The Tyler Files #1: Smarty Pants! by Brian Rock plus giveaway

I have received a free e-copy of the book Smarty Pants! by Brian Rock for son2 to review. This is the first title in The Tyler Files series. You may find out more about the author on his website.

Here is the book blurb.

Wimpy Kid meets Gravity Falls!

Tyler has a big problem. His pants won’t stop talking! How will he make it through the day without becoming the school laughing stock? And how will Tyler survive his pants’ “off the cuff” remarks to the school bully (and to his secret crush?) With a little help from his best friend, Tyler gives a first-hand account of the mysterious, improbable and occasionally funny events that are so strange they can only be found in THE TYLER FILES.
In addition, THE TYLER FILES breaks new ground in the chapter book genre by adding interactive backmatter to the end of the story. Tyler poses questions to stimulate creative thinking in readers. He introduces and give examples of idioms related to the story. He gives 10 fun facts about pants, and even tells some jokes!

This is what son2 had to say about the book.
I love this book because it is funny especially when Rob’s trousers split open.

To put son2’s comment into context, Rob is the school bully Rhino, so it is extra-funny when his trousers split open, when he bends down to try to punch Tyler, who had just lay down on floor, at his own talking trousers’ suggestion. It is an American book, so trousers are referred to as pants throughout. Of course this made it all the more funny in my son’s opinion. The story centres around the bizarre theme of a talking pair of trousers, but as far-fetched as this sounds, it works very well as a children’s title.

The Tyler Files series are written by Brian Rock and illustrated by Joshua Dawson. Smarty Pants! is the first book in the series and books 2 and 3 will be published later this month. These books are targeted at children age 7-10. After the story, there is some interactive material, so I tried asking son2 what everyday object he would choose to bring to life. He couldn’t think of anything but when I posed the same question to son1, he said a mushroom. He hates mushrooms, so we had some interesting answers to all the follow-up questions. There were also jokes, idioms and fun facts, although most of the facts were aimed at an older age bracket than the story.

Smarty Pants! is available on Amazon, currently priced at £7.99 in paperback and is also available in kindle format. Highly recommended by son2.

And I’m hosting a rafflecopter competition to giveaway a paperback copy of Smarty Pants! to one lucky winner. Open worldwide.

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And you may see my other giveaways here.

I’d love to hear what everyday object you would choose to bring to life and why?

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Disclosure.  This post is a review of an e-book I was sent for free.  All opinions are my own.

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