Why a Booktrail?
Have you ever wanted to step inside a book and have that adventure for real?
Pages & Co: Tilly and the Bookwanderers
What you need to know before your trail
Since her mother’s disappearance, eleven-year-old Tilly has found comfort in stories at Pages & Co., her grandparents’ bookshop. But when her favourite characters, Anne of Green Gables and Alice from Wonderland, appear in the shop, Tilly’s adventures become very real. Not only can she follow Anne and Alice into their thrilling worlds, she discovers she can bookwander into any story she chooses.
Tilly’s new ability could even help her solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago. But danger may be lurking on the very next page…
Locations
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London
Set in London, but in the most magical bookshop where characters can wander from books into the shop!
The setting of Pages and Co, the name of the shop is one of the most magical and bookish we’ve read about. There’s nooks and crannies, no wall is straight, books are everywhere so much so that even the old couple who own the store, Tilly’s grandparents sometimes seem to get lost inside.
And then there’s the magical coffee shop where the most wonderful cakes are made by a boy named Joe. He recreates cakes found in books and they’re often enjoyed with the most deluxe sounding hot chocolates ever! The magical smell of marshmallows…ooh wait for that!
When Anne of Green Gables is found sitting on a sofa one day, and then Alice in Wonderland appears, Tilly knows something is wrong. But she bonds with Anne most of all since they are both orphans. Tilly is taken to Green Gables by Anne and then later on meets the more unconventional characters of Wonderland. There’s a jaunt on a pirate ship and more literary fantasy worlds besides.
The British Library
You might think this is the national library with more than 14 million books. But wait until you discover what’s hidden underneath its walls and caverns…
The BL is magical anyway but you won’t look at the doors and elevators in the same way again never mind the books!
Booktrailer Review
Susan: @thebooktrailer
If ever there was a more lovely book for booklovers everywhere I don’t know what it is. Pages and Co has been lovingly created by someone who loves books, lives and breathes books and clearly delights in the world of the characters within.
It’s a magical thought that you might be able to go inside a book. Some might say that you feel like that when reading, but apparently some of us have the power to really escape reality and enter anther world. But this world of book wandering is not possible for everyone and there are rules as to which books you should enter and those to avoid. Oh and what happens if you can’t get out again!
So many things to think about and work out with Tilly as she finds herself seeing the characters in the shop ( stunningly created and imagined with the waft of marshmallows and hot chocolate in the air as you read) I just loved the grandparents with their eye rolls and smiles at Tilly and the secret whispers amongst themselves. And Jack who bakes cakes from books such as those from Alice in Wonderland’s tea party! I want to meet him too!
I didn’t think I could get any more excited, and I’m So over the age of readership for this book ( ie slightly over 9 – 12 years old) but I shall never see the British Library in the same way again. So THAT’s why there are so many locked doors, and books tucked away out of sight. It’s like a tardis inside….and now I know why. Mr Chalk…..a delightful strange man who seems to be watching Tilly and her friend as they begin to learn the responsibility of book wandering.
There is a lot of scene setting in the book and lots of explanations about the rules of book wandering but let’s face it. it’s more dangerous than it appears. When Tilly has learnt some of the rules the adventures are bound to get even more adventurous.
Her second name is pages and she’s a very special character it would seem……think she’ll be just fine. Which book would you like to wander into will be a question you’ll ask yourself when reading this. My answer now – this one!
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Pages & Co: Tilly and the Bookwanderers
Destination : London and places inside books Author/Guide: Anna James Departure Time:When ever you can book wander
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