Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers
Written by Anna James
Narrated by Aysha Kala
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About this audiobook
Eleven year-old Tilly has lived above her grandparents’ bookshop ever since her mother disappeared shortly after she was born. Like the rest of her family, Tilly loves nothing more than to escape into the pages of her favourite stories.
One day Tilly realises that classic children’s characters are appearing in the shop through the magic of ‘book walking’ – crossing over from the page into real life.
With the help of Anne of Green Gables and Alice in Wonderland. Tilly is determined to solve the mystery of what happened to her mother all those years ago, so she bravely steps into the unknown, unsure of what adventure lies ahead and what dangers she may face.
Anna James
Anna James is a writer and journalist living in London. Anna was Book News Editor at The Bookseller and Literary Editor of Elle UK. Anna has written for The Pool, The LA Times, The Financial Times and The Independent, as well as making YouTube videos as A Case For Books. She hosts literary events and panels and is the co-founder and host of the London YA Salon. She was shortlisted for the Kim Scott Walwyn Award for Women in Publishing, 2015, and the London Book Fair Trailblazers Award, 2016.
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Reviews for Pages & Co.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Definitely for children. As an adult utterly predictable. No terrible bad guys and quite simple, excellent for children.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Such a fun book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My only experience in reading MG comes from reading Harry potter and Roald Dahl books when i was a teenager... so it was really nice falling back into the time while reading this book.. i could completely lose myself into the book and not think much.... It was so easy to visualize the world of Pages & Co. as well as the other book worlds..... i would say this was such a sweet walk down memory lane and i can't wait to read the next book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For the little or big bookworm. For those who want to feel nostalgic about early reading experience. For those who love books about books, magic, heartwarming family relationship.
I very much recommend it! - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the most whimsical book I’ve ever read and I have read some magical magical books! I can’t wait to have it on my collection and reread it over and over <3
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was such a beautiful and fun read. I cannot wait for my daughter to enjoy this story
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a great book i enjoyed reading it mine chartere Tilly who leaves with her grand parents in a book shop they owned called pages & co
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5There are strong Harry Potter overtones to this book, where Tilly, an orphan, one day realises she has magical powers and can enter a world hidden from the majority of people. In this case the world is the ability to 'bookwander', i.e. physically enter into the stories of books and meet the characters and explore the world.This leads to some enjoyable fun with classics, as we see Tilly explore Anne of Green Gables, Alice in Wonderland and Treasure Island.But are there more dangerous goings on in the land of bookwandering? Can Tilly find her missing parents? Can she understand the secrets of her own powers?An enjoyable read for late primary / early secondary school.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wow! I really liked this book.Thanks so much to Goodreads friend (artist) Laura for telling me more than once about this book and for all her book suggestions to try to help me get out of my latest reading slump. This is a really cute and clever story. I did predict almost everything major that would happen as soon as it was possible to even guess, or so I thought, but a bit less than 2/3 the way through the book I did get a (pleasant) shock. Also, I knew the ending was one possibility but this is a series so I wasn’t sure how much would get resolved in this first book until very near to the end of the book. This is a fun read. There is a lot of great humor. I enjoyed some of the creative names too. There are many suspenseful parts and the suspense got more and more intense as the book went on. The world building is good but something felt off. Maybe it was because it felt incomplete. I am assuming that more of it will be developed in the additional books. I would have loved this book when I was 9 and 10 years old, despite Alice of Wonderland being in it.I knew most of the stories included but they weren’t my very favorites when I was 8-12. My favorites would have made for a less adventurous adventure, with one exception. I loved A Little Princess and Anne of Green Gables but I’ve never liked Alice in Wonderland and don’t really remember much about Treasure Island.Charming illustrations! They’re wonderful! I appreciated their inclusion. I think it would make for a perfect activity to read this book with fourth and fifth graders and then assign them to write stories putting themselves into their favorite book or another book of their choice. I would have loved doing that at that age. It is fun to think about now too.I appreciate that (except for maybe one word?) that the original British English is in the American edition, but I think the title was changed from Tilly and the Bookwanderers to The Bookwanderers and I have no idea why that choice was made. I am not sure whether or not I’ll read the rest of the series. This book’s story felt complete in its own way and I felt satisfied when I got to the end of it. Then again, I’d probably enjoy spending more time with these characters. I love Tilly and Oscar. I think it is a good choice that in a book about books to have the character Oscar have dyslexia and show how he often reads audiobooks and that yes they count. I love Amelia and both of Tilly’s grandparents. I like Oscar’s mother too. I appreciate it when older characters in children’s books are written as interesting and fully developed people. There is a scary villain in this story, more frightening than I would have expected in a story for this age group, but I’d have probably taken that more in stride when I was in elementary school than I do now.Some quotes that I liked:“Stories enhance our lives; they shouldn’t replace them.”“Books can change minds and change worlds, open doors and open minds, and plant seeds that can grow into magical or even terrifying things. Stories are things to be loved and respected at the same time; never underestimate the power of them.” “The books we love when we’re growing up shape us in a special way, Tilly. The characters in the books we read help us decide who we want to be.” “…because stories last much longer than we do. Our stories are how we will be remembered – so we’ve got to make sure they are worth telling.”“Friends should bring out the best in you, not be the same as you. I’m sure you’re someone’s perfect fit.” “Grandad had always told her to write her name in her books, so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that her mum did the same thing when she was little. “It’s about creating a record of who’s read and loved each book,” he would say.”“I think a bookshop is like a map of the world. There are infinite paths you can take through it and none of them are right or wrong. Here in a bookshop we give readers landmarks to help them find their way, but every reader has to learn to set their own compass.”And a quote in the Acknowledgments section:“To Anne Shirley, Sara Crew, and Alice, and also to Lyra Belacqua, who is sadly still in copyright.”
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/54.75
I would have adored this when I was younger, and I highly recommend it to parents of middle graders. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Super adorable! This middle grade novel will delight bibliophiles of all ages! Matilda lives in a huge bookstore with her grandparents. She doesn't have too many friends, but she always has her nose in a book so she can live vicariously through her favorite book characters. One day while wandering through the aisles of books she encounters Anne of Green Gables. The actual Anne of Green Gables, followed shortly by Alice in Wonderland. What's going on? Is there magic in the bookstore? She tries telling her friend Oskar about it, but he doesn't quite believe her. Her grandparents seem reluctant to talk to her about it as well. Something is afoot in Pages & Co. Bookstore and Matilda is going to get to the bottom of it! Super cute and charming; every bibliophile will eat it up; regardless of their age! I can't wait for the next book in the series!