The Night We Got Stuck in a Story

This is a brilliant book by Ben Miller that will be loved by fans of his previous stories and is sure to get new readers hooked on his books too.

The story tells of siblings, Lana and Harrison (from The Day I Fell into a Fairytale), who go to visit their grandparents and are upset to find that their favourite play spot (an old, hollow tree) is under threat. When Lana speaks to developers and makes a deal she soon regrets, she cannot put it out of her mind. That night, a mysterious golden thread leads her back to the old, hollow tree and Lana and Harrison end up getting pulled (quite literally) into storybook land full of mystery and adventure. Lana finds herself with a very big problem – she needs to rescue her brother before it is too late, but he isn’t the only one who needs her help!

This story is best suited for Lower Key Stage Two children and would make the perfect bedtime story or an enjoyable class novel. At the end of the book, author Ben Miller spends time sharing some of the ideas behind his writing in ‘A Brief Note About Spiders’. When I read this aloud, this part sparked the interest of children in the class and they were fascinated to learn about the real-life animals that inspired the Golden Diving Bell Spiders.