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*
Fab , fingers crossed my boys love to read x
FANTASTIC GIVEAWAY
Oooh my son would love to read these 🙂 x
My two girls would love this series thank you!
These look like fun books – I think my kids would enjoy them!
I think my niece would love these books, she loves stories with humour in them.
id love these for my niece
My kids would these books.
Thanks for the giveaway
These look like the books my son would love
looks fab, thanks for the giveaway xx
my grandson is an avid reader and would love these if l were lucky enough to win
I would love to win these for my son, he loved Marge in charge.
Lovely giveaway thank you
these look fab! perfect for my daughter
PERFECT to enjoy learning
Lovely giveaway thank-you
great prize
Lovely books
these sound lovely xxx
My 5 year old niece loves a book at bedtime.
Thanks for this great giveaway, I would love to have these books for our library.
Count Me IN!
Lovely prize, thank you.
fantastic thank you
I’d like to donate my copies to my local primary school, if I won.
These would be perfect for my daughter
These look great
They look like fab books
The children have not read any of her books. Thanks for the giveaway.
These look really good books
great giveaway
Great Giveaway 🙂
this sounds lovely
Lovely prize for my daughter who is learning to read at school and I’m hoping will be a book worm like her Mum!
Fab prize would love to win this for my daughter Charlie, she is such a avid reader
Always looking for new bedtime stories for my kids, just finished Gangsta granny last night 🙂
lovely competition 🙂
Thanks for the giveaway.
Lovely giveaway
Perfect for Ava
Wow fantastic giveaway
Great books for grandchildren, we love our story times
This would be fab for my little girl, she goes through books like nobody’s business! x
Thanks would love to win for my kids! Good luck all 🙂
Awesome giveaway xx
Really keen to try these and see what they are like!
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
these looks fab 🙂
would love for the grandchildren 🙂
Lovely giveaway : )
Good prize.