Molly has a magic place where she likes to play, her grannies wardrobe. Once afternoon she spots a mermaid costume hanging in the wardrobe, so she puts it on and counts to three and waited for her adventure to begin.

She soon found herself under the sea and meeting with other mermaids in an old shipwreck, however, it’s not long before some big sharks arrive and declare that the shipwreck is theirs and that the mermaids need to move to somewhere else.

Molly thinks the sharks are mean and comes up with a plan. She offers the sharks the option of racing the mermaids, the winner gets to keep the shipwreck for themselves. Just how are the mermaids going to win against the fast sharks though?

This is the second book in ‘Molly’s Magic Wardrobe’ series, yet the first I have read. On opening the book the bright, colourful, full-page illustrations leaped out at me. They are simply divine and I can see lots of children enjoying them.

The story of a magic wardrobe taking a young girl on an adventure to different places reminded me a little of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe crossed with Mr. Benn. I am sure this will get lots of children’s imaginations working and hoping that their grandparents have a magic wardrobe too.

I think Molly’s Magic Wardrobe is simply beautiful. It has a great story within the pages about kindness and I can see it being a real hit with little children. It would make a fantastic class read as well as a bedtime story.

About the Authors

Adam Guillain is a children’s writer, musician and a co-founder of Storytelling Schools. Charlotte Guillain taught English to air traffic controllers and nurses before deciding a career in publishing would endanger fewer lives.

Since meeting in Zanzibar while working with Voluntary Services Overseas, they have written several picture books together including Supermarket Gremlins, School for Dads and the George’s Amazing Adventures series.

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