The Book Detectives

        [{"id":"22140","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/mystery-book-recommendation\/","name":"mystery-book-recommendation","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image1-scaled.jpeg","alt":"The image shows someone holding a copy of The Clockwork Conspiracy in front of a bookshelf."},"title":"The Clockwork Conspiracy - Mystery Book Recommendation","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Apr 30, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-04-30 11:55:41","modifiedDate":"2024-06-03 12:11:08","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-06-03 12:11:08","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tag\/chapter-books-for-7-year-olds\/' rel='post_tag'>chapter books for 7 year olds<\/a><a href='https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tag\/dyslexia-friendly\/' rel='post_tag'>dyslexia friendly<\/a><a href='https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tag\/funny-books\/' rel='post_tag'>funny books<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":47},"status":"publish","content":"I am a huge fan of Sam Sedgman's writing and simply adore The Adventures On Trains series, co-written with M. G. Leonard. When I saw"},{"id":"22102","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/funny-books-for-kids-2\/","name":"funny-books-for-kids-2","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-day-the-hiccups-took-over--scaled.jpg","alt":"Don't know what to buy a 7 year old? Check out our book box. The image shows the contents of the book box. The book has a red and blue front cover and there is an illustration of a boy on the front. The book is on top of the activity sheets that you would find in the box. the activity sheets have white backgrounds. There are some kraft cardboard boxes in the top and bottom of the image."},"title":"The Day The Hiccups Took Over - Funny Books for Kids","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Mar 15, 2024","dateGMT":"2024-03-15 10:33:16","modifiedDate":"2024-06-03 12:11:08","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-06-03 12:11:08","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tag\/chapter-books-for-7-year-olds\/' rel='post_tag'>chapter books for 7 year olds<\/a><a href='https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tag\/dyslexia-friendly\/' rel='post_tag'>dyslexia friendly<\/a><a href='https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tag\/funny-books\/' rel='post_tag'>funny books<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":53},"status":"publish","content":"Recommending funny books for kids is something I am regularly asked to do and The Day The Hiccups Took Over is a new favourite on"},{"id":"21453","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/what-to-read-after-harry-potter\/","name":"what-to-read-after-harry-potter","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DDB6CB72-3781-42FA-A083-7520DE1224F0.png","alt":"The image shows the front cover of five books to read after reading Harry Potter. There front covers are organised in a row of three on the top and two front covers on the row underneath. There is a white background. The book detectives logo is in the bottom right hand corner and there is an illustration of a magnifying glass on in the top right hand corner."},"title":"What To Read After Harry Potter","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Nov 10, 2022","dateGMT":"2022-11-10 12:59:05","modifiedDate":"2024-12-05 11:52:09","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-12-05 11:52:09","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":44},"status":"publish","content":"I frequently get asked for book recommendations and this question is certainly a popular one: what to read after Harry Potter? Here are five of"},{"id":"21621","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/books-for-reluctant-reader\/","name":"books-for-reluctant-reader","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/icon-600-\u00d7-600px-800-\u00d7-800px.png","alt":"The image shows the front cover of the book. It has a blue background and there is a black tab across the front that shows the titles written in a yellow and orange typeface. There are illustrations of an octopus, flying saucers, an aeroplane, an aircraft, a tower and an animal."},"title":"TBD Reviews Real-Life Mysteries","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jun 23, 2022","dateGMT":"2022-06-23 10:50:09","modifiedDate":"2024-06-03 13:33:42","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-06-03 12:33:42","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":2},"status":"publish","content":"Are you looking for a book that will inspire a reluctant reader?  Non-fiction kids\u2019 books make great gifts and can really appeal to reluctant readers"},{"id":"21457","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tbd-reviews-lizzie-and-lucky\/","name":"tbd-reviews-lizzie-and-lucky","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/55CE6718-7008-41E5-AA1B-09C1B544D658-scaled.jpeg","alt":"The image shows the contents of the book box. There is a brown cardboard box photographed, it has the book Lizzie and Lucky on top of it. There are activity sheets next to the box and some pencils, paper clips, badges, pens and a bookmark."},"title":"TBD Reviews - Lizzie and Lucky","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"May 11, 2022","dateGMT":"2022-05-11 13:04:58","modifiedDate":"2024-06-03 13:24:57","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-06-03 12:24:57","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":"<a href='https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tag\/chapter-books\/' rel='post_tag'>chapter books<\/a><a href='https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tag\/kids-books\/' rel='post_tag'>Kids books<\/a>"},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":9},"status":"publish","content":"It\u2019s no surprise that a detective mystery instantly appeals to me! But a series of kids\u2019 books involving a detective called Lizzie and her fluffy"},{"id":"20971","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/5-books-to-read-after-tom-gates\/","name":"5-books-to-read-after-tom-gates","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/edit-3-10-scaled.jpg","alt":"what to read after Tom Gates"},"title":"What to read after Tom Gates","author":{"name":"Lizzie Harris","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/lharris\/"},"date":"Nov 9, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-11-09 11:54:19","modifiedDate":"2024-12-05 11:48:18","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-12-05 11:48:18","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":25},"status":"publish","content":"Hello from TBD HQ! It is really starting to feel like Christmas here. New stock is arriving all the time, so I seem to be"},{"id":"20783","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/international-literacy-day-8th-september\/","name":"international-literacy-day-8th-september","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/book-detectives-1-69-scaled.jpg","alt":"International Literacy Day"},"title":"International Literacy Day 8th September","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Sep 7, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-09-07 09:59:14","modifiedDate":"2025-01-04 21:02:58","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-01-04 21:02:58","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":13},"status":"publish","content":"It\u2019s International Literacy Day on the 8th September 2021 and The Book Detectives and Tyne Valley Express have teamed up to help celebrate this event"},{"id":"20777","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tbd-summer-reading-club-9th-august-2021\/","name":"tbd-summer-reading-club-9th-august-2021","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/book-detectives-1-27-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"TBD Summer Reading Club - 9th August 2021","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Aug 9, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-08-09 11:50:17","modifiedDate":"2025-01-04 21:04:00","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-01-04 21:04:00","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":15},"status":"publish","content":"I can\u2019t believe we\u2019re now onto Week 3 of my summer reading club! Last week was another exciting week seeing you share your children\u2019s favourite"},{"id":"20766","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tbd-summer-reading-club-2nd-august-2021\/","name":"tbd-summer-reading-club-2nd-august-2021","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/edit-3-10-scaled.jpg","alt":"what to read after Tom Gates"},"title":"TBD Summer Reading Club - 2nd August 2021","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Aug 2, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-08-02 13:12:17","modifiedDate":"2025-01-04 21:06:22","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-01-04 21:06:22","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":28},"status":"publish","content":"Thank you so much to everyone who took part in Week 1 of my Summer Reading Club. I had such a great week seeing all"},{"id":"20733","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/tbd-summer-reading-club-26th-july\/","name":"tbd-summer-reading-club-26th-july","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/book-detectives-1-37-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"TBD Summer Reading Club - 26th July","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jul 26, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-07-26 10:43:45","modifiedDate":"2025-03-05 12:35:37","modifiedDateGMT":"2025-03-05 12:35:37","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":31},"status":"publish","content":"Now that all schools have broken up for the summer holidays (some schools have seven weeks off this year and have already been off for"},{"id":"20698","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/the-book-detectives-reviews-twitch-7th-july\/","name":"the-book-detectives-reviews-twitch-7th-july","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/twitch-cover-photo--scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"The Book Detectives Reviews - Twitch - 7th July","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Jul 7, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-07-07 14:18:16","modifiedDate":"2024-06-03 12:11:09","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-06-03 12:11:09","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":2,"sec":10},"status":"publish","content":"It\u2019s no surprise that I am always keen to read any book that\u2019s new to the detective genre! I was instantly intrigued by the idea"},{"id":"20523","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/the-weekly-debrief-20th-march\/","name":"the-weekly-debrief-20th-march","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_9865-scaled.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Books To Help Talk About Feelings and Emotions Part 2 - 20th March","author":{"name":"TheBookDetectives","link":"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/author\/admin\/"},"date":"Mar 23, 2021","dateGMT":"2021-03-23 11:59:00","modifiedDate":"2024-06-03 12:11:09","modifiedDateGMT":"2024-06-03 12:11:09","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/the-weekly-de-brief\/\" rel=\"category tag\">The Weekly De-Brief<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/recommendations\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Recommendations<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thebookdetectives.co.uk\/category\/the-weekly-de-brief\/\" rel=\"category tag\">The Weekly De-Brief<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":3,"sec":57},"status":"publish","content":"The weeks are rolling by and after adjusting to the kids being back to school, we\u2019re now preparing for the Easter holidays! In last week\u2019s"}]