Children’s Book Review: Sully’s Glow, by Simi Godagama, illustrated by Nicole Bartlett

Summary:

Harpi the eagle discovers her inner voice that guides her to Sully, a boy with a glow. Sully is unaware of his glow until he discovers he has the capacity to help someone in need. After he meets Harpi, together they meet more friends who each in turn have their own issues that heal and transform through their encounters with one another. Eventually with their combined energy, they transform the world they live in. Sad Sully becomes Smiling Sully, Hopeless Harp becomes Hopeful Harpi, Perfect Parrot becomes Pitch Perfect Parrot, Greedy Giraffe becomes Grateful Giraffe and Cranky Croc turns into Courageous Croc.

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52044366-sully-s-glow Amazon Link:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sullys-Glow-Simi-Godagama/dp/191285094X

My Review

A variety of animals with their own problems come to live with Sully. Along the way they learn lessons in that help them with their problems.

This is a four chapter fully illustrated book. Each chapter tells the story of a different character and their interactions with each other and Sully. It’s very poetic and rhyming, and the illustrations are very professional. It’s probably for children who have learnt to read and are moving on from simple picture books to longer stories. It also teaches some lovely lessons in friendship and finding fulfilment. It even tackles a few environmental and social issues without them being over-riding or the story being preachy. I enjoyed it. My cousin’s kids are going to get a new book for their collection.

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Author Information

Born in Sri Lanka in 1979, Simi Godagama moved to England at the age of two and has lived in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, ever since. She studied Osteopathic, Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine and today runs the Milton Keynes Acupuncture Clinic where she specialises in women’s health, mental health and fertility. Godagama founded the RuRi Foundation in 2019 which supports educational initiatives in Sri Lanka. She is the mother of six-year-old daughters conceived through IVF.

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