Review: Where’s The Wookiee? (or, Plenty Of Wooks, Nary A Wally In Sight) Star Wars: Where’s the Wookiee? is a ‘search and find’ activity book published by Egmont UK. Not familiar with that phrasing? I wasn’t, either, but a quick look at the front will tell you all you need to know: It’s Where’s Wally? […]
Author: Michael Dare
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Review: Star Wars Starfighter Workshop
Review: Star Wars: Starfighter Workshop (or, The Child Within Is Happy. The Child Without, Not So Much) Today’s review is of Star Wars Starfighter Workshop by Egmont Publishing. For those regular readers, on here, or on twitter, you will know that Niece and Nephew have disavowed any and all interest in Star Wars. As such, […]
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Review: Imperial Justice by Jason Fry
Review: Servants of the Empire: Imperial Justice by Jason Fry (or, The Expert Thumb Twiddler Finally Does Something) I wish for it to be acknowledged that I am currently quite sick *coughs pointedly*. But I’m still here. This isn’t me being melodramatic* or wanting to illicit sympathy**. I say it because I want to convey how much […]
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Review: Rebel In The Ranks by Jason Fry
Review: Star Wars: Rebel In The Ranks by Jason Fry (or, The Swimsuit Model Edition) I have a confession to make: I don’t generally have a high opinion of children’s or young adult books. This is silly for lots of reasons, but maybe now isn’t the right time to go into that. Actually, just briefly: […]
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Review: Draw Star Wars Rebels
Review: Draw Star Wars Rebels (or, The Art of the Nozzie) The psychological illusionist Derren Brown once conveyed a story in his book, Confessions of a Conjuror. That tale was one from when he was a child, perhaps four or five years old, and was attempting to draw a 3D nose. This wasn’t something he decided […]
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Review: Star Wars Rebels Colouring Activity Book
Review: Star Wars Rebels Colouring Activity Book (or, Getting Stuck With Chopper) It’s more than a little weird to review this book. For me, a review is for an item that, if favourable, I will then go out and buy. But this book, the Star Wars Colouring Activity book by Egmont Publishing isn’t one I’d […]