{"id":1433,"date":"2013-08-03T07:17:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-03T07:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2013-08-05T13:51:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T13:51:42","slug":"dixie-oday-by-shirley-hughes-clara-vulliamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/2013\/08\/dixie-oday-by-shirley-hughes-clara-vulliamy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dixie O’Day by Shirley Hughes & Clara Vulliamy"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were delighted to have Dixie O’Day, In the Fast Lane race into our home, Bryn enjoyed it so much he gave it 5 stars. (It’s also Waterstones Book of the month) <\/a>It’s an exquisitely crafted book with beautiful illustrations complementing a thrilling read. <\/p>\n

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In the Fast Lane is the first in a new series of early chapter books by the marvellously talented duo Shirley Hughes & Clara Vulliamy. Introducing the charming Dixie O’Day, his loyal friend Percy & a host of fun new characters, Bryn liked Ron Barrakan while I had a soft spot for the Friendly Family who were indeed very friendly.<\/p>\n

“In the very first story of the series, Dixie and his best pal Percy are entering the Didsworth to Dodsworth All-Day Race. But \u00e2\u20ac\u201c OH NO! \u00e2\u20ac\u201c so is Dixie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arch-enemy Lou Ella.
\nThe race is full of twists and turns, peril and daring\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6who will win the day?”<\/p>\n

Bryn was completely hooked as I read this too him, his faces of concern, horror & joy as the story tootled along at a pace were a delight to see. <\/p>\n

This is the perfect series for early readers with manageable chapters full of action & Bryn is looking forward to reading it himself. Inspired by the fantastic illustrations I made him a bookmark to help him.<\/p>\n

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\nThere are also some great extras including an interview with Dixie, a quiz, travel games & more ensuring we have plenty of opportunity to continue our love of the book. Take a look at the Dixie O Day website to find out more.<\/a><\/p>\n

This book has been a great source of inspiration for the kids play & for my doodling <\/p>\n

Here they are in their own All-Day-Race or more accurately ‘few-seconds-race’ owing to the size of the garden path.<\/p>\n

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Here is my bookish ‘marvellous motor’ (don’t forget to submit your design for a marvellous motor on the Dixie O’Day website)<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. I was not asked to write this post, nor was I given any money for doing so, and the review represents my own honest opinion.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We were delighted to have Dixie O’Day, In the Fast Lane race into our home, Bryn enjoyed it so much he gave it 5 stars. (It’s also Waterstones Book of the month) It’s an exquisitely crafted book with beautiful illustrations complementing a thrilling read. In the Fast Lane is the first in a new series […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}