The Great Dream Robbery

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Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. The hilarious voice of Greg and Chris comes through throughout and the idea of an adventure within a dream, a hospital heist and Dream Bandits will really set this book apart from anything else in the market. We just found we weren't fully engaged when reading it, and after the first few chapters they abandoned it altogether, suggesting I read it myself rather than out loud. Loved that the van was electric and had a laugh at how they had to divide the energy between driving or the lab in the book.

The Great Dream Robbery | Meet Greg James and Chris Smith The Great Dream Robbery | Meet Greg James and Chris Smith

With thanks to Greg James, Chris Smith and Penguin Random House for the advanced reader copy that was received via NetGalley. Together they become The Dream Bandits and put together an ingenious and totally bonkers plan to save their parents. It was so much fun and had me beaming throughout at the bonkers ideas that are pored into each chapter. This madcap adventure could have only been dreamt up by the crazy minds of Greg James and Chris Smith, the duo behind the brilliant Kid Normal series. Along with the non-stop story, there are zany fonts, ridiculous songs, appearances from the Chief Puffin - head of Puffin Books, made-up words, authors directly addressing the reader and encouraging them to read certain parts aloud and black and white illustrations all adding to the fun.Radio 1 broadcasters and bestselling authors of KID NORMAL - Greg James and Chris Smith - are back with a mind-bending adventure you won't want to wake up from . Because falling asleep is her only chance to save her dad, Professor Dexter, from the deceitful villain Lilith Delamere, who has trapped the Professor inside of a nightmare.

The Great Dream Robbery - Penguin Books UK

Befriended by inventors Toby and Bea and aided by mattresses, a unicorn and banana – eating llamas, the three “Dream Bandits” embark on a daring rescue full of danger and magical, dream-like mayhem! The way it was written was very exciting was very intriguing because of the mystery of the dream trap dad.I knew that underneath all that anger was a tired woman who just wanted to freaking sleep for once but thanks to nightmares and dad she wasn’t able to. It was quite fun to have the narrator speak you, the reader, directly throughout the book definitely added another layer of interaction with the story.

The Great Dream Robbery - Greg James, Chris Smith - Google Books The Great Dream Robbery - Greg James, Chris Smith - Google Books

As always, the authors often stop to speak directly to the reader, whether to explain something, apologise for something or to just make us laugh. Highly recommend for those 8+ who will love this imagination fun-fest, as well as the parents reading with them!So, it’s not bad, I liked the cover, but I could do without all the extras, found myself skimming through them by the end. The concept of exploring people's dreams was very fun to read about and the characters were realistic and likeable. His boss Lilith Delamere is paying all the expensive hospital bills, but Maya thinks there's something not quite right about the tall, dark haired lady who looks like she hasn't slept for months! I can see how this (fourth wall stuff) might be fun for a child but to me it just felt self indulgent and took away from the plot. If you have a Safeguarding concern in connection with Read for Good's work, please contact us urgently.

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But it's not just a dream - it's real and Maya and her new friends the Dream Bandits must rescue the Professor before it's too late! The story was engaging, and I found myself smiling (and laughing out loud) on multiple occasions due to the humour. It is a book that teaches you that even when happiness seems miles away it is much, much closer than you think! In an outrageous adventure that celebrates imagination and the power of dreams, the jokes come thick and fast and readers are invited to participate in the action.

My favourite person was Maya ClayTon, she was so talkative and I loved her thoughts and what she kept dreaming of, the plot twists interested me the most, and yes, I would recommend to my friends who loves adventure stories and plot twists. I can’t wait to listen to the audio version, as I just know it will be as stupendously epic as the Kid Normal narrations.