Murder and Mystery

For our first meeting of the new year, we had some very interesting discussions about the book that we had read during the Christmas holiday. Mistletoe and Murder by Robin Stevens was enjoyed by many in the group. It's an atmospheric mystery, set in Cambridge where two friends are spending Christmas and solving a murder!
We even enjoyed some of the Chelsea Buns from Fitzbillie's Tea Room which is mentioned in the book and we ate them with some hot chocolate, whilst we discussed what it was that we found so entertaining about this story.

 This is one of a series of books where the two lead characters, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are amateur sleuths, along with some of their friends.

Our next book is Sherlock and the Baker Street Curse by Sam Hearn and  is one of the books shortlisted in this year’s Surrey Libraries Children’s Book Awards. It is another mystery, but in a different style than we are used to reading. This book is written like a diary, with lots of interesting illustrations quite like a comic. I'm sure we're going to enjoy it.

Reigate Chatterbooks are taking part in the Surrey Libraries Children's Book award 2020.
The first book we have read is The Boy who lived with dragons by Andy Shepherd. We talked about owning a dragon and then made one out of pipe cleaners and scraps from the craft box.