Mummy Wears Blue Shoes by Scott Furlong
Paperback published by Clink Street Publishing 15th September 2020
Illustrated by Emma Cahill
Emily is five-years-old. She wears pink ballerina shoes and wants to be a ballerina when she grows up.
Emily’s mummy and daddy are both special police officers called detectives. Lately, Emily has noticed that her mummy hasn’t been spending time with her. She has stopped taking her to dancing lessons and her older brother, Jackson, to his rugby lessons. One night, Emily sees her mummy crying on the sofa being comforted by her daddy. At a family meeting Emily learns that her mummy is poorly with something that the doctor calls Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Mummy Wears Blue Shoes is a heart-warming story about a family who are living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is a story written about a family, for families by a family, by author Scott Furlong with illustrated by his cousin Emma Cahill.
My review
Mummy Wears Blue Shoes is a picture book with 54 pages of beautiful illustrations with an absolute gorgeous cover. Every woman who reads this book with their young little girls will want them blue shoes on the front cover.
As I used to ballet, I fell in love with this story of Emily who wanted to be a ballerina when she grows up. Emily looks really pretty in her pink ballet shoes and pink frilly dress with her leotard with a frilly skirt. I think a lot of little girls will want to read this book, specifically if they do ballet or love reading about ballet, also it is a lot of fun finding out about what Emily gets up to. Then there is more fun finding out what Emily’s eleven year old brother Jackson character is like, and I’m not giving away what kind of brother he is. This book is a real must buy, as its an excellent funny story.
I would like to thank Faye Rogers for sending me this gorgeous book and for inviting me to be part of this pretty blog tour.
About author Scott Furlong
Scott Furlong resides in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on a 10-acre equine property. He medically retired from the Queensland Police Service after 20 years’ service with PTSD and Depression in December 2019. He was a detective for 18 years and worked in Homicide, Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Task Force, Organised Crime and Officer in Charge of a Criminal Investigation Branch. He is currently studying a Bachelor of Law and a Masters of Professional Studies (Research). His love of learning didn’t develop until he was in his early 40s. Scott’s wife was also a detective and worked in child protection. In 2011, she also medically retired from QPS with PTSD. They have one son who is 14 years old. Scott has a great love for reading and writing. He also loves cooking and sports.
MUMMY WEARS BLUE SHOES is Scott’s debut novel.
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55103855-mummy-wears-blue-shoes
Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mummy-Wears-Shoes-Scott-Furlong/dp/1913340708/
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