The Tindims and the Turtle Tangle

Author: Sally Gardner Series: The Tindims

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The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. A world of characters and adventures to inspire conservation and inventive ways to recycle.

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The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. A world of characters and adventures to inspire conservation and inventive ways to recycle.

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The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. Mother-and-daughter duo, prizewinning Sally Gardner and Lydia Corry, create a fun world of characters and adventures in their empowering new series for 5-8 year olds inspiring conservation and inventive ways to recycle. On the Tindims' island home, Bottle Mountain is growing terrifyingly tall with rubbish. So tall that one night it breaks away. Across the ocean, a boy discovers Bottle Mountain bobbing by the seashore. For the first time ever the Tindims are discovered and get to meet the Long Legs and Little Legs. Can the Tindims and the humans help each other to save the planet?Printed in dyslexia-friendly font with pictures on every page and perfect for the reluctant reader, the Tindims show keen young ecologists how to help protect our planet for the future.

Critic Reviews

“PRAISE FOR SALLY GARDNER : 'An idiosyncratic genius' The Times . 'Gardner remains the patron saint of the reluctant reader' Daily Telegraph . 'Sally Gardner can always surprise' Books for Keeps . 'Sally Gardner's tale unfolds with all the beautiful illogicality of a dream' Financial Times .”

Combining eccentric characters, short chapters and lively illustrations, this delightful new series is ideal for confident, independent readers. Full of joy and laughter, this quirky adventure also carries an important environmental message about waste, pollution and recycling BookTrust Great Books Guide 2021
Children will love them and their recycled world, and these stories are beautifully accessible and perfectly illustrated by Lydia Corry LoveReading4Kids
A heart-warming adventure with some wonderful surprises along the way. A must read for any Tindims fans! VIP Reading
Pacy, with fun characters and gorgeous black and white illustrations this story cleverly weaves ecological themes into an action-packed adventure City Kids Magazine
This book reminds me of the Borrowers from my childhood; a group of tiny characters making use of plastic and other rubbish cast adrift into the sea by the Longlegs... A great read for any aspiring young conservationist and a fabulous 'hook-book' for any KS1 environmental topic in school' ReadingZone
PRAISE FOR SALLY GARDNER & LYDIA CORRY:'Gardner remains the patron saint of the reluctant reader' Daily Telegraph.'An idiosyncratic genius' The Times.'Slightly older fairytale fans will relish Lydia Corry's delicious pictures' Guardian, on Eight Princesses and a Magic Mirror

About the Author

Mother-daughter duo, Sally Gardner and Lydia Corry are keen conservationists. Aware of our plastic problem, they came up with the idea of the Tindims on seaside strolls in their home town of Hastings. Sally is a Costa and Carnegie-winning author whose books have sold over two million copies worldwide. Lydia's debut illustrated gift book, Eight Princesses and a Magic Mirror, was Guardian Best Book of 2019 and published by Zephyr.