 or in some cases, not like the Mubbles, as events don\u2019t always work out as expected, injecting real fun and humour.<\/span><\/p>\n With the QR code and a website to go alongside the book, this is a truly interactive reading experience. However, it doesn\u2019t matter if children only have access to the book, because there are lots of moments when they can participate, from shouting aloud and singing, to answering Auntie Mubble\u2019s questions. I loved this aspect as it enables young readers to make predictions and develop their cognitive skills.<\/span><\/p>\n I think Meet the Mubbles<\/strong> is a fantastic book to ignite a joy of reading in young children. It\u2019s quirky, colourful and funny. It uses super imagination. Above all else it shows that it doesn\u2019t matter what size, shape or colour you are, you can still be fabulous.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Liz Pichon is one of the UK\u2019s best-loved and bestselling creators of children\u2019s books, including Tom Gates and The Mubbles. The Tom Gates series won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story and the younger fiction category of the Waterstones Children\u2019s Book Prize.<\/span><\/p>\n For further information, visit Liz\u2019s website<\/a>, <\/span>find her on Facebook <\/a><\/span>and follow Liz on Twitter\/X <\/span>@lizpichon<\/a>\u00a0and Instagram<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lindasbookbag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/mubbles.jpg\")
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