Today Oak and Maple class had a visit from author Piu DasGupta to talk about her new book, secrets of the snakestone. Great to find out what inspires Piu writing and listen to some of the book.

“Spellbinding…vivid storytelling made fresh by DasGupta’s brio & her subtle postcolonial side-eye, one that also celebrates the work of female scientists, so often unsung.”

Thankss Kitty Empire for including Sssecrets of the Snakestone as a 📖 of the month in The Observer!

Two more debuts I have read this year. First up The Secrets of the snakestone by Piu DasGupta 🐍💎 - A feisty, brilliant MC in Zelie, who is not afraid to let her emotions surface in this brilliant, sometimes dark MG historical adventure.

In the UK for my first author road trip! 🤩Eassst London is gloriously sssunny & I’ve filled my flask with all-you-can-drink coffee ready to sspread the word to 500+ children in schools this week about Secrets of the Snakestone!

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Lovely to meet Piu DasGupta 🐍💎 yesterday. Secrets of the Snakestone is a thrilling adventure that children will love. Absolutely perfect for reading aloud

'It’s important to me that my readers are swept away by the excitement and pace of the adventure.'✨

We have an exciting new guest blog from author Piu DasGupta 🐍💎, the author of Secrets of the Snakestone🐍

Click here to read📖: ow.ly/mf9050Rn1Zg

“Behind the science there is always a mystery…”
Thoroughly enjoyed Secrets of the Snakestone by ⁦Piu DasGupta 🐍💎⁩. An excellent heroine with a mystery to solve, a lovely cast of characters, and fast-paced action through the tunnels and sewers of Paris. ⁦Nosy Crow⁩

Piu DasGupta 🐍💎 Children's Bookshop West End Lane Books Chorleywood Bookshop Jane Etheridge Waterstones Kids BookwagonUK Kellie Balseiro Nosy Crow Today has been another jam-packed day on Piu DasGupta 🐍💎’s Secrets of the Snakestone tour, as we spent the morning visiting Waterstones Piccadilly, London Waterstones Trafalgar Sq. Foyles Bookshop and Waterstones Gower Street, who all now have signed copies available 🐍💎✨

Really pleased Secrets of the Snakestone is popular at school. I’ve been giving talks to UK schools this week & the responses of the kids is amazing, so many great ideas! I consider reading an active/creative process as much as writing! #PrimarySchoolBookClub

#PrimarySchoolBookClub Piu DasGupta 🐍💎 Nosy Crow I loved Secrets of the Snakestone and even more importantly, the children in my class are loving it! It has gone to the 4th reader now.
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Psst!…. I’ve written a guest blog for Nosy Crow about the inspiration for Secrets of the Snakestone, including musings on circus contortionists & the need for pacy, page-turning children’s bookssss!

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Being read and reviewed in the #RR_ReviewersBookClub today we have, Secrets of the Snakestone, reviewed by St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School.
Read the review here:
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Piu DasGupta 🐍💎
Nosy Crow
St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary School

#KS2 #novel #adventure #mystery #magic

I've only been to Paris recently but reading this I need to go back asap! Also: you have to read Secrets of the Snakestone!

We have some fantastic news!

'Secrets of the Snakestone' by Piu DasGupta 🐍💎 has been included in Kitty Empire's ‘Children’s chapter books of the month’ on the The Observer🎉

Read the full review here👇 ow.ly/jZFS50RtmUM
The Guardian

BookwagonUK Ooh and lovely to spot Secrets of the Snakestone on the table there! 🐍💎✨✨💯💯

Piu DasGupta 🐍💎 I always love seeing the way children respond to the books they read. I live it when they want to talk about the book & they definitely want to talk about Snakestone. 💚
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A n amazing literary adventure and a plot worthy of grander, classical novels. Steeped in the very essence of 1890’s Parisian life, above and below ground, that leaps from the pages. READ IT! erinthecatprincess.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/sec… #childrensbook #adventurebook #paris #secrets

Sophie Kirtley Lucy Strange Wonderful bookshop! Thank you for ordering Secrets of the Snakestone 🐍✨✨

ACHUKA's 15 Mar #BookofhteDay author, Piu DasGupta 🐍💎, is in the UK all this week...
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Mrs M @7StoriesLearning Siobhan McDermott (麥舒雲) onjali rauf David Almond OBE Dan Smith Chloe Daykin Phil Earle @7Stories Chicken House Barrington Stoke Hodder & Stoughton Hachette Children's Group How wonderful to ssssee Secrets of the Snakestone in this brilliant company! Several here on my TBR list, I just bought Puppet!🐍💎✨✨