Noah's Gold

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This wacky, comical, entertaining tale reels its way through to the final rescue involving foil blankets and hot chocolate.

He has also written his own picture book Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights' and his new young fiction series Genie and Teeny . I thought this was a lovely touch as it’s the first time I’ve come across this in a children’s book but it wasn’t talked about in a doom and gloom kind of way, nor was it glorified.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. With no way of knowing when, or if, they’ll be rescued, Noah and his sister’s classmates must learn to work together if they’re going to survive.

You do laugh at the children (who won’t believe the potatoes they’ve dug up are real because they don’t have labels on them). Steven lives with his partner Jay and his dog in Crouch End where he dunks endless amounts of biscuits in big red spotty cups of tea whilst listening to Radio 2. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth was shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal and selected for the inaugural WHSmith Tom Fletcher Book Club. However, instead of going to the Wonder Warehouse they find themselves marooned on an "island in the middle of the sea".In addition to original scripts, Cottrell Boyce has also adapted novels for the screen and written children's fiction, winning the 2004 Carnegie Medal for his debut, Millions, based on his own screenplay for the film of the same name. As worrying matters escalate, a treasure map is discovered and then the unthinkable – a stash of gold bullion is found. His sister is pretending she doesn’t know him, their teacher disappears, nobody knows how to source food without Alexa… and what’s this about a treasure map?

It also mentions the family’s need to use a food bank and the way the parents make it sound as if they’ve won a competition. Noah’s creation of a treasure map to distract the group and the subsequent discovery of gold all ads to the adventure. The friendship group were so heartwarming to read about and there was also some interesting discussions of living without technology too.

a funny and life-affirming tale about co-operation and resourcefulness, with a Blytonesque hidden-loot subplot thrown in. There’s also a gentle message about the value we can find in everyday things when we are forced to put our phones and laptops away, and the firm friendships that take hold in times of uncertainty. When the children discover food and make comparisons to their local food bank we know that this isn’t the world of middle class Enid Blyton youngsters but a world of challenge and change that often is dominated by technology and materialism leaving many without. I can’t even tell you how many times this book made me chuckle and fully laugh out loud, which I always find rare with books.