Hollie and Figgs

Absolutely fantastic book for both child and parent/adult alike - Really hope the author is going to write a few sequels! Full of really bright and fun illustrations and the story book has plenty of magical twists and turns that kept me wondering what adventures the duo will go on next. The character of Figgs the cat is absolutely adorable - I want my own real life version! Hollie is a character that many young girls and boys would be able to relate to with and want to be real life friends with. Definitely worth buying for your child, it will keep them entertained, engaged and stimulate their imagination... and you'll end up loving it too!

I have found this great book ,it's a really good read I bought it for my niece we had great fun reading it,it's thought provoking ,not just a book to read and forget about .we hope there is to be another one soon .definitely well worth buying

A lovely, thought provoking and touching book. Beautiful imagery and even more beautiful sentiment. Thank you.

I purchased this for a friend's young granddaughter and she loves it. Wonderful imagination fuel for a young mind. Looking forward to more from Annette Sharman.

Hollie and Figgs is a book that I chatted to the author about for ages, well before the book was even in print format. So it was a highly anticipated read. It was also rather lovely to get a signed copy in the post to share with my children. I had a feeling the book would be a big hit in my house as my son loves cats. To put things into perspective two of his favourite presents from Father Christmas were a cat teddy and a remote control cat. Annette, the author originally wrote the book for her daughter when she was poorly. It was a project they both did together, with Annette writing the story and her daughter doing the illustrations. She then went on to get the book published, and some of the illustrations in the real book are by her daughter too. Which I think makes the book extra special. The book centres around a girl called Hollie and her cat Figgs. At the beginning of the book Hollie has to move house with her family, the story talks about how she feels about moving and also how her friendship with her cat Figgs helps her. But the best thing has to be that Figgs can not only talk, but takes Hollie on amazing magical adventures. The book is quite long and we read it over the space of three nights. My son who is 5 really enjoyed it and was looking forward to each instalment, but it was a bit too old for my daughter at 2.5 years and didn't quite hold her attention. My son loved that the book was about a cat as expected, and was delighted when he found out that Figgs could talk! Afterwards he declared that that was the best bit. He also really liked the colourful illustrations and wanted to sit and look at them on his own after we had finished reading. The magical adventures were fun and captured his imagination. If I could add some constructive criticism it would be that it could do with small sections of the writing being cut and tightening up slightly. Hollie and Figgs Magical Adventures is quite clearly that start of a series, and the ending left us with a view of what was to come. My son finished it wanting to read the next one which I'm pretty sure means it was a hit. Verdict: This is a fun debut children's books definitely more suited to school age children. Yes, it could do with some minor tweaks, but my son loved it and the colourful illustrations are lovely.