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REVIEW & GIVEAWAY – Isla Fisher Children’s Books

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY – Isla Fisher Children’s Books

Isla Fisher is one of those celebrities who never seems to age. I remember Isla Fisher from her days as Shannon in Home & Away, and more recently for her roles in The Great Gatsby and Diary of a Shoppaholic (one of my favourite books of all time).

What you may not know about Isla Fisher is that she also has her own range of childrens books, and they are actually pretty hilarious.

As Mum to three children of her own – daughters Olive and Elula, and son Montgomery (LOVE the names!), Isla had been making up stories at bedtime for them every night since they were born. Isla wrote these books herself (refreshingly not via a ghost writer) as a gift for her children – a reminder of the fun they have at bedtime reading books and sharing stories.

We were recently sent the three books in her series about Marge – a woman who turns out to be far from your average babysitter! Whilst she might look sensible, old and small on the surface – under her hat lies a mane of rainbow coloured hair and a glint in her eye which tells Jake and Jemima that life with Marge is definitely not going to be boring!!

The Marge in Charge series are published by Piccadilly Press and are aimed at early readers aged 5-8 years.

I have been reading these books with Erin and here’s what we thought…

The Marge In Charge books are lovely – fun and easy to read, and as such, Erin enjoyed sitting down for half an hour before bed with me as we had the next instalment in Jakey and Jemima’s adventures.

The characters are very relatable, with relationship between Jakey and Jemima being a typical sibling love/hate friendship! Jakey is cheeky and mischievous with a real sense of fun, whilst Jemima has a slightly more sensible head on her shoulders!

The children have so much fun with Marge, and isnt it every child’s dream to be able to go on an adventure whilst their parents are off the scene? With small illustrations to break up the text, the story is bought to life visually as well as via descriptions and at four years old, this made it easier for Erin to follow. The text is relatively simple in terms of complexity, so early readers would also be able to read along with a family member’s support.

You can get your hands on your own set of the three books from Isla Fisher as our friends at Picadilly Press have kindly given us a set to giveaway!

To enter, simply use the Gleam app below.

Isla Fisher Children’s Books Giveaway

GOOD LUCK!

*Disclosure – This is a collaborative post. We were sent a copy of the Marge books free of charge in exchange for our review, however all thoughts and opinions are my own*

52 Comments

  1. Katie Skeoch

    Fab , fingers crossed my boys love to read x

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  2. iain maciver

    FANTASTIC GIVEAWAY

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  3. Kirsty Medhurst

    Oooh my son would love to read these 🙂 x

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  4. Tracy Nixon

    My two girls would love this series thank you!

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  5. Laura Pritchard

    These look like fun books – I think my kids would enjoy them!

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  6. Fiona Paley

    I think my niece would love these books, she loves stories with humour in them.

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  7. janine atkin

    id love these for my niece

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  8. Solange

    My kids would these books.

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  9. Lisa Wilkinson

    Thanks for the giveaway

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  10. jo liddement

    These look like the books my son would love

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  11. Ruth Harwood

    looks fab, thanks for the giveaway xx

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  12. Chris Andrews

    my grandson is an avid reader and would love these if l were lucky enough to win

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  13. Angela Boucher

    I would love to win these for my son, he loved Marge in charge.

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  14. Helen Tovell

    Lovely giveaway thank you

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  15. Jodie A Green

    these look fab! perfect for my daughter

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  16. Margaret gallagher

    PERFECT to enjoy learning

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  17. Suzanne Jackson

    Lovely giveaway thank-you

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  18. claire griffiths

    great prize

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  19. amy bondoc

    these sound lovely xxx

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  20. Stevie

    My 5 year old niece loves a book at bedtime.

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  21. Angela Kelly

    Thanks for this great giveaway, I would love to have these books for our library.

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  22. Rich Tyler

    Count Me IN!

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  23. Margaret Clarkson

    Lovely prize, thank you.

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  24. Terri Stammers

    fantastic thank you

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  25. Lorna Roberts

    I’d like to donate my copies to my local primary school, if I won.

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  26. Ashley Phillips

    These would be perfect for my daughter

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  27. Jo McPherson

    These look great

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  28. Christine Caple

    They look like fab books

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  29. Susan B

    The children have not read any of her books. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  30. sheri darby

    These look really good books

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  31. karen watt

    great giveaway

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  32. Phil Oneill

    Great Giveaway 🙂

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  33. carol boffey

    this sounds lovely

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  34. Charlotte Hoskins

    Lovely prize for my daughter who is learning to read at school and I’m hoping will be a book worm like her Mum!

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  35. Amanda Jayne Davis

    Fab prize would love to win this for my daughter Charlie, she is such a avid reader

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  36. Gillian Hutchison

    Always looking for new bedtime stories for my kids, just finished Gangsta granny last night 🙂

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  37. sarah parker

    lovely competition 🙂

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  38. MARK HOPKINS

    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  39. Tammy Neal

    Lovely giveaway

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  40. Cathryn Crawshaw

    Perfect for Ava

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  41. Tricia cowell

    Wow fantastic giveaway

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  42. JULIE WARD

    Great books for grandchildren, we love our story times

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  43. Paula T

    This would be fab for my little girl, she goes through books like nobody’s business! x

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  44. Victoria Allum

    Thanks would love to win for my kids! Good luck all 🙂

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  45. Natalie Crossan

    Awesome giveaway xx

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  46. Anneka Avery

    Really keen to try these and see what they are like!

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  47. Christine Hobbs

    So important to read at home and you cant beat some quality read together time with your children. We very rarely miss a night so get through dozens of books. These look brilliant x

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  48. ellie spider

    these looks fab 🙂

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  49. linda curtis

    would love for the grandchildren 🙂

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  50. Diana

    Lovely giveaway : )

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  51. Rachel Craig

    Good prize.

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