Saturday, September 14, 2019

Blog Tour for Invisible Us by Dougie Arnold


Invisible Us by Dougie Arnold



Summary:
Can you imagine being almost invisible? Well, that’s exactly what Gecko felt he was, so decided to set out on an adventure to find some new friends like him. Join Gecko on his journey and you will be amazed at the fantastic creatures he meets. Have fun trying to find them in this magical story.

Information about the Book
Title: Invisible Us
Author: Dougie Arnold
Release Date: 10th September 2019
Genre: Picture Book
Page Count: 32
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
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Dougie Arnold’s decision, as a young teacher, to move to Kenya was to change his life.  Teaching in four different international schools, the last of which he set up from scratch for the then leader of the Kenyan opposition, Ken Matiba, he fell in love with the country.  Some years later, the President’s family, the Kenyattas, asked him to be head of their prep school but his father’s cancer prevented a return to Africa.

Half way through his fifteen years in Kenya he took two years out of the classroom and helped to run and market a game reserve on the edge of the Rift Valley, broadcasting some of his exploits on BBC radio and qualifying as a pilot.  Wildlife and its protection became a passion.

Returning to the UK he spent eighteen years as deputy head of a leading London prep school but took early retirement in order to write. The influence of Africa is core to his work.  An illustrated children’s book, Invisible Us, is due out in September and Tusker, a novel on elephant poaching, at the end of the year.



Review:
I got this one to read to my special needs and non verbal daughter. She loves a book read to her at night but has a very little attention span so I look for books geared toward the under 5 year ago group. When I picked this one up I did initial scan and I was worried that some pages had too many words to kept her attention.  She kind of moved around a lot when I read it to her but I was able to pull her back into the story by pointing out the pictures and looking for the hidden animals.   I enjoyed reading it to her.  We haven't done it yet but there's a page in the back where you can draw your own invisible friends.
4 Stars!
 



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